Principles of Management

Subodh is a middle lever manager. He keeps all his subordinates under a lot of discipline. His employees however complain of wastage of time and efforts as they feel that nothing is being assigned in a proper way and a proper place, also no proper schedule is made for working. Which principle of management is violated here?

• Principle of Unity

• Principle of Order

• Unity of Direction

• Unity of Command

Telco Ltd. manufactures files and folders from old clothes to discourage the use of plastic files and folders. For this, they employ people from nearby villages where very less job opportunities are available. An employee, Harish, designed a plan for cost reduction but it was not welcomed by the production manager. Another employee gave some suggestions for improvements in design, but it also was not appreciated by the production manager. State the principle of management that is violated in the above paragraph.

• Initiative

• Equity

• Espirit de Corps

• Discipline

Voltech India Ltd. is manufacturing LED bulbs to save electricity. However, it is running under heavy losses. To revive from the losses, the management shifts the unit to a backward area where labour is available at a low cost. The management also asks the workers to work overtime without any additional payments and promises to increase the wages of the workers after achieving its mission. Within a short period, the company starts earning profits because both the management and workers honour their commitments. State the principle of management described in the above paragraph.

• Initiative

• Equity

• Espirit de Corps

• Discipline

Nikita and Salman completed their MBA and started working in a multinational company at the same level. Both of them worked hard and were happy with their employer. Salman had the habit of back-biting and wrong reporting about his colleagues to impress his boss. All the employees in the organisation knew about it. At the time of performance appraisal, the performance of Nikita was judged to be better than Salman. Even then their boss, Mohammed Sharif, decided to promote Salman stating that being a female, Nikita would not be able to handle the complications of a higher post. Identify and explain the principle of management which was not followed by this, multinational company.

• Initiative

• Discipline

• Equity

• Remuneration

ABC Ltd is a company which takes care of the fact that the confidence of the employees should always be at its peak. For this reason they give surety to their employees for employment for a minimum fixed tenure of time. Which principle of management is followed here?

• Initiative

• Espirit de corps

• Equity

• Stability of Personnel

A floor manager of a mall is very capable as he utilises all the functions of management. He lays stress on developing mutual trust and spirit of cooperation amongst the employees. Under his guidance the employees admit that they learn a lot and are able to meet their targets. This has led to increase in their salaries. Which principle of management is followed here?

• Initiative

• Espirit de corps

• Equity

• Stability of Personnel

XYZ Enterprises is facing huge losses. The owner of the company is an MBA pass out. Even then many things in the organisation are happening which are indicative of lack of proper management in the company. First of all there is no specific sharing of work and any time any employee is asked to do anything. This has lead to wastage of efforts. Further due to negligence in proper work sharing there has been no specialisation development in the nature of the jobs done by the employees. State the principle of management that is violated in the above paragraph.

• Division of work

• Espirit de corps

• Centralisation

• Subordination of individual interests to general interest

The departmental heads who are the middle level managers in the company and hold key positions always favour their relatives. They quite often don’t turn up for job on time. They are always looking for special relaxations from the top management. This has led to feeling of resentment among the employees who are also demanding special favours and threatening strike in the coming days

• Division of work

• Espirit de corps

• Centralisation

• Subordination of individual interests to general interest

Ramesh is the owner of a printing press. The size of his organisation has y/increased during the recent past. There are many employees who work in his organisation. The organisation is considered good and has earned a lot of reputation in the market. However when it comes to making key decisions in the organisation related to many things he never considers the opinions of his subordinates. Even though the size of the organisation has increased yet he tries to take all the key decisions on his own. Which principle of Fayol has been violated by him?

• Division of work

• Espirit de corps

• Centralisation and Decentralisation

• Subordination of individual interests to general interest

Mohan works on the floor of a mall as a manager. He is very hard working but is unable to produce results for his organisation. His target for last month was a sale of 10 lakh rupees from his floor. However by the end of the month the sale was only 8 lakh rupees. He is very regular and takes all the necessary steps to complete the target. However his staff is not as competent as he himself is. When he tries to take action against disobedient employees the top management doesn’t allow him to do so. They haven’t given him the power to fire employees or take any strict action against them. Which principle of Fayol is violated here by the Organisation?

• Authority and Responsibility

• Unity of command

• Unity of direction

• Principle of order