Q.What is management ?

"Management is what a manager does" — the word that fits the blank is manager, option (b).

One well-known way of defining management (associated with Louis Allen) is functional: "Management is what a manager does." It means the meaning of management is best understood by looking at the functions a manager actually performs — planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling — to get work done through others and achieve organisational goals.

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Peter F. Drucker gave this three-fold description of management; the answer is option (c).

Management has been defined by many writers, but the specific line — 'Management is a multipurpose organ that manages a business and manages Manager, and manages worker and work' — is Peter F. Drucker's. It captures his idea that management has three inseparable jobs at once: (i) managing the business (achieving economic performance and results), (ii) managing managers (building a sound organisation and developing future leaders), and (iii) managing workers and work (making work productive and the …