Mr. Prakash Chopra, General Manager of `M//s` Kwality Enterprises (Leather bags manufacturing company) retains complete authrity over all activities of the business. No decision-making power is given to the subordinates. As a result, Mr. Prakash is always engaged in day-to-day operational activities and is unable to concentrate on core issues of the company. Identify the management principle violated by Mr. Prakash Chopra.

Mr. Ankit is the chief manager in a well-known MNC, producing shoes. He called the production manager of his unit and told him to keep a constant watch on all the activities of his respective unit so that there is no possibility of adverse results. As long as the company runs its operation, employees at all levels will adopt it to achieve results. (a) Identify the function of management referred above. (b) Describe its three functions.

Saksham Ltd, a firm manufactruing textiles , wished to diversify their business. They were considering two optins, either to diversify into manufacturing tooth -paste switches.They wanted to invest in the purchase of land, to set up a manufactruing unit in the bacward areas of Gujarat, which would also lead to the generation of employment opportunities in the area , but only after fulfiling all legal requirements and taking appropriate steps to ensure that the envioronment was not pollutted. the finance manger of the company, Mr.Ramakant was aksed by the management to prepate a report on the factors which should be considered making the above investment decision. (a) State any two factors that Mr. Ramakant would give in his report. (b) Also state any one reson which makes it important for the above decision to be made carefully. (c) And state two values being fulfilled by Saksham Ltd.

Geeta Publishing Pvt. Ltd. Publising books, is a very old company. All its business activities are conducted in a traditional manner. Recently, Mr. Sudheer Gupta was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He watched all the activities of the company from proximity. He noticed that the company was doing several activities which could be got done from outside at a less cost and in a much better way. He held a meeting of all the managers of the company and it was unanimously decided that the company would focus its attention only on the Core Specialisation Areas and for the remaining activities the services of the specialised companies from outside will be hired. This decision was implemented with immediate effect. (a) Which two concepts did Mr. Sudheer Gupta give effect to? (b) Give two examples each of the concepts indentified in (a).

Mohan Ltd. is producing different lines of products viz. cosmetics, medicines, confectionary items, etc. All activities of the company like purchase, production, sales, accounting, etc. share common Purchase, Production, Sales and Accounts departments. As a result, there, is chaos and ineffective working of the organisation. No department is able to set specific targets related to each type of product and is unable to give justice and full concentration to each product line. Moreover, employees remain confused regarding provision of their focus and attention to a particular product line. Identify the principle of management violated here.