L2.11: EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

Question 1

What are the specific functions of a Manager?

Answer 1

1. To Plan
2. To Direct
3. To Organize
4. To Control

Question 2

Is the job of making things happen that would
otherwise not occur. It is an intellectual process.

Answer 2

Planning

Question 3

Plans may be classified as?

Answer 3

1. Objective of the enterprise
2. Policies
3. Procedures
4. Budget
5. Programs

Question 4

A good organizational structure does not guarantee good performance, but a poor one makes good performance impossible, either the caliber of the individual managers notwithstanding.

Answer 4

Organizing

Question 5

It is guiding and overseeing subordinates

Answer 5

Directing

Question 6

The process by which an executive imaginatively directs, guides or
influences the work of others in choosing
and attaining particular ends.

Answer 6

Leadership

Question 7

The process whereby an executive develops an orderly pattern of group effort among the subordinates, and secures unity of action in the pursuit of common purpose.

Answer 7

Coordination

Question 8

The process by which an executive gets the
performance of his subordinates to correspond as closely as possible to chosen plans, orders, objectives, or policies

Answer 8

Control

Question 9

Are general statements, which
guide or channel the thinking and action of
members of an organization

Answer 9

Policies

Question 10

Are reflection of policy. It involves the selection of a course of action and applied to future activities

Answer 10

Procedures