Question
State any four features of principles of management.

Answer

Features of principles of management:
  1. Universally applicable: Principles of management have universal applicability, i.e. they can be applied to all organisations irrespective of their size, nature and geographical location.
  2. Guidelines: Management principles are the guidelines for decision making in the course of management. That is, the principles of management are not applied as they are in real business situations; rather, they need to be modified by the manager according to the situation and the requirement.
  3. Formed by experimentation: Management principles are developed over time by exhaustive observations and experimentation by managers in different situations.
  4. Flexible: Management principles are not rigid. They are flexible enough to be used and molded by the manager according to the requirement of the situation.

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