COMPREHENSION 1. Their duties include making sure company objectives are met and seeing that the business operates efficiently. 2. These management functions are planning, organizing, directing and controlling. 3. Planning involves determining overall company objectives and deciding how these goals can best be achieved. 4. Planning is listed as the first management function because the others depend on it. 5. In this phase managers decide on the positions to be created and determine the associated duties and responsibilities. 6. Staffing, choosing the right person for the right job, may also be included as part of the organizing function. 7. In directing, managers guide, teach and motivate workers so that they reach their potential abilities and at the same time achieve the company goals that were established in the planning process. 8. Effective direction, or supervision, by managers requires ongoing communication with employees. 9. In the last management functi