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What is Meant by 'Management'?

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What is meant by 'Management'?

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Management is the function of an organisation which is primarily responsible for achieving its desired goals in a given period of time in a time- and cost-efficient manner.

 

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2015-2016 (March) All India Set 1

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

'Management is the process of getting things done.' State the meaning of the term 'process' used in this statement.


‘K.S. Energy Ltd.’ was a energy efficiency consultancy company. To get the business the team leader and his team used to travel to different states to give presentation to their clients. As per the policy of the company, the team leader used to travel by air, whereas his team travelled by road/train. It was not only time consuming but also at times forced female team members to travel alone. As a result, the subordinates were not acting in a desired manner to achieve organizational goals. The CEO came to know about it. He called the team leader, discussed the matter with him and changed the travel policy of the company. It was decided that all the members including the leader would travel together in future and would usefully utilize the travelling time in discussion with the subordinates about the presentation to be given to the clients. This made a positive impact and
every member of the team started acting in a manner as desired by the team leader.

State the features of the element of the function of management used by the CEO.


Explain how management helps in the development of society.


State any three objectives of management


What is meant by 'Management of people'?


Ashita and Lakshita are employees working in Dazzling  enterprises dealing in costume jewellery. The firm secured  an urgent order for 1,000 bracelets that were to be delivered  within 4 days. They were assigned the responsibility of  producing 500 bracelets each at a cost of Rs 100 per bracelet. Ashita was able to produce the required number within the  stipulated time at the cost of Rs 55,000 whereas, Lakshita was able to produce only 450 units at a cost of Rs 90 per unit.  State whether Ashita and Lakshita are efficient and effective.  Give reasons to justify your answer.


Answer the question briefly.
Why is management considered to be discipline?


“Management is universal.” Comment.


Management translates the works to be carried out in terms of goals to be achieved and assigns the means to achieve it. This statement relates to ______.


______ is used extensively for all types of activities and mainly for taking charge of different activities in any enterprise. 


Design phase comprises of ______


Which study is the study of movements?


Read the following text and answer the questions given below:

Vinay was the Chief Operating Officer of 'Easy Solutions Ltd.', a company providing advanced software solutions to Indian Defence Services. They had been carrying on business successfully for the last twelve years and earning enough profits. But from the last one year, they realised that though the business is getting big orders which are being fulfilled on time, even then the revenues kept on decreasing. Vinay was not-able to find out where the problem was. He started keeping a close check on the progress of activities as he could sense that something was wrong. He wanted to take some action before any major damage could be done to the business. Vinay appointed a cyber security expert who monitored the company's processes and found out that the computer operator was deleting the entries from the computers and pocketing the revenues. He was caught and handed over to the police. This created an atmosphere of order and discipline in the organisation and helped in minimizing dishonest behaviour on the part of the employees.

What did the measurement of performance reveal?


Match the CHARACTERISTICS of management in Column I with their correct EXPLANATIONS in Column II:

  Column I   Column II
(a) Goal-oriented process (i) Management is a complex activity involving management of people, work and operations.
(b) Group activity (ii) Some aims and objectives are the basic reason for existence of an organization.
(c) Multidimensional (iii) Diverse individuals with different needs work together to fulfill the common organizational goal.

Assertion (A): Management is concerned with efficient use of resources.

Reasoning (R): For management both efficiency and effectiveness need to be balanced.


Diligent developers, a website design company in Bangalore is a startup initiative of Mr. Maniraj which aims at achieving a profit margin of 10% in its first year. Mr. Maniraj appointed Mr. Advait as the Digital marketing Head, Mr. Kiyansh as the head of Backend department and Mr. Nirved headed the Graphics Designing Department. Since each head was specialised in specific skills, it resulted in increased efficiency and better coordination.

However, problems arose when Mr. Advait started considering group objectives superior to organisational objectives and stopped exchanging information with Mr. Kiyansh and Mr. Nirved. The company had to bear the brunt of lack of coordination and was unable to achieve its objectives.

  1. Identify and state the organisational structure adopted by the company.
  2. State two benefits and two limitations of the identified structure highlighted in the above case.

Mohan, the manager of a business organisation, is very lax with his employees and subordinates. He does not give them parameters or rules for reporting to work and deadlines for completion of assignments.

Which principle of management given by Henri Fayol is NOT being followed by Mohan?


Which statement best describes the main aim of utilizing optimum resources for efficient group operations?


How does management address the diversity of people within organizations?


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