CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q32

Asha was running a business of producing and selling

pickles, murabbas and papad etc. She was earning a good

profit for the last many years. Now, she wanted to add

some new products in her product line. Seeing the growing

demand of millets, she decided to add some millet products.

After doing a lot of market research, she found out that the

demand for millet noodles, pasta and ready to eat millet

cereals was increasing day-by-day. To give a different taste

and to have uniqueness in her products, she prepared a

new tasty herb based sauce for cooking these products and

decided to launch this along with millet products in the

market.

For this Asha hired $\displaystyle 10$ additional women workers specially

trained for the same. However, despite adding more

workers, to her surprise, production was not upto the

mark.

Concerned about this and to ensure that the activities were

performed as per the plans, and that the resources were

being used effectively and efficiently for the achievement of

predetermined goals, Asha appointed a supervisor Nabita.

Nabita monitored the activities and discovered that two of

the newly hired workers were spending their whole day

gossiping and distracting the other workers. As a result the

production was low.

(i)

Identify and state the function of management discussed

(i)

above.

(ii)

State any five points of importance of the function

(ii)

identified in (i) above.