CBSE 2024 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q34

‘Memo Builders’ was constructing a five star hotel for a leading hotel

chain. The hotel had to be given possession by next year but the

construction of the hotel was running six months behind schedule. The

Chief Executive Officer of ‘Memo Builders’ was concerned as Memo

Builders was known for its quality and timely completion of projects. He

asked Nitin, the senior of the Project Head for a thorough investigation.

Nitin investigated and reported to the Chief Executive Officer that inspite

of huge absenteeism of workers, additional workers were not called. Nitin

also reported to the Chief Executive Officer that three of the ten machines

being used by the workers were defective. Nitin ordered for repair of the

machines and asked the Project Head to appoint additional workers with

attractive wages to ensure that the deadline is met.

(a)

Identify the function of management. Quoting the lines from the

(a)

above para, explain the steps of the process of the function of

(a)

management discussed.

(b)

Also explain any two points of importance of the function of

(b)

management identified in (a) above.