Principles of Management — Business Studies STD 12 Commerce — Question

What is Public Interest Litigation (PIL)?

Sahil, the director of a garments company, is planning to manufacture bags for the utilisation of waste materials from one of his garments units. He decided that his manufacturing unit will be set up in the rural area of Odisha where people have very less job opportunities and labour is available at a very low rate. He also thought of giving equal opportunities to men and women.
For this, he selected S. Chatterjee, Inderjeet Kaur, Aslam and Sarabjeet as heads of the Sales, Accounts, Purchase and Production Departments.

1. Identify and state the next two steps that Sahil has to follow in the staffing process after selecting the above heads.
2. Also identify two values which Sahil wants to communicate to society by setting up this manufacturing unit.

What is marketing? What functions does if play with process of exchange of goods and services? Explain.

“Organisation is a machine of management”. Comment.

The barriers to effective communication exist in all organisations. Explain any three measures to overcome these barriers.

Explain the following as feature of Planning:
Planning is continuous.

Frequent transfers of employees may affect their productivity. In the light of this statement, discuss in brief any four limitations of internal sources of recruitment.

Explain any three advantages of labelling.

Dheeraj is working as 'Operations Manager' in Tifco Ltd. Name the managerial level at which he is working. State any four functions he will perform as 'Operations Manager' in this company.
OR
Rajat is working as 'Regional Manager' in Tifco Ltd. Name the level at which he is working. State any four functions he will perform as 'Regional Manager' in this company.

The employees of ‘Food Darbar,’ a restaurant, are trained through a structured programme that provides training in each area within the restaurant. The trainees learn the skills necessary for running each of the 12 workstations in the restaurant, from taking orders to the cooking area. This enables the employees to gain a broader understanding of all parts of the business and how the restaurant functions as a whole. The trainee gets fully involved in the department’s operations and also gets a chance to test her own aptitude and ability. When employees are trained by this method, the organisation finds it easier at the time of promotions, replacements or transfers.
In context of the above case :

1. Name the type of training which ‘Food Darbar’ provides to its employees.
2. Distinguish between training and development on the basis of meaning, purpose and scope.