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Business Studies · 2025 · 4 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 7 · Set 1 · Q25
'Mefco Ltd.' has been in online grocery e-commerce business for the last six years. Recently, it started facing increasing competition in the market.…
'Mefco Ltd.' has been in online grocery e-commerce business
for the last six years. Recently, it started facing increasing
competition in the market. Understanding that speed of delivery in
the key differentiator amongst online business firms, 'Mefco Ltd.'
planned to launch 'Mefco Fast', a service designed to deliver the
products to the customers within $\displaystyle 10$ minutes. It studied the market
and made assumptions about the future regarding the convenience
offered by such a service to the consumers who are increasingly
seeking faster delivery options.
(a)
Identify the step of the planning process highlighted in the
above case.
(b)
State the next three steps to be followed by 'Mefco Ltd.' after
the step identified in (a) above.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
The step of the planning process highlighted in the above case is
‘Developing premises’.
(b)
Next three steps to be followed by ‘Mefco Ltd.’ after the step
identified above are:
(i)
Identifying alternative courses of action, by discussing amongst
the members of the organization.
(ii)
Evaluating alternative courses of action by weighing pros and
cons of each alternative in the light of the objectives to be
achieved.
(iii)
Selecting an alternative which is most feasible, profitable and
with least negative consequences.
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