Business Studies
Part I
Principles and Functions
of Management
Textbook for Class XII
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12113 – Business Studies Part I
ISBN 81-7450-697-7
Textbook for Class XII
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Foreword
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005, recommends that
children’s life at school must be linked to their life outside the school. This
principle marks a departure from the legacy of bookish learning which
continues to shape our system and causes a gap between the school,
home and community. The syllabi and textbooks developed on the basis of
NCF signify an attempt to implement this basic idea. They also attempt to
discourage rote learning and the maintenance of sharp boundaries between
different subject areas. We hope these measures will take us significantly
further in the direction of a child-centred system of education outlined in
the National Policy on Education (1986).
The success of this effort depends on the steps that school principals
and teachers will take to encourage children to reflect on their own
learning and to pursue imaginative activities and questions. We must
recognise that, given space, time and freedom, children generate new
knowledge by engaging with the information passed on to them by adults.
Treating the prescribed textbook as the sole basis of examination is one
of the key reasons why other resources and sites of learning are ignored.
Inculcating creativity and initiative is possible if we perceive and treat
children as participants in learning, not as receivers of a fixed body of
knowledge.
These aims imply considerable change in school routines and mode
of functioning. Flexibility in the daily time-table is as necessary as rigour
in implementing the annual calendar so that the required number of
teaching days are actually devoted to teaching. The methods used for
teaching and evaluation will also determine how effective this textbook
proves for making children’s life at school a happy experience, rather than
a source of stress or boredom. Syllabus designers have tried to address the
problem of curricular burden by restructuring and reorienting knowledge at
different stages with greater consideration for child psychology and the time
available for teaching. The textbook attempts to enhance this endeavour
by giving higher priority and space to opportunities for contemplation and
wondering, discussion in small groups, and activities requiring hands-on
experience.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
appreciates the hard work done by the textbook development committee
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responsible for this book. We wish to thank the Chairperson of the advisory
group in Social Sciences Professor Hari Vasudevan and the Chief Advisor
for this book, Professor D.P.S. Verma (Retd.) Delhi School of Economics,
University of Delhi and Dr. G.L. Tayal, Reader, Ramjas College, University of
Delhi for guiding the work of this committee. Several teachers contributed
to the development of this textbook; we are grateful to their principals for
making this possible. We are indebted to the institutions and organisations
which have generously permitted us to draw upon their resources, material
and personnel. We are especially grateful to the members of the National
Monitoring Committee, appointed by the Department of Secondary and
Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development under the
Chairpersonship of Professor Mrinal Miri and Professor G.P. Deshpande,
for their valuable time and contribution. As an organisation committed
to the systemic reform and continuous improvement in the quality of its
products, NCERT welcomes comments and suggestions which will enable
us to undertake further revision and refinement.
Director
New Delhi National Council of Educational
20 November 2006 Research and Training
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Rationalisation of Content in the Textbooks
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to reduce content
load on students. The National Education Policy 2020, also emphasises
reducing the content load and providing opportunities for experiential
learning with creative mindset. In this background, the NCERT has
undertaken the exercise to rationalise the textbooks across all classes.
Learning Outcomes already developed by the NCERT across classes
have been taken into consideration in this exercise.
Contents of the textbooks have been rationalised in view of the
following:
• Overlapping with similar content included in other subject areas in
the same class
• Similar content included in the lower or higher class in the same
subject
• Difficulty level
• Content, which is easily accessible to students without much
interventions from teachers and can be learned by children through
self-learning or peer-learning
• Content, which is irrelevant in the present context
This present edition, is a reformatted version after carrying out the
changes given above.
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Textbook Development Committee
Chairperson, Advisory Committee for Textbooks in Social Sciences at Senior
Secondary Level
Hari Vasudevan, Professor, Department of History, University of Calcutta,
Kolkata
Chief Advisor
D.P.S. Verma, Retired Professor, Department of Commerce, Delhi School
of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Advisor
G.L. Tayal, Reader, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Members
Anand Saxena, Reader, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.
Davinder K. Vaid, Professor, Department of Education in Social Sciences
and Humanities, NCERT, New Delhi.
M.M. Goyal, Reader, PG DAV College, University of Delhi.
Narsimha Murthy, Principal, University Post-Graduate College, Subedari,
Anam Konda, Distt. Warangal, Andhra Pradesh.
Pooja Dasani, PGT (Commerce) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Gol Dakkhana,
New Delhi.
R.B. Solanki, Principal, B.R. Ambedkar College, University of Delhi.
Ruchi Kakkar, Lecturer, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi.
Shruti Bodh Aggarwal, Vice-Principal, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya,
Kishanganj, Delhi.
Sumati Verma, Reader, Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi.
Y.V. Reddy, Reader, Department of Commerce, Goa University, Goa.
Member Coordinator
Minoo Nandrajog, Reader, Department of Education in Social Sciences
and Humanities, NCERT, New Delhi.
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Note to the Teacher
As you read through this textbook, you will develop an understanding of
the environment in which a business operates. The textbook discusses
emerging modes of business in the context of entrepreneurship
development, ethics in business and corporate social responsibility, small
scale industries, intellectual property rights, goods and services tax, and
many other contemporary issues in the conduct of internal and internal
business scenarios. Due emphasis is laid on entrepreneurship and
innovation in unorganised sector along with content from corporate world.
This will enable the learners observant of their immediate surroundings
and business environment.
You will find additional reading material, interactive activities, stories
of innovation and entrepreneurship, etc., as enrichment material for self
learning. You will find newer e-resources under embedded QR codes
(accessed via e-pathshala app) at various intervals.
The textbook is updated in the light of The Companies Act 2013, and
the content is modified in accordance to new provisions of the Act 2013
in respective chapters.
Acknowledgements
The National Council of Educational Research and Training acknowledges
the valuable contributions of the Textbook Development Commitee, which
took considerable pain in the development and review of manuscript as
well.
Thanks are due to Savita Sinha Professor and Head, Department
of Education in Social Science for her guidance and constant support
at every stage of the textbook development process. The textbook has
been reworked and updated at appropriate point of time in the context of
recent development in business scenario and the Companies Act 2013.
The contribution of practicing teachers of Business Studies is also duly
acknowledged for developing e-resourses for QR Codes.
The contribution of APC Office, Administration, Publication Division,
and Secretariat of NCERT are also duly acknowledged for bringing out the
updated textbook of Business Studies.
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Contents
Foreword iii
Rationalisation of Content in the Textbooks v
Chapter 1 Nature and Significance of Management 1
Chapter 2 Principles of Management 30
Chapter 3 Business Environment 69
Chapter 4 Planning 91
Chapter 5 Organising 109
Chapter 6 Staffing 139
Chapter 7 Directing 169
Chapter 8 Controlling 201
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