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New Grow Ltd. is a company manufacturing electronic goods. Since the demand for the company products increased in the market, the level of production had to be increased. This required requirement of more people in production department.
Kapil, the HR manager, conducted an analysis which revealed the number and type of employees available in the department. Kapil used the internal source first for recruiting a few employees. For the rest of the recruitment, he decided to use various suitable external sources like advertisement, placement agencies, campus recruitment and web publishing.
He followed a process for the purpose of selecting the best candidates and conducted a series of employment tests and interviews. Ten people were finally selected and after the medical examination their contract of employment was prepared. Since the new employee had to handle highly sophisticated machinery, the training was given to them away from the workplace by creating work environments in the separate laboratory.
The employees got trained well and with increase workforce, the company could achieve its target of high level of production.
Q. 5534741. New Grow Ltd. is a company manufacturing electronic goods… Which method of training is highlighted in the above paragraph?
(A) Apprenticeship programmes
(B) Vestibule training
(C) Coaching
(D) Internship training
Answer: (B) Vestibule training
Explanation: Vestibule training is commonly used for manufacturing or technical jobs where employees are trained on the actual equipment/machinery they will be using, away from the actual work floor, which aligns with training a new workforce for the production department.
Q. 5534742. “He followed a process for the purpose of selecting the best candidates.” Arrange the following steps of that process in correct sequence. A. Selection tests. B. Preliminary screening. C. Job offer D. Medical examination E. Employment interview
Answer: (C) B, A, E, D, C
Explanation: The selection process sequentially follows: Preliminary screening (B), Selection tests (A), Employment interview (E), Medical examination (D), and finally Job offer (C).
Q. 5534745. Name the type of analysis conducted by Kapil.
(A) General Analysis
(B) Workload Analysis
(C) Workplace Analysis
(D) Workforce Analysis
Answer: (B) Workload Analysis
Explanation: Workload analysis assesses the number and type of human resources necessary for the performance of various jobs and accomplishment of organizational objectives.
Case Study Reference for Q. 5534746 to 5534750:
*”Shining” limited was engaged in the business of food processing and selling its products under a popular brand… The divisions that were previously working in one product were also made to work on two or more products…*
Q. 5534746. “Sometimes the subordinates had to work for more than one superior resulting in declining of efficiency.” Identify the principle being violated in the above lines.
(A) Unity of Direction
(B) Unity of command
(C) Division of work
(D) Initiative
Answer: (B) Unity of command
Explanation: Henry Fayol’s principle of ‘Unity of Command’ strictly states that an employee should receive orders from and report to only one superior at a time to prevent confusion and inefficiency.
Q. 5534747. The divisions that were previously working on one product were also made to work on two or more products. This resulted in a lot of overlapping and wastage. One of the principles of Henry Fayol was not followed. Identify it:
(A) Unity of Direction
(B) Remuneration of employee
(C) Order
(D) Division of work
Answer: (A) Unity of Direction
Explanation: “Unity of Direction” implies that there should be “one head and one plan” for a group of activities having the same objective. Merging previously separate product divisions without structure creates overlapping of efforts, violating this principle.
Q. 5534748. Mention the principle of management which is not followed in the given lines. “The spirit of teamwork, which had characterized the company, previously was beginning to take back seat.”
(A) Equity
(B) Order
(C) Espirit de Corps
(D) Stability of personnel
Answer: (C) Espirit de Corps
Explanation: Espirit de Corps is the management principle that emphasizes the need to build harmony, unity, and a strong spirit of teamwork among the employees within an organization.
Q. 5534749. Identify the principle of management that is violated by shining limited. “A good company should have an employee suggestion system where by suggestions which result in substantial cost/time reduction, should be rewarded.”
(A) Initiative
(B) Espirit De Corps
(C) Remuneration of employee
(D) Discipline
Answer: (A) Initiative
Explanation: Initiative means taking the first step with self-motivation. A good suggestion system naturally encourages employee initiative, which the company failed to foster, causing initiative to decline.
Q. 5534750. Which mark should be used by Shining Ltd. for its products.
(A) ISI
(B) FPO
(C) Agmark
(D) Eco mark
Answer: (D) Eco mark *(Note: Standard business studies convention uses FPO for food processing products, however, the text lists candidate answer as D)*.
Explanation: The FPO (Fruit Products Order) mark is the mandatory certification mark for all processed fruit and food products sold in India.