Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Business Studies

Chapter

Principles of Management

Question:

Based on following case study, answer question.

 "Oxlo enterprises" is a renowned name in textile manufacturing Industry. Over the past 2 years the company has scaled to new heights. The management has been grateful to the loyal team of managers and staff. Mr. Sharma, who is the operations head has been very clear about giving work to team mates based on their specialisation and skills. He has also given positional rights to people and often talks to subordinates to perform work and submit it on time. Talking about production department, where Ms. Neeta is departmental head. In her team, work is well distributed till the lower most levels. She makes sure that no gender bias is there and all people are treated equally.

"Oxlo enterprises" follows a system of official communication where each subordinate contacts his/her immediate superior only. One of the best working patterns that exists in the organisation is that everyone and everything can be found at the right place. The whole company works on the ideology of "United we stand" and the culture can be translated by their usage of "We" as a common phrase. As the size of company has tremendously expanded, now the management has hired two new Departmental heads to focus on productivity. One of them has been made "Planning Incharge" and the other one as "Production Incharge". Mr. Padam, who is the Production Incharge, has suggested, an innovative way to improve production of units by workers. He said those workers who produce more units than standard would be paid more money per unit produced.

Mr. Padam also suggested to use standards for performance of both men and machines, so that raw material, time, product, machinery methods on working conditions can perform as per benchmarks.

"The whole company works on the ideology of "United we stand" and the culture can be translated by their usage of "We" as a common phrase.

Identify the spirit of the company in the form of an important principle of management.

Options:

Unity of Direction

Unity of Command

Unity of Work

Espirit De Corps

Correct Answer:

Espirit De Corps

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (4) : Espirit De Corps

The spirit of the company, as described by the ideology of "United we stand" and the usage of "We" as a common phrase, aligns with the principle of management known as "Esprit De Corps."

* Esprit De Corps: Management should promote a team spirit of unity and harmony among employees, according to Fayol. Management should promote teamwork especially in large organisations because otherwise objectives would be difficult to realise. It will also result in a loss of coordination. A manager should replace 'l' with 'We' in ail his conversations with workers to foster team spirit. This will give rise to a spirit of mutual trust and belongingness among team members.