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Business Studies · 2023 · 6 marks
CBSE 2023 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q34
Due to spread of COVID-19 pandemic, employees of almost all the companies were working online from their homes. In 2022 when most of the companies…
Due to spread of COVID-$\displaystyle 19$ pandemic, employees of almost
all the companies were working online from their homes. In $\displaystyle 2022$
when most of the companies called them back to their office and
started working offline, ‘Taty Software Ltd.' still asked their
employees to work from home. Because of this, employees of
Taty Software Ltd. were feeling bored, hence for recreation they
formed a cricket-club. They started meeting every Saturday and
Sunday on a ground near their office building.
(i)
Identify and state the type of organisation formed by the
employees of 'Taty Software Ltd.'
(ii)
Also, state any two advantages and two limitations of the type
of organisation identified in (i) above.
Marking-scheme solution
(i)
The type of organization so formed is ‘Informal
Organization’.
Informal organization is a network of personal and social relations
not established or required by the formal organization but arising
spontaneously as people associate with one another.
(ii)
Advantages of Informal Organisation:
(i)
It leads to faster spread of information as well as a quick
feedback.
(ii)
It fulfills the social needs of the members.
(iii)
It contributes towards fulfillment of organisational objectives by
compensating for inadequacies in the formal organisation.
Limitations of informal organisation:
(i)
It leads to spread of rumours which becomes a destructive force
and may go against the interest of the formal organisation.
(ii)
It may lead to resistance to change which may delay or restrict
growth.
(iii)
It pressurizes members to conform to group expectations which
may be against organisational interest.
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