His reputation grew by leaps and bounds as he was not only a person of integrity but also did his work with utmost honesty and sincerity. The business started growing day by day. He was delighted when he was offered a big project by the Ministry of Science & Technology. While working on the project he found that the volume of work made it impractical for him to handle all the work by himself. Therefore he decided to expand the team. 

The company maintained a close liaison with an engineering college in the State. During a campus placement, Aarav and Pranshi were appointed to work for the new project. He found the new employees capable, enthusiastic and trustworthy. Anoop was thus, able to focus on the objectives and with the help of Aarav and Pranshi, the project was completed on time. Not only this, Anoop was also able to extend his area of operations. On the other hand, Aarav and Pranshi also got opportunities to develop and exercise initiative. 

a) Identify and explain briefly the concept used by Anoop Gaur in the above case which helped him in focussing on the objectives.

(b) Also, explain any four points of importance of the concept identified in part (a). [6]

When an organization grows in size or complexity, there is tendency towards sharing decision making authority with the lower levels. This is because in large organizations, employees who are closely involved with certain operations tend to have more knowledge about them than the top management.

An important concept of organizing function is discussed above. Identify the concept and state any three points of its importance. [4]

(a) Identify the organisational structure of ‘Sweets and More.’

(b) State three advantages and two disadvantages of the organisational structure identified in   a) which are not discussed in the above case. [6]