(a)OR(b)

Explain any four points of importance of 'Directing'

function of management.

Importance of Directing: 1. Directing helps to initiate action. 2. Directing integrates employees’ efforts 3. Directing guides employees to fully realised their potential 4. Directing facilitates introduction of needed changes 5. Directing helps to bring stability and balance in the organisation• (i) Autocratic Leadership In autocratic leadership the leader gives orders and expects his subordinates to obey those orders i.e. communication is • only one way. This kind of leadership is dogmatic i.e. the leader does not change or wishes to be contradicted. • (ii) Democratic Leadership In democratic leadership the leader develops action plans and • takes decisions in consultation with his subordinates. A democratic leader encourages the subordinates to participate in decision- making and exercises control by using forces within the group. • (iii) Laissez- faire Leadership In Laissez – faire leadership the leader gives a high degree of independence to the followers to formulate their own • objectives and ways to achieve them. The group members work on their own tasks resolving issues themselves and assume responsibility for the work to be performed. The manager is there only to support them.