BUSINESS STUDIES WORKSHEET

GRADE 12

Questions:

  1. Mr. Anand has retired as the managing director of a manufacturing company. At what level of management was he working?
  1. At what level of management the manager are responsible for the welfare and survival of the organization? (CBSE, 2012)
  1. What is meant by management of people? (CBSE, 2014)
  1. Identify the basic characteristics of management involved in the statement –“The activities involved in managing an organization are common to all organizations, whether economic, social or political.” (CBSE,2014)
  1. ‘Management is the process of getting things done.’ State the meaning of the term ‘process’ used in this statement. (CBSE, 2016)
  1. Is management concerned only with doing the right task, completing activities and achieving goals without taking into consideration the cost benefit? Give reason in support of your answer. (CBSE, 2016)
  1. “The skilful and personal application of existing knowledge to achieve desired results is called art.” In the light of this statement, describe whether management is an art or not. (CBSE, 2014)
  1. “To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control,” said Fayol. Comment on this statement.
  1. “In the absence of management, the productive resources will remain resources and shall never become production.” Explain the importance of management in the light of the above statement. (CBSE, 2006)
  1. Give any one reason why principles of management are called contingent. (CBSE, 2010)
  1. State the objective of ‘Time-study’. (CBSE, 2010)
  1. What is meant by Fayol’s principle of Espirit de corps? (CBSE, 2011
  1. Differentiate between motion and time study.
  1. Explain ‘Harmony not Discard’ as a principle of Scientific Management. (CBSE, 2013)
  1. Name and explain the principle of management according to which a manager should replace ‘I’ with ‘We’ in all his conversation with workers. (CBSE, 2013)
  1. What did Henri Fayol mean by “Unity of Command”? How does it differ from “Unity of Direction”? (CBSE, 2007)
  1. What is the principle of “scalar chain”? Explain briefly the utility of ‘gang plank’ with the help of a diagram.
  1. (i) Name and explain the principle of management in which workers should be encouraged to develop and carry out their plans for improvement in the organization.

(ii) Name and explain the technique of scientific management which helps in

Eliminating unnecessary diversity of products and thus results in saving cost.

(CBSE, 2010)

  1. Name the principles of management (i) that prevents dual subordination, and (ii) that prevents overlapping of working of two divisions. (CBSE, 2012)
  1. State the role of inspector in functional foremanship. (CBSE, 2016)