Directing refers to the process of instructing, guiding, leading, counselling and motivating people in an organnisation to achieve organisation objectives.

Yes, as a managers get all work done smoothly and successfully through effective direction.

The various important elements of the directing function of management are:
(a) Supervision. Not in syllabus.
(b) Leadership. Leadership may be defined as the process of influencing other people to work willingly for group objectives. The leadership process has four main elements. It is a process of influence. Its purpose is to influence the behaviour of followers. It involves interaction between two or more people. It implies pursuit of common goals.
(c) Motivation. Motivation may be defined as the process of stimulating people to action to accomplish desired goals. It involves arousing needs and desires in peopIe to initiate and direct their behaviour in a purposive manner. Motivation is a psychological phenomenon which arises from the feeling of needs and wants of individuals. It causes goal directed behaviour.
(d) Communication. Communication is the process of transmission of message, information, etc. and creation of understanding between two parties. It involves sending a message to another, who receives the message and responds to it. Effective communication takes place when the received message is understood in the same sense by the receiver as the sender intends. The essential features of communication are the following:
(i) Communication always involves two parties.
(ii) Communication is a two-way process.
(iii) Communication is a pervasive function and occurs at all levels of an organisation.

A motive is a inner state that energises, activates or moves and directs behaviour towards goals.

Two characteristics of organisations are;
(i) Consideration to employees
(ii) Risk taking

Decoding in the process of translating the encoded message into the effective language by the receiver.

Mutual understanding and cooperation is promoted between the management and workers through two-way communication process

It represents communication of subordinates with their superior but not among themselves

The communicator should be a good listener, so that he may patiently go through the communication process understand its meaning and can communicate effectively

Employees need to exchange such views, which they cannot communicate through formal channels, hence the need for informal communication arises