Question

The General Manager- GM of 'Alpha Kidswear Limited', the GM has divided all the employees of his company into three levels (Top level, Middle level and Lower level). At the Top level the General Manager and Board of Directors themselves work. The middle level work is looked after by the four Departmental managers like the Production Manager, Purchase Manager, Sales Manager and Finance Manager.
The LowerLevel is constituted of one supervisor of each of the four departments. These supervisors look after the daily activities of their subordinates
Often, it is observed that the managers of all Levels remain busy sometimes with the planning of their respective departments and sometimes with the comparison of the desired and actual results. Similarly, sometimes they are busy with the Recruitment , Selection and Training of the employees and sometimes with their motivation.
Mr. Sahil knows it very well that the job of management cannot be done by a single person alone, but when all joins to work together the meaning of management is realised. This is why he makes all his efforts to effect coordination in the activities of all his employees. All the employees are working with the team spirit.
In the above paragraph two special features of management have been described. Identify them by quoting the relevant lines and explain them.

Answer 1

(i) continuous process
(ii) group activities