Supervisory obligations such as achieving unit goals,keeping costs within budget,following organizational policies,and motivating employees fall under the heading of ________.
A)accountability
B)responsibility
C)functional authority
D)line authority
E)unity of command

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Responsibility refers to the obligations that a person has to perform assigned tasks or duties. In this case, the supervisory obligations of achieving unit goals, keeping costs within budget, following organizational policies, and motivating employees fall under the category of responsibility. Accountability refers to being answerable for one's actions or decisions, functional authority refers to the power to delegate tasks, line authority refers to the power to make decisions and give orders to subordinates, and unity of command refers to the concept of an employee receiving orders from only one supervisor.

Supervisory Obligations Such as Achieving Unit Goals,keeping Costs Within Budget,following