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Which function of management answers 'What is to be done, when, how, and by whom'?
AOrganising
BStaffing
CDirecting
DPlanning
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Planning
1. Planning sets objectives and decides courses of action in advance.
2. It deals with the four questions: What, When, How, By whom.
3. Organising deploys resources, Staffing fills positions, Directing supervises execution.
4. Hence Planning is the answer.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII OCM, Ch 2 "Functions of Management", §2.2 ¶§2.2.1_
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