Preparing Budgets Is an Example of the Management Function of

question 12

Multiple Choice

Preparing budgets is an example of the management function of

• A) controlling.
• B) decision-making.
• C) directing.
• D) planning.

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Definitions:

Formal Operational Thinking

The stage in cognitive development (typically occurring from age 12 onwards) where individuals develop the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Combination-of-Liquids Task

A task used in developmental psychology to assess a child's understanding of conservation concepts, involving the mixing of different volumes or colors of liquids.

Formal Operational

The stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals develop the ability to think abstractly, reason logically, and understand hypothetical situations.

Preoperational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring from approximately 2 to 7 years of age, characterized by symbolic thought but not yet capable of logical operations.