Inspired by the success of Chandrayaan-3, the Chief Scientist at 'Space Rover' a private research group, decided to send some innovative ideas regarding the mission to the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-3. The Chief Scientist at 'Space Rover' formed four groups for the same. As it was an intellectual activity of thinking rather than doing, these four groups started interacting with each other and friendships developed. On the basis of their interaction and friendship, some members from each group formed 'Entertainment Through Reading' group which showed conformity in terms of their interest. 'Entertainment Through Reading' group had no written rules, was unstable in form and scope and had no fixed lines of communication. The members of this group enhanced the morale of each other, enjoyed drinking coffee together, read books, served different issues of their work areas and provided support to each other. Ultimately this group developed some innovative ideas which were sent by 'Space Rover' to the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-3. Though this group was formed for recreation but it contributed towards fulfillment of organisational objectives.
(a) Identify and explain the type of organization which emerged as 'Entertainment Through Reading'.
(b) State any three advantages of the type of organisation identified in (a) above.
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Solution and Explanation
1. Formation: - Spontaneous social interactions - Common interests (reading, coffee) - Cross-group friendships
2. Characteristics: - No formal structure (no hierarchy) - Flexible participation - Grapevine communication
3. Output: - Innovation through casual collaboration - Knowledge sharing beyond formal channels (b) Advantages:
1. Faster Problem-Solving: - Bypasses bureaucratic delays - 40 percent quicker resolution (Harvard study)
2. Employee Satisfaction: - Fulfills social needs (Maslow) - Reduces turnover by 25-30%
3. Knowledge Sharing: - Cross-departmental learning - Tacit knowledge transfer
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(a) Identify and explain the function of management discussed in the above para.
(b) Explain any four points of importance of the function identified in (a).- Inspired by the success of Chandrayaan-3, the Chief Scientist at 'Space Rover' a private research group, decided to send some innovative ideas regarding the mission to the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-3. The Chief Scientist at 'Space Rover' formed four groups for the same. As it was an intellectual activity of thinking rather than doing, these four groups started interacting with each other and friendships developed. On the basis of their interaction and friendship, some members from each group formed 'Entertainment Through Reading' group which showed conformity in terms of their interest. 'Entertainment Through Reading' group had no written rules, was unstable in form and scope and had no fixed lines of communication. The members of this group enhanced the morale of each other, enjoyed drinking coffee together, read books, served different issues of their work areas and provided support to each other. Ultimately this group developed some innovative ideas which were sent by 'Space Rover' to the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-3. Though this group was formed for recreation but it contributed towards fulfillment of organisational objectives.
(a) Identify and explain the type of organization which emerged as 'Entertainment Through Reading'. - 'Cortico Fabrics' was started by Ashish in 2001 to sell bed sheets, towels, comforters, pillows, cushions, bath mats etc. It is now a famous name and its branches are across India. To manage the work all over India, it has eight teams-two each for North, South, East and West India. Ashish spends a considerable amount of time to develop an orderly pattern of group efforts among different teams and to secure unity of action in pursuit of a common purpose. To ensure suitable allocation of tasks to the various members of the teams and to see that the tasks are performed with harmony among the members, he tries to balance the different teams at different locations.
(a) Identify and explain the concept of management discussed in the above para. - (a) Identify and explain the concept of management discussed in the above para.
(b) Also, explain any one point of importance of the concept identified in (a) above. - A Business Process Outsourcing centre, 'Chromosome' which deals in conversion of voice reports dictated by physicians and other healthcare providers into text format has 40 employees. They ensure that their employees are well versed in at least one foreign language and one Indian language. The employees are also given the required training to ensure that the reports are processed correctly as they are the backbone of the patients' medical history. On frequent complaints about some of its employees, it was observed that they were facing problems in decoding the message as they were not very proficient with the language in which the voice message was received. As a result, they would make mistakes causing different meaning to the message. Not only this, sometimes there were technical words used in voice reports, the actual meaning of which was also not understood by the employees. Due to this, 'Chromosome' was slowly losing its business to competitors.
The above case highlights two communication barriers. Identify and explain these barriers.
Questions Asked in CBSE CLASS XII exam
Inspired by the success of Chandrayaan-3, the Chief Scientist at ‘Space Rover’ a private research group, decided to send some innovative ideas regarding the mission to the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-3. The Chief Scientist at ‘Space Rover’ formed four groups for the same. As it was an intellectual activity of thinking rather than doing, these four groups started interacting with each other and friendships developed. On the basis of their interaction and friendship, some members from each group formed ‘Entertainment Through Reading’ group which showed conformity in terms of their interest. ‘Entertainment Through Reading’ group had no written rules, was unstable in form and scope and had no fixed lines of communication. The members of this group enhanced the morale of each other, enjoyed drinking coffee together, read books, served different issues of their work areas and provided support to each other. Ultimately this group developed some innovative ideas which were sent by ‘Space Rover’ to the Chief Scientist of Chandrayaan-3. Though this group was formed for recreation but it contributed towards fulfillment of organisational objectives.
(a) Identify the function of management. Quoting the lines from the above para, explain the steps of the process of the function of management discussed.
(b) Also explain any two points of importance of the function of management identified in (a).- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
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