CBSE Class 12 Business Studies 2021 Outside Delhi set 1

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Question : 59
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Somesh works as a foreman in 'Lakshmi Automatives Ltd.', a company manufacturing cars. He is subordinate to Ramesh, who is the Production Incharge in the factory. Somesh is incharge of timely and accurate completion of job by workers working in the Production Department. There are three other foremen who work under the Production Incharge, while four other foremen work under Naresh, the Planning Incharge in the factory. Each of the eight foremen is a specialist in his area and gives orders to the workers relating to it.
The technique of scientific management highlighted in the above case is :
Solution:  
(c) Functional' foremanship
The techniques of scientific management highlighted in the above case is the functional foremanship. Functional foremanship is a factory management technique that advocates for having multiple foremen in different, specialized roles. Traditionally, factories had just one foreman who would oversee operations. This foreman was the only direct contact for factory workers.
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