Question

Assertion and Reason

a Prem Lal, the Managing Director of Awasthi Ltd., retired after 33 years of service. The responsibility was given to Raj. Raj realised that there was lot of rivalry, confusion and misunderstanding among the departmental heads. He detected inefficiencies, took corrective measures and developed a master plan for the organisation to follow. This served as a basis for coordinating the activities of all the departments, led to clarity of thought and action and work got off to a smooth start. The point of importance of planning discussed above is :

(a) Planning reduces overlapping and wasteful activities.
(b)Planning establishes standards for controlling.
(c) Planning reduces the risks of uncertainty.
(d) Planning promotes innovative ideas.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Prem Lal, the Managing Director of Awasthi Ltd., retired after 33 years of service. The responsibility was given to Raj. Raj realised that there was lot of rivalry, confusion and misunderstanding among the departmental heads. He detected inefficiencies, took corrective measures and developed a master plan for the organisation to follow. This served as a basis for coordinating the activities of all the departments, led to clarity of thought and action and work got off to a smooth start. The point of importance of planning discussed above is :

(a) Planning reduces overlapping and wasteful activities.

(b)Planning establishes standards for controlling.

(c) Planning reduces the risks of uncertainty.

(d) Planning promotes innovative ideas.

Answer 2

The importance discussed is (a) Planning reduces overlapping and wasteful activities.

• The corrective measure taken by Raj represents the characteristic of planning of reducing overlapping.
• The efforts of numerous persons and agencies are appropriately coordinated through planning to minimise overlapping and unnecessary actions.
• It also guarantees that ideas and behaviours are clear, and that work is completed without confusion or misunderstanding.
• Activities that are inefficient and wasteful are minimised or eliminated. It is simpler to identify inefficiencies and take remedial action to address them.