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Explain how… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2023-24, Q32b)

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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(b)

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

Q32(b) · 6 marks · Long answerPlanning

Explain how planning:
a) Reduces overlapping and wasteful activities
b) Establishes standards for controlling
c) Facilitates decision making

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

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

How does a plan stop two departments doing the same thing?

Hint 2

Without a goal, against what is performance measured?

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) Reduces overlapping and wasteful activities: Planning coordinates the activities of divisions and departments; clarity in thought and action lets work run smoothly without interruptions.

    2 marks

  2. b) Establishes standards for controlling: Planning sets the goals against which actual performance is measured and deviations corrected; planning is a prerequisite for controlling.

    2 marks

  3. c) Facilitates decision making: Planning makes managers look ahead, evaluate alternatives and choose the most viable one.

    2 marks

Answer: Planning coordinates work to avoid waste, provides standards for control and helps choose among alternatives.

Where the marks are

  • Each point: 2 marks

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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