Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions

Samir Gupta started a telecommunication company, 'Donira Ltd' to manufacture economical mobile phones for the Indian rural market with 15 employees. The company did very well in its initial years. As the product was good and marketed well, the demand of its products went up. To increase production the company decided to recruit additional employees. Samir Gupta, who was earlier taking all decisions for the company had to selectively disperse the authority. He believed that subordinates are competent, capable and resourceful and can assume responsibility for effective implementation of their decisions. This paid off and the company was not only able to increase its production but also expanded its product range.

1) Identify the concept used by Samir Gupta through which he was able to steer his company to greater heights.

2) Also, explain any three points of importance of this concept.

State its any two advantages of the divisional structure

'Himalaya Ltd', is engaged in manufacturing of washing machines. The target of the organisation is to manufacture 500 washing machines a day. There is an occupational specialisation in the organisation which promotes the efficiency of employees. There is no duplication of efforts in such type of organisation structure.

Identify the type of organisation structure described above

Neeraj Gupta started a company 'YoYo Ltd'. with ten employees, to assemble economical
computers for the Indian rural market. The company did very well in its initial years. As the product was good and marketed well, the demand went up. To increase production the company decided to recruit additional employees. Neeraj Gupta, who was earlier taking all decisions for the company, had to selectively disperse the authority. He believed that people are competent, capable and resourceful and can assume responsibility for effective implementation of their decisions. This paid off and the company was not only able to increase its production but also expanded its product range with different features

a. Identify the concept used by Neeraj Gupta through which he was able to steer his company to greater heights.
b. Also, explain any three points of importance of this concept.

Harsh started a company ‘Tiny-Toys Ltd.’ to manufacture economical toys for the Indian rural market, with 20 employees. The company did very well in its initial years. As the products were good and marketed well, the demand of its products went up. To increase the production the company decided to recruit additional employees. Harsh who was earlier taking all decisions for the company had to selectively disperse the authority. He believed that subordinates are competent, capable and resourceful and can assume responsibility for effective implementation of their decisions. This paid off and the company was not only able to increase its production but also expanded its product range with different features.

a. Identify the concept used by Harsh through which he was able to steer his company to greater heights.
b. Also, explain any three points of the importance of this concept.

State any two disadvantage functional structure of an organisation

Differentiate between formal and informal organization on the basis of the following:

Flow of communication

Define organization as a structure.

Identify the type of organization structure depicted in the above diagram:

An organization structure is deliberately designed by the top management to facilitate smooth functioning of the organisation. Which of the following is not a feature of such a structure?

1. Identify and state the type of organisation formed by the employees of 'taty Software Ltd.
2. Also, state any two advantages and two limitations of the type of organisation identified in (i) above.

Alpha Enterprises is a company manufacturing water geysers. The company has a functional structure with four main functions Production, Marketing, Finance and Human Resource. As the demand for the product grew, the company decided to hire more employees. Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager in deciding the actual number of persons required in each department.

Bhagwati Enterprises is a company engaged in the marketing of air-conditioners of a famous brand. The company has a functional structure with four main functions Purchase, Sales, Finance and Staffing. As the demand for the product grew, the company decided to recruit more employees.

Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager to find out the number and type of personnel available so that he could decide and recruit the required number of persons for each department.

Vegatech Enterprises was a company manufacturing refrigerators. The company had a functional structure with four main functions -Production, Marketing, Finance and Human Resource. As the demand for the products grew, the company decided to hire more employees.

Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager in identifying the types of human resources necessary for the performance of various jobs and accomplishment of organisational objectives

The workers of 'Gargya Ltd.' are unable to work on new computerised machines imported by the company to fulfil the increased demand. Therefore, the workers are seeking extra guidance from the supervisor and the supervisor is overburdened with the frequent calls of workers.

Suggest how the supervisor, by increasing the skills and knowledge of workers, can make them handle their work independently. Also, state any three benefits that the workers will derive by the decision of the supervisor.

The workers of ‘Swastik Ltd.’ are unable to work on new computerised machines imported by the company to fulfil the increased demand. Therefore the workers are seeking extra guidance from the supervisor and the supervisor is overburdened with the frequent calls of workers.
Suggest how the supervisor, by increasing the skills and knowledge of workers, can make them handle their work independently.

Also, state any three benefits that the workers will derive by the decision of the supervisor

'Providing the social security and welfare of employees' is one of the specialised activities performed by Human Resource Management. Mention any two other specialised activities of Human Resource Management.

‘Maintaining labour relations and union-management relations’ is one of the specialised activities performed by Human Resource Management. Mention any two other specialised activities of Human Resource Management.

'Estimating manpower requirements is not merely knowing how many persons we need.' What else is needed while estimating manpower requirements? State any two points.

Identify and state the step in the process of staffing that creates a pool of prospective job seekers for vacancies in the organization.