Provides guidance to employees to perform their job successfully.

A manager delegates the responsibility of ordering office supplies to one of his employees.

Coming up with strategies to increase sales during the holiday season.

Keeping track of what goods are profitable and eliminating ones that aren't.

Motivates employees to get the job done.

A manager interviewing potential job candidates.

A manager assigns a section of tables for each of his servers to wait on.

Compare costs and benefits of advertising campaigns, and make adjustments accordingly.

Creating a new menu to meet increasing demand for healthy food.

A manager assigns his stock clerks to particular aisles to stock the shelves.

A toy store recruits temporary workers for the holiday season.

Rewards employees with monetary incentives when they do a job well done.

Analyzing accounting records and making changes if financial standards are not being met.

A CEO sets a goal of increasing sales by 10 percent in the next year by developing a new software program.

Holding weekly staff meetings to check in with employees on what they have been up to and answering any questions they may have.

Making sure the business does not overspend or go over their budget.

A grocery store training new hires how to use the cash registers.

Managers of a family-run restaurant sit down together to brainstorm what they want in their new employee handbook.

Taking corrective action when a plan goes wrong.