Q.A company introduces a new performance appraisal system for its employees. This activity primarily falls under which management function?
(A) Planning
(B) Staffing
(C) Directing
(D) Coordination

Performance appraisal — systematically evaluating an employee's job performance — is explicitly one of the steps in the staffing process, distinct from planning, directing or coordination.

This question checks whether a student can correctly place a specific HR activity within the right management function.

(A) Planning — incorrect. Planning is about deciding objectives and the course of action in advance; a performance appraisal system evaluates actual employee performance, which is not a planning activity.

(B) Staffing — correct. Performance appraisal is explicitly listed as a step in the staffing process — it involves systematically evaluating an employee's job performance, usually to inform decisions on training needs, promotion, or compensation. Introducing an appraisal system is therefore a staffing-related activity. …

Students sometimes confuse performance appraisal (a staffing step, evaluating an individual employee's work) with the broader idea of 'control,' since both involve measurement. Performance appraisal specifically evaluates a perso …