Directing Flashcards
What are some of the features of directing?
It initiates action, it’s pervasive, it’s continues. Directing flows from top to bottom.
How does directing initiate action?
Directing is a function of management just like planning, organizing and staffing. But while other functions prepare a setting for action, directing initiates action in the organization.
Why do you think directing is a continues activity?
Directing takes place throughout the life of the organization. It doesn’t matter who is the manager is he/she still needs to perform this function.
How does directing take place in every level of management(pervasive)?
Every manager from top level to lower level needs to perform directing. Directing takes place wherever there is a superior-subordinate relationship.
Why do say directing flow from top to bottom?
Directing starts from the top level of management and it flows down. A person can only direct his subordinate, not his superior. So directing flow downward along the organizational hierarchy. Every manager directs his immediate subordinate and takes direction from his superior.
What do managers do by directing?
They tell their subordinates what they should do, when they should do it and how they should do it. And makes sure that their instructions are followed properly.
What are the importance of directing?
It helps achieve goals. It integrates employee effort. It guides employee to realize their potential. It helps bring in change smoothly. It brings stability and balance to the firm as it fosters cooperation.
Define Diercting?
It is the process of instructing, guiding, counseling, motivating and leading people in the organization to achieve its objectives
How does directing help achieve goals?
Directing initiate action by people in the firm towards achieving the goal.
How is integrating employee effort important to the firm?
Directing integrates employee efforts in the firm, this way it is made sure that all the individual efforts contribute to increasing performance and therefore ensures that all individuals work for organizational goals.
How does directing help employees realize their potential
By motivating them and providing them effective leadership. A good leader identifies the potential in employees and helps them achieve that.
How does directing help bring in new changes smoothly?
Generally people have a tendency to resist change. Effective directing through communication, motivation and leadership helps reduce this resistances.
How does directing bring stability in the organization?
Directing foster cooperation and commitment of employees and department and by doing so it bring stability and balance in the organization.
Why do you need principles for directing?
Directing is a challenging and complex process. Therefore principles of directing guide managers in the process of directing.
What are the principles of directing?
Maximum contribution by individuals. Hormone of objectives. Unity in command. Appropriateness of directing techniques. Managerial communication. Use of informal organization. Leadership. Follow through.
What is the principle of Maximum Individual Contribution?
It’s a principle of directing that emphasizes that the directing technique should help every individual contribute his maximum potential to achieve the organizational goals. It should bring out untapped energies of the employee.
What is the principle of Harmony in objective?
This principle of directing states that Directing should provide harmony between the employees objective and the firms objective by convincing the employee that his reward and work efficiency are complementary to each other.
What is Unity of Command?
It’s a principle that states that one employee should receive instruction from only one superior. Any more than that and it will create confusion. This principle ensures effective directing.
What is the principle of Appropriateness of directing technique?
This is a principle of directing that states that appropriate motivational and leadership techniques should be used while directing the people based on subordinate needs.
What is Managerial Communications?
It’s a principle of directing that states that effective communication between all the levels in the organization makes directing effective.
What is use of informal organization?
An informal organization exists within every formal otganization. This principle states that a manager should spot and make use of such organizations for effective directing.
What is the directing principle of leadership?
This principle states that while directing subordinates managers should exercise good leadership as it can influence them very positively without any dissatisfaction.
What is the directing principle of Follow Through?
This principle of directing states that just giving orders is not enough, managers should follow up the action by reviewing it constantly and find out if their their instruction are being followed or not.
What all activities are involved in directing and why are they done?
Directing involves guiding, coaching, instructing, motivating and leading people to achieve organizational goals.
What are the elements/functions of directing?
Supervision. Motivation. Leadership. Communication.
Define supervision.
It is the process of of guiding the efforts of employees and other resources to achieve the desired goals of the firm.
What are the two aspects through which supervision is looked?
Firstly it’s looked at as a element of directing. Secondly it’s looked at as a function of Supervisors.
Why is the role of a supervisor vital to an organization?
Because supervisors are the only ones who have a direct relation with the worker. Other managers have no direct relation with bottom level workers.
What are importance of supervision/supervisors?
The maintain daily contact with workers. They are the only link between workers and the higher level management. They maintain group unity among workers. They make sure work is going according to target. They give on the job of training. They influence workers. They provide work feedback.
How is having a daily contact with workers an importance of supervision?
Supervisors can maintain a friendly relation with the worker. He can be a guide for them.
How is being a link between management and workers an importance of supervision?
As a link supervisors can convey management ideas to the workers and convey worker complaints to the higher level managers.
How does a supervisor maintain group unity among workers?
The Supervisor sorts out internal differences and among the workers and maintains harmony among workers.
How is provide on the job training an importance of supervision?
A skilled and knowledgeable Supervisor can build a team of efficient workers by providing them good on the job training.
How is being an influence on workers an importance of supervision?
A supervisor with good leadership skills can build employee morale and job satisfaction of employees.
