Arts (English Medium) कक्षा १२ - CBSE Important Questions for Business Studies

Aarav Gupta was the Managing Director of KDS Ltd. The company had established a good name for itself and was doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Mrs Charu, was efficiently handling the processing of orders with a team of twenty motivated employees working under her. Everything was going on well till Ms Charu met with an accident. Aarav Gupta noticed that due to the absence of Ms Charu. the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He knew that any delay in this regard may lead to consumer dissatisfaction with the danger of loss of business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees where they planned for accurate and speedy processing or orders. Everybody agreed to work as a team as the attitude and behaviour of Aarav Gupta was very good towards the employees of the organisation. All put in extra time and efforts and the targets were met on time.

Not only this, Aarav Gupta visited Ms Charu and advised her to take the required rest.

1) Identify the leadership style of Aarav Gupta and draw a diagram depicting the style

2) State any two values highlighted in the behaviour of Aarav Gupta.

Neeraj, a sales representative of 'Omida Ltd' has changed seven jobs in the last one year. He
is a hard-working person but is not a table to finalise deals with the customers due to his inadequate vocabulary and omission of needed words. Sometimes he uses wrong words
because of which intended meaning is not conveyed. All this created a misunderstanding
between him and his clients.

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category

The workers of 'Vyam Ltd.' are unable to work on new and hi-tech machines imported by the company to fulfil the increased demand. Therefore, the workers are seeking extra guidance from the supervisor. The supervisor is overburdened with the frequent calls of workers. Suggest how the supervisor, by increasing the skills and knowledge of workers, can make them handle their work independently? Also, state any three benefits that the workers will derive by the decision of the supervisor.

Jaideep recently joined as the Managing Director of 'Tivori Ltd.', an apparel designing company. He observed that the company had a number of experienced fashion designers on its payroll. They regularly offered useful suggestions which were neither appreciated nor rewarded by the company. Instead, the company outsourced its services to some renowned fashion designers and paid them a good compensation for their services. Because of this the employees felt disheartened and stopped giving useful suggestions

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category.

Anjali had been working with 'Tata Enterprises' for the last ten years. She was famous for her dedication towards the work. When the Manager senior to her retired, all her colleagues thought that now Anjali would be promoted. But to everyone's surprise, the vacant post was filled by an outsider 'Miss Monika'. Anjali felt demoralised and her performance started declining. She would absent herself often and could not meet her targets.
Miss Monika was a good leader who would not only instruct her subordinates but also guide and inspire them. She noticed Anjali's behaviour and felt hat her performance could be improved. She started involving Anjali in decision-making issues related to the organisation and made her a part of a high-level joint management committee. Anjali was now punctual to the office and her performance started improving.

a. Identify the function of management being performed by Monika.
b. Name the elements of the above function of management which helped Monika to
improve Anjali's behaviour.
c. State any three features of the element identified in (b) above

Aarav was working as a supervisor with ‘Neer Purifier Ltd.’ which was producing water purifiers. The target of the company was to produce 200 water purifiers every day. His job was to make sure that work goes on smoothly and there was no interruption in production. To achieve this, he always gives orders and insists that they are obeyed. He believes that reward or punishment both can be given depending upon the performance.

Identify and describe the leadership style being adopted by Aarav.

KPM Ltd.’ is manufacturing bread and biscuits for many years. It has approximately 150 employees and most of them are not happy with the working environment. Because of this, the labour turnover rate is very high. Therefore the company appoints a new Human Resource Manager, Naveen, to analyse the situation. Naveen finds that there is no free flow of communication, and there is no suggestion box for the employees to voice their suggestions or grievances. The company rarely organises a social or cultural gathering, the employees just come, finish their work and leave the organisation.

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category.

Give an example of ‘Employee Recognition Programmes’ as a non-financial incentive.

What is meant by ‘Encoding’ as an element of communication?

Read the following text and answer the following questions on the basis of the same:

1. By quoting the lines from the above para identify the needs of Rahim that are satisfied by the offer of Cycle Company.   (2)
2. Also, explain two other needs of Rahim followed by above that are still to be satisfied.   (2)
3. Discuss any three process of motivation.
4. How is motivation different from leadership.

What is meant by 'Decoding' as an element of communication?

What is meant by ‘Feedback’ in the concept of communication?

Kavya is working in a company on the permanent basis. As per the job agreement she had to work for 8 hours a day and was free to work overtime. Kavya worked overtime. But even after working for long hours and putting in her best efforts, no recognition was given to her by her boss. Due to overtime she fell ill and had to take leave from her work. No one showed concern and enquired about her health. She realised that she was fulfilling only some of her needs while some other needs still remained to be fulfilled.

1) Identify and explain the needs of Kavya discussed in the above para, by quoting the lines.

2) Also explain two other needs of Kavya followed by the above needs, which still remained to be satisfied

______ is the obligation of a subordinate to properly perform the assigned duty. 

Identify and state the incentives about which Agrima, Arunima, and Avika are talking.

What is meant by financial incentives?

State any two financial incentives.

Gitanjali Makan is a successful business leader. She believes that if jobs are made interesting by including greater variety of work content and providing a meaningful work experience, the jobs themselves become a source of motivation to individuals.

The non-financial incentive that has been discussed in the above case is ______.

In which, of the following situations, a company will fix high price for its product?

Keshav Bannerjee is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 'Das Networking Ltd.’, a leading IT company in Bengaluru. He believes that if needs of employees are taken care of, the employees take good care of the customers. In this company various benefits are provided to the employees to help them meet their ‘medical and housing needs etc., while in job. It is also providing benefits like gratuity at the time of their retirement. The employees are provided various opportunities to attend skill development programmes to improve their skills and be promoted to the higher level jobs. Identify and state the three incentives offered by the company in the above para to improve the performance of its employees.