Given below are two statements:
Statement I: By offering opportunities for career advancement to their members, organisations are able to attract and also retain their talented people.
Statement II: In small organisations, the line manager is required to perform all the functions of management, including staffing.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
Statement I: By offering opportunities for career advancement to their members, organisations are able to attract and also retain their talented people. — Correct. Career growth gives people a reason to join and to stay, so firms attract and retain talent.
Statement II: In small organisations, the line manager is required to perform all the functions of management, including staffing. — Correct. A small firm has no separate Human Resource Department, so the line manager does staffing too.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “(v) Training and Development: … By offering the opportunities for career advancement to their members, organisations are not only able to attract but also retain its talented people. As discussed earlier, in most organisations there is a separate Human Resource Department, which takes care of the staffing function. But in small organisations the line manager is required to perform all the functions of management viz, planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling. …” |