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Explain how… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2024-25, Q28A)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 4 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2024-25: question 28(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section C, question 28(A), for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q28(A) · 4 marks · Long answerControlling

Explain how Planning and controlling are both backward looking, as well as forward looking functions.

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Hints

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Hint 1

Which function is usually called a post-mortem?

Hint 2

What do planners use, and what does corrective action aim at?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Planning is forward looking: plans are prepared for the future on the basis of forecasts.

    1 mark

  2. Controlling is backward looking: it is like a post-mortem of past activities to find deviations from standards.

    1 mark

  3. But planning also looks back: it is guided by past experience.

    1 mark

  4. And controlling also looks forward: corrective action aims to improve future performance. So both are backward-looking as well as forward-looking.

    1 mark

Answer: Planning looks ahead but draws on past experience; controlling reviews the past but its corrective action improves the future, so both look backward and forward.

Where the marks are

  • Explanation of the two-way relationship (4)

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