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State how… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2024-25, Q21B)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 3 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2024-25: question 21(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section B, question 21(B), for 3 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q21(B) · 3 marks · Short answerPlanning

State how planning
(I) reduces creativity
(II) leads to rigidity.

  1. (I)

    reduces creativity

    1½ marks
  2. (II)

    leads to rigidity.

    1½ marks

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

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Hint 1

Who makes plans and who only follows them?

Hint 2

What happens when conditions change but the plan does not?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. (I) Reduces creativity: Planning is done mainly by top management; others only implement plans and may neither deviate from them nor act on their own, so people think along the same lines and new ideas are discouraged.

    1½ marks

  2. (II) Leads to rigidity: A well-defined plan with specific goals and time frames fixes the future course of action; managers may be unable to change it, and following it after circumstances change may hurt the organisation.

    1½ marks

Answer: Planning reduces creativity because others only implement top management's plans, and leads to rigidity because managers cannot change a fixed plan when circumstances change.

Where the marks are

  • Each limitation: 1½ marks

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Planning (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
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 2024-25: every question, by section.

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