Marietta is the product manager at Fireflies Ltd., a company that designs and manufactures clothes and fashion accessories.Noticing the rising popularity of rhinestone jewelry and the fact that only a handful of stores actually stocked it, she decided to take advantage of the latent demand in the market.Marietta knew that she was taking a risk by committing organizational resources to pursuing this idea, but was confident about the merit of her decision.In deciding the allocation of resources for attaining her goals, which managerial task can Marietta be said to be performing?
A)leading
B)organizing
C)planning
D)restructuring
E)controlling

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The three steps involved in planning are (1) deciding which goals the organization will pursue, (2) deciding what strategies to adopt to attain those goals, and (3) deciding how to allocate organizational resources to pursue the strategies that attain those goals.

Marietta Is the Product Manager at Fireflies Ltd