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Elements of Directing in Business Management

Elements of Directing in Business Management

Elements of Directing

The process of directing involves guiding, coaching, instructing, motivating, leading the people in an organization to achieve organizational objectives. Consider the following examples:

(i) A supervisor explains a worker about operations to be carried by him on a lathe machine,

(ii) A mining engineer explains about safety precautions to be followed while working in a coal mine,

(iii) A Managing Director declares share in the profits to the managers for their contribution to enhance profits of the company, and

(iv) A manager inspires his/her employees by playing a lead role in performing a work.

All these examples and many other activities related to directing may broadly be grouped into four categories which are the elements of directing. These are:

(i) Supervision

(ii) Motivation

(iii) Leadership

(iv) Communication