Levels of Management

What is meant by ‘Management of Operations’? 

Identify the level of management which does not interact with the work force directly.

What is meant by ‘Privatisation’?

Answer the following question.
Pratap Singh is the Chief Executive Officer of Nissar Enterprises. It is an automobile parts manufacturing company. The enterprise has a functional structure, in which jobs of similar nature have been grouped together as Production, Finance, Marketing, and Human Resource. Nissar Enterprises has its manufacturing unit at Manesar. The factory has been plagued with many problems for a long time which was in the knowledge of the Production Manager, Varun Sharma. The workers had internal differences. Time and again, there were misunderstandings between the management and the workers. Keeping the problems in mind, Varun Sharma appointed Siyaram Singh who had 14 years of experience of working with the actual workforce and passing on instructions of the middle management to the workers.
              Siyaram Singh met Varun Sharma to understand what the management wanted? Thereafter he met the workers and conveyed the ideas of management to them. He also promised the workers to convey their problems to the management. In this way, he cleared the misunderstanding between the management and the workers. He also sorted out internal differences and was able to unite the workers within a  month of his joining. His work was acknowledged by management and he was given a certificate of good performance along with a 10% increase in salary.

(i) Siyaram Singh performed some of the functions which are required to be performed at the position he is working at. State any five other functions Siyaram Singh is expected to perform.
(ii) Name the incentives provided to Siyaram Singh.

Which of the following is not a designation related to middle level management?

______ plays a very important role in the organization as they act as a link between the top and lower level management. 

A company wants to modify its existing product in the market due to decreasing sales. You can imagine any product about  which you are familiar. What  Decisions/steps should each  level of management take to give effect to this decision?

Hiring of employees is done by :