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What is Directing? |
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Characteristics of Directing |
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Importance of Directing |
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Principles of Directing |
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Elements of Directing |
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Supervision |
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Motivation |
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Leadership |
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Communication |
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Directing in management is like leading a school event—it involves guiding, motivating, and supervising teams to achieve goals. It’s not just giving orders but ensuring efforts align with organizational objectives through leadership and support.
Directing is the management function of instructing, guiding, counselling, motivating, and leading people in an organisation to achieve its objectives. It includes supervising tasks, enhancing efficiency through motivation, and leading toward organisational goals.
Supervision involves overseeing tasks to ensure efficiency and quality, either as a directing function (by all managers) or a specific role (direct oversight of workers).
Motivation is the process of inspiring employees to achieve goals by fulfilling their needs, using motivators like salary, bonuses, and recognition. (William G. Scout: "Motivation means a process of stimulating people to action to accomplish desired goals.")
Leadership is influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives, maintaining good interpersonal relations, and motivating contributions. (Stephen Covey: Managers are significant, but leaders are essential for lasting success.)
Communication fosters understanding through telling, listening, and comprehension, essential for coordination, decision-making, and managerial effectiveness.
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