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'Aapka Vidyalaya' believes in holistic development of students and encourages team building through a mix of curricular, co-curricular and sports activities. On its founders day, a stage performance had to be put up. A committee of ten prefects was constituted to plan different aspects of the function. They all decided to use recycled paper for decoration. There was a spirit of unity and harmony and all members supported each other. With mutual trust and belongingness, the programme was systematically planned and executed. Kartik, one of the prefects realised that unknowingly the group had applied one of the principles of management while planning and executing the programme. He was so inspired by the success of the function that he asked his father to apply the same principle in his business. His father replied that he was already using this principle
a. Identify the principle of management applied to the success of the programme.
b. State any two features of management highlighted in the above para.
c. Identify any two values which 'Aapka Vidyalaya' communicated to the society.
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Solution
a). The principles of management applied for the success of the programme are ‘Esprit de corps’ and ‘Division of work’.
Quotation for ‘esprit de corps’: There was a spirit of unity and harmony and all members supported each other.
Quotation for ‘division of work’: A committee of ten prefects was constituted to plan different aspects of the function.
b. The following features of management have been highlighted in the given paragraph.
i. Goal-oriented Process: Management always aims at achieving the goal of the organisation. In the given scenario, the school also wants to achieve the goal of development of students, encouragement of team building and execution of the Founder's Day programme.
ii. Group Activity: Management is a group activity as it unifies the individuals’ efforts towards the achievement of the common organisational goal. In the given scenario, all the students with mutual trust and belongingness executed the plan.
c. The following values were communicated by 'Aapka Vidyalaya' to the society:
i. Environment protection by using recycling paper
ii. Mutual trust and sense of belonging in people
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