Which of the following activities is part of the "planning" function of management?

a. assigning a particular worker to do a specific task
b. looking at market forecasts to identify future business opportunities and challenges
c. praising a sales representative who has far exceeded her monthly sales objectives
d. conducting a job interview with a potential new employee

Option D

Explanation: Planning involves looking forward to potential possible outcomes to be taken. It's a preliminary move. It is indeed a systemic process that decides where what and who should do a particular job. Planning refers to a comprehensive framework for potential action classes.

        Planning thus took into account the institution's current & potential personnel and material capital in order to achieve successful alignment, commitment & total adjustment.

This is the basic business feature that involves the development of any or even more comprehensive strategies with the existing resources to reach an appropriate balance of requirements or expectations.

Thus, from the above we can conclude that the correct option is d.