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Explain the… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2023-24, Q25a)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 4 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2023-24: question 25(a)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section C, question 25(a), for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q25(a) · 4 marks · Long answerDirecting

Explain the following features of Directing
a) Directing initiates action
b) Directing is a continuous process

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

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Hint 1

Other functions prepare; which function makes people act?

Hint 2

Does directing stop when a manager changes?

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. a) Directing initiates action: Directing is a key managerial function performed with planning, organising, staffing and controlling; while the other functions prepare the setting, directing starts action in the organisation.

    2 marks

  2. b) Directing is a continuous process: It goes on throughout the life of the organisation, whoever occupies the managerial positions.

    2 marks

Answer: Directing initiates action, and it continues throughout the life of the organisation.

Where the marks are

  • Each feature: 2 marks

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Directing (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Directing, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2023-24: every question, by section.

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