Vivo mobile aims to produce 20,000 mobiles in 2017. To achieve this target production department strives for timely production, finance department agreed for timely release of funds, puchase agreed for the tiemely supply of raw materials and sales department agreed to take all possible steps to sell them. Due to combined efforts of all the departments company can achieve its target.
(i) Which characteristic of management is highlighted in above para?
(ii) Which importance of management is highlighted here?
(iii) Which other aspect of management helps the Vivo Mobile Ltd
to achieve its objectives.

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(i) management is a group activity
(ii) management helps in achieving group goal
(iii) coordination

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(i) management is a group activity(ii) management helps in achieving group goal(iii) coordination

(i) management is a group activity
(ii) management helps in achieving group goal
(iii) coordination