Question

Renu is the supervisor of an engineering firm in Gurgaon. She notices that the workers have lom
morale. Workers have been working from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. work schedule for the last two years but
were facing heavy traffic during office hours which had increased their transportation time.
She took the permission from Directors and placed her office in flexi time. She explained the rules
carefully to her subordinates. All the employees were to work during the core period from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. However, they could work the rest of the four hours at any time between 6 a.m, and
6 p.m. Renu believed her workers were honest and well motivated. Everything went on well for a long
time, morale was high and employees were satisfied with good outcomes.
After 6 months, the chief factory manager found that Renu's workers were averaging seven hours a day.
Two employees had been working only during the core period for more than two months. When Renu's
departmental head received the factory manager's report, the office withdrew flexi-hours. Renu was upset
and disappointed. She trusted her workers and felt that they had let her down.
(a) Which function of management did Renu ignore while managing her team? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Control over change.

Explanation:

In management cycle, one important thing is that whenever we bring any change in system there must be some control authority to authenticate the changes and ensure they are going in right direction.

Renu when bringing a change in system had a trust too much on her team and did not bother the control over change rule and hence the change was not implemented as per her view