Question
Rajeev, the owner of Pathways Constructions, decided to start a campaign to create awareness among people for developing clean surroundings in their area. He formed a team of 10 members to list the different ways for cleaning the surroundings. One suggested to take the help of local residents, another suggested that they may involve school-going children in their venture. One more suggestion was to take the help of the unemployed youth. On evaluation of different ways, it was decided to take the help of local residents. To achieve the desired goal, various activities are identified like

  • Purchase of necessary items like dustbins, garbage bags, brooms, etc.
  • Collection of garbage;
  • Disposal of garbage, etc.

After identification of different activities, the work was allocated to different members.

  1. Identify the concepts of management involved in the above situation and quote the lines which help in their identification.
  2. Also identify the values which the company wants to communicate to society.

Answer

  1. The concepts of management involved in the above situation are outlined below :
    • Planning: ” One suggested to take help of local residents, another suggested that they may involve school going children in their venture. One more suggestion was to take the help of the unemployed youth. On evaluation of different ways, it was decided to take help of the local residents.”
    • Organising: ” To achieve the desired goal, various activities are identified like
      • Purchase of necessary items like dustbins, garbage bags, brooms etc.
      • Collection of garbage
      • Disposal of garbage, etc.
        After identification of different activities, the work was allocated to different members.”
  2. The values which the company wants to communicate to society are:
    • Cleanliness
    • Responsibility

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