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Give the meaning of ‘motivation’ as an element of directing.
Motivation means stimulating people to act in a desired manner to achieve certain organisational goals.
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Differentiate between ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ organisation on the basis of ‘origin.
| Basis of difference | formal | informal |
| origin | It arises out from company's formal policies and rules. Example: a senior distributing work to his subordinates. |
It arises on the basis of social interaction and beyond formal boundaries. Example: your friends and colleagues at an organisation |
Why is ‘employment interview’ conducted in the process of selection?
Employment interview is conducted to evaluate applicant's suitability for the job through the process of selection by seeking information from him.
Alpha Enterprises is a company manufacturing water geysers. The company has a functional structure with four main functions – Production, Marketing, Finance and Human Resource. As the demand for the product grew, the company decided to hire more employees. Identify the concept which will help the Human Resource Manager in deciding the actual number of persons required in each department.
The concept of workload analysis will help the human resource manager in deciding the actual number of persons required in each department to maintain the future work plans and skill requirement.
Hina Sweets is a renowned name for quality sweets since 1935.
Harsh the owner of Hina Sweets was worried as the sales had declined during the last three months. When he enquired from the Sales Manager, the Sales Manager reported that there were some complaints about the quality of sweets. Therefore Harsh ordered for sample checking of sweets. Identify the step taken by Harsh that is related to one of the functions of management.
The steps followed by harsh is the management of actual performance which comes under the controlling function of management.
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