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'My Car Ltd.' decided to set-up its new car manufacturing factory in the backward area of West Bengal where very less job opportunities were available. People of that area welcomed this effort of 'My Car Ltd.' The company also decided to provide facilities like school, hospital, market etc. in the factory premises so that the people are attracted to join the factory as workers.

'My Car Ltd.' started earning huge profit. Another competeting company asked its production manager 'Arvind' to investigate the reasons of earning huge profits by 'My Car Ltd.'

Arvind found that in both the companies there was systematic co-ordination among the various activities to achieve organisational goals. Every employee knew who was responsible and accountable to whom. The only difference was that in his organisation communication took place only through the scalar chain, where as 'My Car Ltd.' was allowing flow of communication in all the directions as per the requirement which lead to faster spread of information as well as quick feed-back.

a. Identify the type of organisation which permits the flow of communication in all the directions in 'My Car Ltd.'

b. Also state an advantage of the type of organisation identified in part (a) above.

c. State any two values which 'My Car Ltd.' wants to communicate to the society.

Name the organizational structure which helps in increasing managerial and operational efficiency.

Explain any three limitations of ‘Planning’.

‘Panda Trucks Ltd.’ decided to set-up its new truck manufacturing factory in the backward area of Bihar where very less job opportunities were available. People of that area welcomed this effort of ‘Panda Trucks Ltd.’. To attract people to work in its factory it also decided to provide many other facilities like school, hospital, market etc. in the factory premises.

‘Panda Trucks Ltd.’ started earning huge profits. Another competiting company asked its production manager ‘Sanjay’ to investigate the reasons of earning huge profits by ‘Panda Trucks Ltd’. Sanjay found out that in both the companies there was systematic co-ordination among the various activities to achieve organizational goals. Every employee knew who was responsible and accountable to whom. The only difference was that in his
organization communication took place only through the scalar chain, whereas ‘Panda Trucks Ltd.’ was allowing flow of communication in all the directions as per the requirement which lead to faster spread of information as well as quick feedback.

a. Identify the type of organization which permits ‘Panda Trucks Ltd.’ the flow of communication in all the directions.

b. State an advantage of the type of organization identified in (a) above.

c. State any two values which ‘Panda Trucks Ltd.’ wanted to communicate to the society.

Explain any four points that highlight the importance of principles of management

Answer the following question:
Give the constitution of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

Differentiate between formal and informal organisations on the basis of origin

Answer the following question:
Aradhana and Gandharv are heads of two different departments in 'Yumco Ltd.' 'They are efficient managers and are able to motivate the employee of their respective departments to improve performance. However, their drive to excel in their own sphere of activity instead of giving emphasis on objectives of the enterprise has hindered the interaction between the departments that Aradhana and Gandharv are heading. Often there are inter-departmental conflicts and they have become incompatible. This has proved to be harmful in the fulfillment of the organisational objectives. The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that the CEO of 'Yumco Ltd.' has hired a consultant, Rashmi, to resolve the problem. After studying the situation closely, Rashmi found that the problem has arisen due to inflexibility and a narrow perspective on the part of both Aradhana and Gandharv. She is of the view that this situation is a result of the type of organisational structure 'Yumco Ltd.’ has adopted.
From the above information, identify the organisational structure adopted by ‘Yumco Ltd.’ and state any three advantages of the structure so identified.

Differentiate between formal and informal organisation on the basis of origin.

Alpha Enterprises is a company manufacturing water geysers. The company has a functional structure with four main functions Production, Marketing, Finance and Human Resource. As the demand for the product grew, the company decided to hire more employees. Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager in deciding the actual number of persons required in each department.

Aman Chadha started 'Bulls Eye' a company for providing cyber security solutions to businesses. Its objective is to prevent, detect and respond to cyber attacks and protect critical data. He was a hardworking software engineer and an expert in cybersecurity. His reputation grew by leaps and bounds as he was not only a person of integrity but also did his work with utmost honesty and sincerity. The business started growing day by day.

He was delighted when he was offered a big project by the Ministry of Defence. While working on the project, he found that the volume of work made it impractical for him to handle all the work by himself. He decided to expand the team. The company maintained a close liaison with a local engineering college. During a campus placement, Ishan and Vrinda were appointed to work for the new project.

He found the new employees capable. Enthusiastic and trustworthy. Aman Chadha was thus, able to focus on objectives and with the help of Ishan and Vrinda, the project was completed on time. Not only this Aman Chadha was also able to extend his area of operations. On the other hand, Ishan and Vrinda also got opportunities to develop and exercise initiative.

1) Identify and briefly explain the concept used by Aman Chadha in the above case which helped him in focusing on objectives.

2) Also, state any four points of importance of the concept identified in (i) above.

State any three limitations of planning.

Differentiate between formal and informal organisations on the basis of  authority

Differentiate between formal and informal organisations on the basis of the flow of communication.

Bhagwati Enterprises is a company engaged in the marketing of air-conditioners of a famous brand. The company has a functional structure with four main functions Purchase, Sales, Finance and Staffing. As the demand for the product grew, the company decided to recruit more employees.

Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager to find out the number and type of personnel available so that he could decide and recruit the required number of persons for each department.

Vegatech Enterprises was a company manufacturing refrigerators. The company had a functional structure with four main functions -Production, Marketing, Finance and Human Resource. As the demand for the products grew, the company decided to hire more employees.

Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager in identifying the types of human resources necessary for the performance of various jobs and accomplishment of organisational objectives

How does management help in achieving personal objectives? State.

What is meant by 'functional structure' of an organisation?

State it's any two advantages of the functional structure

Explain the following rights of a consumer as provided under Consumers Protection Act 1986 :

Right to be informed;