The basic task of a manager is to.
A. Control workers
B. Divide work among the workers
C. Get more work done
D. Care for the workers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A and C only
A. Control workers Correct. The basic task of a manager is to control workers, so that the work is done as the management wants.
B. Divide work among the workers Incorrect. Sharing out the work is a way of arranging production, not the basic task itself. The manager’s aim is more output, and the two ways of getting it are to extend the working hours or to increase what is produced in a given time.
C. Get more work done Correct. Along with control, the manager’s task is to get more work out of the workers, by longer hours or by more output within the same time, with machinery helping to raise production.
D. Care for the workers Incorrect. The manager’s task is to raise output, and the pressure to produce more works against the workers. Machinery may even replace them, which is why both Marx and Mahatma Gandhi saw mechanisation as a danger to employment.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.4 How is work carried out? … The basic task of a manager is to control workers and get more work out of them. There are two main ways of making workers produce more. One is to extend the working hours. The other is to increase the amount that is produced within a given time period. Machinery helps to increase production, but it also creates the danger that eventually machines will replace workers. Both Marx and Mahatma Gandhi saw mechanisation as a danger to employment.…” |