CSEET · Business Laws and Management · Introduction to Management
Which statement best describes the relationship between planning and controlling?
Planning is forward looking and controlling is backward looking, but the two are interdependent. Planning provides the standards that controlling uses, and controlling's findings give information to improve future plans. Controlling cannot exist without prior planning.
- APlanning looks ahead while controlling looks back, yet they are interdependentCorrect
- BBoth functions look only at the future and are independent
- CPlanning is a lower-level activity and controlling a top-level activity only
- DControlling precedes planning in the management process
Explanation
Planning is forward looking and sets standards; controlling is backward looking as it reviews performance, but its findings improve future plans. Controlling cannot work without plans, so it cannot precede planning.
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