Q.Management can best be described as the process of:

Management is fundamentally about achieving goals through OTHER people's coordinated effort, not through solitary work.

Work through each option against this definition; only (b) captures both the 'through people' and the 'efficient use of resources toward goals' parts of the meaning.

Management is defined as the process of getting things done, through and with people, by efficiently using an organisation's resources to achieve its goals.

Option-by-option analysis:

• (a) Incorrect — working alone is the opposite of management, which is inherently a group activity exercised through others.
• (b) Correct — this is exactly the standard meaning: coordinating people and resources efficiently toward the organisation's goals.
• (c) Incorrect — merely owning resources is not management; management is about USING resources well, not accumulating them.
• (d) Incorrect — management requires active guidance and interaction with people, not avoidance of it.