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 (i)       Outlining the objectives: Born with the enterprise is its life-long objectives of profitable manufacturing and selling its products.

(a)      Weigh the necessity of the organization and the possibility of its success.

(b)      Decide if they harmonize with other objectives.

(c)      Estimate what financing and personnel are needed.

(d)      Break the objectives into functional parts to be assigned to a particular department for accomplishment.

(ii)       Identifying and enumerating the activities: After the objective is selected, management has to identify the total task involved and its break up into closely related component activities that are to be performed by an individual or division or a department.

(iii)      Assigning the duties: When activities have been grouped according to similarities and common purposes they should be assigned to a particular department.

(iv)     Defining and granting the authority: The authority and responsibility should be well defined and should correspond to each other.

(v)      Creating authority relationship: After assigning the duties and delegation of authority, the establishment of relationship is done.