_________ integrates employees efforts in the organisation in such a way that every individual effort contributes to the organisational performance.

Option 1 -> Planning involves setting objectives and determining courses of action, but does not directly integrate individual employee efforts.

Option 2 -> Controlling focuses on monitoring performance and taking corrective actions to ensure goals are met, rather than integrating efforts.

Option 3 -> Staffing deals with recruiting, selecting, and placing the right people in appropriate positions, not coordinating their efforts.

Option 4 -> Directing involves guiding, leading, motivating and supervising employees to ensure their individual efforts are coordinated toward organizational goals.

Hence, Option 4: Directing -> Directing is the management function that actively integrates and coordinates employees' efforts through leadership, communication, motivation and supervision, ensuring that every individual's work contributes effectively to overall organizational performance -> correct