Question

Organising is the process that initiates implementation of plans by clarifying jobs and working relationships and effectively deploying resources for attainment of identified and desired results.

Organising process thus involves a series of steps that need to be taken in order to achieve the desired goal.

Arrange the steps of the process of organizing in the correct order :

• A. Identification and Division of work, Assignment of duties, Departmentalisation, Establishing authority and reporting relationships
• B. Identification and Division of work, Assignment of duties, Establishing authority and reporting relationships, Departmentalisation
• C. Departmentalisation, Identification and Division of work, Establishing authority and reporting relationships, Assignment of duties
• D. Identification and Division of work, Departmentalisation, Assignment of duties, Establishing authority and reporting relationship

Hint:

First identify and divide the work, then group it into departments, then give duties, and only then fix authority and reporting lines.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Recall the process of organising:
Organising is done in a fixed order of steps. Each step depends on the one before it.
The correct order is: identification and division of work, departmentalisation, assignment of duties, and establishing authority and reporting relationships.

Step 2: Why this order is logical:
First, the total work is identified and split into manageable activities. Without this, nothing else can be arranged.
Second, activities of a similar nature are grouped together into departments. Third, each job position is given to a person with duties that suit his skills. Last, authority and reporting relationships are fixed, so that each person knows whom to report to.
This order matches option (D).

Step 3: Why the other options are wrong:
(A) puts assignment of duties before departmentalisation. Duties cannot be given until the grouped jobs are known.
(B) puts reporting relationships before departmentalisation. Relationships are decided only after jobs are grouped and assigned.
(C) starts with departmentalisation. There is no work to group until the work is first identified and divided.

Final Answer:
The steps are: identification and division of work, departmentalisation, assignment of duties, establishing authority and reporting relationships. Correct option: (D).