Which action exemplifies the coordinating role of a manager?

• A. Bringing together the business' resources to achieve objectives.
• B. Micro-managing every task.
• C. Avoiding delegation.
• D. Focusing only on daily routine tasks.

Answer: (A)

Coordinating means pulling together people, information, and resources so different parts of the organization work smoothly toward common objectives. Bringing together the business’s resources to achieve objectives exemplifies this: it requires aligning activities across teams, managing interdependencies, and ensuring schedules and efforts reinforce one another. This is different from micromanaging, which over-controls individual tasks; avoiding delegation, which blocks collaboration; or focusing only on routine tasks, which misses the broader task of aligning the whole organization toward goals.