If an employee is taught how to perform the work after being placed in the job, which management function is it related to?

Correct answer: Staffing

The governing concept is staffing, particularly training and development. Staffing does not end when a person is selected and placed in a job; it also includes improving the employee’s ability through induction, training, development, and performance-related support. Teaching an employee the procedures, tools, standards, and skills required for the assigned job helps the person perform effectively and adapt to organisational expectations. Planning decides future objectives, organising arranges work and authority, and controlling evaluates performance and corrects deviations. Those functions may interact with training, but the act of developing job capability after placement is specifically a staffing responsibility. Therefore option A is correct. Training also reduces mistakes, improves productivity, and prepares employees for greater responsibility.