Two Aspects of Directing

          The directing function of management is sometimes called human relations because it involves principles of human behavior, leadership. and motivation. Many advanced college are devoted to the directing, and they all examine two well-established aspects of directing: motivation and leadership.

Directing Defined

          Directing is accomplishing work tasks by guiding the efforts of subordinates. This management function consists of assigning work, communicating procedures, issuing orders, and maintaining the quality of work. The purpose of directing is to ensure that the objectives of the department of group will be achieved. Thus, directing is done by managers at all three levels. However, in large organizations, supervisory managers perform most of the directing function, since a majority of employees are organized under their level of management. In fact, directing activities take up most of the supervisory managers' time. Middle managers spend much of their time in directing, too, but fever employees are organized under them. Top managers direct only the few subordinates who report to them personally.

Directing

After planning and organizing an operation, managers, must direct the efforts of others to see that the job gets done.

Which Managers Organize?

          There are no rules for assigning the work of organizing. In a small firm, the owner may perform all functions of management, including organizing. In large firm, all managers may contribute to the organizing function in some way, usually, top managers of a new firm arrange the outline of its formal organization and determine the key upper-level positions. Middle managers often organize the formal structure of their assigned departments or divisions. For example, the head of the purchasing department is usually best qualified to organize employees and procedures in a way that will meet the firm's needs for material resources. Similarly, middle managers running the personnel department are best prepared to make many staffing decisions, although supervisory management helps to organize staffing when it involves on-the-job training. Supervisors also contribute by making evaluations of employees and procedures, which may lead to changes in the firm's overall structure.
          There  are many ways to assign responsibility and authority when organizing a business firm. The organizing process and its various forms in detail.

Organizing Defined

          Organizing is designing a formal structure of tasks and authority in which people and material resources are arranged to carry out plans and objectives. In everyday language, this definition means that the total work of the firm must be divided into its basic parts: conducting research, financing, hiring personnel, buying materials, manufacturing products, marketing, and selling. The parts are then divided into manageable work units. Managers must determine how much material resources and how many people are needed for each work unit, and they must establish a sequence of steps to get the whole job done. These are the basic tasks in the complete organizing function.