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Explain the… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2023-24, Q32a)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2023-24: question 32(a)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section D, question 32(a), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q32(a) · 6 marks · Long answerPlanning

Explain the steps that are required to be performed by a manager before evaluating all possible courses of action in planning 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

What must be known before alternatives can be compared?

Hint 2

The first three steps of the planning process.

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. Setting objectives: Objectives specify what the organisation wants to achieve, give direction to all departments and must be stated clearly.

    2 marks

  2. Developing premises: Assumptions about the future (forecasts, existing plans, past policies) on which plans are based.

    2 marks

  3. Identifying alternative courses of action: Once objectives and premises are set, the possible courses of action, routine or innovative, are identified.

    2 marks

Answer: Before evaluation: setting objectives, developing premises and identifying alternative courses of action.

Where the marks are

  • Three steps: 2 marks each

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Planning, 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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