Question

The students of class 11 of ‘AL Public School’ decided to host a farewell party to students of class 12. A core team was formed that brainstormed and identified various activities that needed to be performed for the same. It was decided that the arrangements for refreshments, sound and music, tentage, gifts, invitations and cultural programme are required to be made. The students then divided the work into manageable activities so that duplication is avoided and burden of work is shared. The students were excited that they were managing the whole event themselves. The students of class 11 have performed one of the steps in the process of organising. Identify the step. (ii) State the next three steps that the students need to perform to complete the process of organising successfully.

• A. Identification and Division of Work; Departmentalisation, Assignment of Duties, Establishing Reporting Relationships
• B. Departmentalisation; Assignment of Duties, Establishing Reporting Relationships, Decentralisation
• C. Identification and Division of Work; Planning, Staffing, Directing
• D. Assignment of Duties; Departmentalisation, Delegation, Controlling

Hint:

The organizing process follows a fixed four-step sequence. Memorize the acronym I-D-A-E: 1. Identification and Division of Work. 2. Departmentalisation. 3. Assignment of Duties. 4. Establishing Reporting Relationships.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Recalling the organising process in order.
Organising unfolds as a series of steps, identifying and dividing the work, grouping similar activities into departments, assigning duties to specific people, and finally establishing who reports to whom.
Step 2: Matching part (i) to the case.
The passage says the students divided the whole event into manageable activities so that work does not overlap and the load is shared fairly, this is precisely the first step of organising, Identification and Division of Work.
Step 3: What logically follows.
Once the work is divided, the natural next steps are grouping related tasks together into departments (Departmentalisation), handing specific duties to specific students (Assignment of Duties), and deciding who each student reports to for their part of the event (Establishing Reporting Relationships).
Final answer: Option 1, Identification and Division of Work; Departmentalisation, Assignment of Duties, Establishing Reporting Relationships.