Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Dealing with employees as individuals with diverse needs and behaviour is a part of the management of work.
Statement II: Management makes people work towards the organisation’s goals by making their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
Statement I: Dealing with employees as individuals with diverse needs and behaviour is a part of the management of work. — Incorrect. Dealing with employees as individuals is one of the two dimensions of management of people. Management of work turns the organisation’s work into goals, plans, budgets and duties.
Statement II: Management makes people work towards the organisation’s goals by making their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. — Correct. This is the task of management of people. It deals with people both as individuals and as a group, and guides them towards the organisation’s goals.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “(b) Management of people: Human resources or people are an organisation’s greatest asset. Despite all developments in technology “getting work done through people” is still a major task for the manager. Managing people has two dimensions |