Madam Fana, the human resources manager of Baku limited, is due to start her annual leave. She wishes to assign one of her assistants to perform her duties in her absence.
(i) identify and explain the organizational principle on which Madam Fana has based her decision
(ii) State four duties of Madam Fana in Baku limited.
(iii) Explain the following management functions: (a) Planning: (b) Organizing (c) Directing: (d) Controlling
Explanation
i) The principle is delegation. It enables a manager or superior to assign some of his duties to his subordinates.
ii) a) She is responsible for the recruitment, selection and staff placement.
b) She participates in staff appraisal and evaluation
(c) She serves as a liaison officer between Baku limited and labour unions
(d) She is responsible for management of training and staff development
(e) She is involved in the disengagement of staff/ dismissal of staff
(C) (a) Planning: It is the setting of goals and establishing of objectives and tasks to qualified staff
(b) organizing: This is the process of arranging and structuring of tasks into units and assigning such task to qualified staff.
(c) controlling: It involves monitoring of activities of the firm to ensure that set standards are followed and taking corrective actions where deviations occur.
d) Directing: This refers to the provision of guidance and supervision to subordinates in order to achieve organizational goals.