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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

Explain any four features of management.


Define Management.


What is meant by 'effectiveness' in management?


State any three objectives of management


What is meant by management ?


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?


Answer the following question.
Mita has a successful ice cream business at Bikaner, namely "Smart flavours' ice creams are utterly delicious. She makes ice creams from fresh milk and the same are available in a wide range of flavours and packs. She sets viable business objectives and works with the same in mind in order to ensure that the customers will come back for purchasing.
Having the first-mover advantage, her business was doing well. To earn higher profits, she started cutting costs. This would sometimes lead to delay in delivery and the ice cream was not reaching the market in time. Over a period of time, the demand for her ice cream declined and because of it, the competitors entered the market. She lost some of her market share to competitors.
At the beginning of the summer season, she got back to backorder for the supply of 4,000 ice cream packs of different flavors for special occasions. To ensure that the task was completed and orders delivered in time she hired additional workers. She was, thus able to produce and deliver the ice cream packs but at a high production cost. While completing activities and finishing the given task for achieving goals, Mita realized that she was ignoring one of the important aspects of management.
Identify the aspects of management that has been ignored by Mita. Also, explain the same with the help of an example.


According to the nature of management, Management can be considered as ______.


Efficiency is concerned with ______.


Management ensures ______.


Unlike professions such as medicine or law which require a practising doctor or lawyer to possess valid degrees, nowhere in the world is it mandatory for a manager to possess any such professional degree. Identify the characteristic of the profession being discussed above which is not being strictly met by management.


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

Simplex Limited had been taken over by Mundhra Group immediately following India's independence. Since then it enjoys a rich record of industry presence and experience. In 2005, with the aim to accelerate growth the company had gone through several rounds of meetings and discussions before launching ERP system to attract large projects. The management had done effective forecast and critical thinking regarding allocation of resources to reduce wastage. For this purpose, the company had laid down multiple courses of action to meet the challenge of adverse situations. In 2008, the company suffered loss in many projects due to the great recession despite taking many cost cutting measures. The management had taken utmost care regarding the possible outcome and timely review of the plans to achieve the set target during that hard time. In 2010 the system implemented successfully which subsequently helped the company to execute numerous projects with precision and timeliness.

"The management had taken utmost care regarding the possible outcome and timely review of the plans to achieve the set target during that hard time." Which is the last step of the process mentioned here?


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 analysis by Vinay reveal?


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 corrective action did Vinay take?


Which of the following feature of management involved in managing an enterprise is common to all organisations whether economic, social or political :


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


What function of management involves arranging resources and assigning chores in a family or organization?


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