Which is correct about professional managers?

• A. They avoid long-term planning
• B. They work only within one department
• C. They coordinate planning and decision making to achieve organizational goals
• D. They disregard ethics

Answer: (C)

Coordinating planning and decision making to achieve organizational goals. Professional managers pull together input from all parts of the operation—front desk, food and beverage, housekeeping, finance—to create a cohesive plan, allocate resources, set standards, and guide actions toward shared goals. This integrated approach ensures consistency, efficient use of resources, and alignment with the hotel's or restaurant’s service quality and financial targets. It also involves ethical decision making and ongoing monitoring to adjust plans as conditions change. The other ideas don’t fit because avoiding long-term planning undermines sustainability, staying within one department ignores the need for cross‑functional coordination, and disregarding ethics would damage trust and legal compliance.