CSEET · Business Laws and Management · Functions of Management
Which of the following best describes 'motivation' as a part of the directing function of management?
Motivation in directing means stimulating people to act so that organisational goals are achieved. It works on the inner drive of employees to perform willingly. Fixing standards is controlling, arranging resources is organising, and estimating future needs is planning, so those are not motivation.
- AThe process of stimulating people to act so that the goals of the organisation are accomplishedCorrect
- BThe process of fixing standards and comparing actual results with them
- CThe process of arranging resources and assigning duties to employees
- DThe process of estimating future needs and preparing plans for them
Explanation
Motivation is the inner drive, stimulated by management, that makes people act willingly towards organisational goals. Option B describes controlling, option C describes organising and option D describes planning, so they are not directing.
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