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Organizing

Question
CBSEENBS12003820

Aman Ltd. is manufacturing toys and has production, sales, purchase and finance departments. Which type of organisational structure would you suggest to them? State any three advantages of this type of organisational structure.

Solution

Functional organisational structure is most suitable for such type of company.

Advantages of Functional Organisation: Following are the main advantages of it:

(i) Benefits of Specialisation: The whole company is divided into many departments on the basis of major activities to be performed. Each department is headed by an expert manager. This results in more and better work being accomplished in much lesser time. Hence, the benefits of specialisation become available.

(ii) Coordination is Established: All the persons working within a department are specialists of their respective jobs. It makes the coordination easier at department level.

(iii) Managerial Efficiency is Increased: It helps in increasing managerial efficiency because of performing the same work once and again. Further, this results in increased profit.


Some More Questions From Organizing Chapter

Define ‘Organising’?

What are the steps in the process of organising?

Describe the steps involved in the process of ‘Organising’.

Explain the importance of organising as a function of management.

Aman, Avneesh and Amrish have decided to start a business of manufacturing toys. They identified the following main activities which they have to perform:

(i) Purchase of raw materials

(ii) Purchase of machinery

(iii) Production of toys

(iv) Arrangement of finance

(v) Sale of toys

(vi) Identifying the areas where they can sell their toys

(vii) Selection of employees

In order to facilitate the work they thought that four managers should be appointed to look after:

(a) Production (b) Finance

(c) Marketing (d) Personnel.

(1) Identify the function of management involved in the above mentioned para.

(2) Quote the lines from the above para which help you in identifying this function.

(3) State the steps followed in the process of this function of management.

“Organisation is the harmonious adjustment of specialised parts for the accomplishment of some common purpose or purposes”. In the light of this statement explain any four points of importance of organising.

“Organising is the process of defining and grouping the activities of the enterprise and establishing the authority relationship among them”. In the light of this statement explain the steps in the process of organising.

Define ‘Organising’ as a function of management.

Define ‘Organisation’ as a structure.

(Organisation is a machine of management). Comment.