CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Introduction to Management
Which activity is part of the organizing function rather than the staffing function?
Grouping activities into departments and defining reporting relationships is organizing, which structures work and authority. Recruitment, training and performance appraisal deal with finding, developing and assessing people, so they belong to the staffing function rather than organizing.
- AGrouping activities into departments and defining reporting relationshipsCorrect
- BRecruiting and selecting a sales executive
- CTraining newly hired employees
- DAppraising the performance of employees
Explanation
Organizing involves identifying work, dividing it, grouping it into departments and assigning authority and reporting lines. Recruitment, training and appraisal all concern people management and belong to staffing. Hence only the grouping of activities is organizing.
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