English

Akash works as a production manager in ‘Elite Enterprises’ manufacturing LED lights. Due to festive season, there is lot of demand for their lights.

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Akash works as a production manager in ‘Elite Enterprises’ manufacturing LED lights. Due to festive season, there is lot of demand for their lights. Akash was given the task of producing 100 units of LED lights @ ₹ 200 per unit within 5 days for an urgent order. Akash was able to achieve the target of 100 units of LED lights within 5 days @ ₹ 220 per unit.

Identify from the following whether Akash is:

Options

  • Efficient only

  • Effective only

  • Both efficient and effective

  • Neither efficient nor effective

MCQ
Advertisements

Solution

Effective only.

Explanation:

Effectiveness is about doing the right task, completing the assigned job on time, no matter the cost. It simply means doing tasks on schedule.

Efficiency is about doing the job cost-effectively, i.e., getting maximum output with minimum input. It means executing things right in a faster and more cost-effective manner.

shaalaa.com
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
2022-2023 (March) Outside Delhi Set 1

RELATED QUESTIONS

What is meant by 'effectiveness' in management?


Why is management considered to be a multi-dimensional
concept?


What is Management?


A manager obtains the required capital at 12% interest while the prevailing rate of interest happens to be10%. How would you describe such a manager?


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

Sana is the branch manager of ABC Handicrafts Pvt. Ltd. The company’s objective is to promote the sales of Indian handloom and handicraft products. It sells fabrics, furnishings, ready-mades and household items are made out of traditional Indian fabrics.

Sana decides quantities, variety, colour and texture of all the above items and then allocates resources for their purchase form different suppliers. She appoints a team of designers and crafts people in the company, who developed some prints for bed covers in bright colour on silk. Although the products looked very attractive and impressive, they were relatively expensive on the front of affordability for an average customer.

Sana suggested that they should keep the silk bed covers for special festive occasions and offer the cotton bed covers on a regular basis to keep costs under control.

In the above case “company’s objective is to promote the sales of Indian handloom and handicraft products.”
The above line focus on which feature of management?


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 ______.


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.

"In 2008, the company suffered loss in many projects due to the great recession despite taking many cost cutting measures." Which limitation of the management process is indicated here?


Design phase comprises of ______


'Anyone can be called a manager irrespective of the educational qualification possessed." Identify the characteristic of the profession that Management does not fulfill in the statement being discussed above:


Management is the process of designing and maintaining an environment in which ______. work together ______, efficiently and effectively accomplishing selected aims. 


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?


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?


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 objective.

  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.

Which process involves achieving group objectives through organizing people and resources efficiently?


Guiding or motivating, such as encouraging teamwork in a household, refers to which management function?


In which types of organizations is management required?


Which of the following are the key functions of management?


What is the ultimate aim of management in an organizational context?


How does management relate to the achievement of organizational goals?


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×