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What is Management ? - Commerce

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What is Management?

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Management is part and parcel of our day-to-day life. So management is goal-oriented and it is an art of getting things done with and through others.

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Chapter 1: Principles of Management - Exercise [Page 10]

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Samacheer Kalvi Commerce [English] Class 12 TN Board
Chapter 1 Principles of Management
Exercise | Q II. 1. | Page 10
C. B. Gupta Commerce Volume 2 [English] Class 12 ISC
Chapter 7 Functions of Management and Coordination
EXERCISES | Q 2. a. | Page 188
C. B. Gupta Commerce Volume 2 [English] Class 12 ISC
Chapter 7 Functions of Management and Coordination
QUESTION BANK | Q 3. b. (i) | Page 189

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