Originally Posted by panther

Css 2008 passage
Q.1. Write a précis of the following passage in about 100 words and suggest the title: (20+5)

Objectives pursued by, organizations should be directed to the satisfaction of demands resulting from the wants of mankind. Therefore, the determination of appropriate objectives for organized activity must be preceded by an effort to determine precisely what their wants are. Industrial organizations conduct market studies to learn what consumer goods should be produced. City Commissions make surveys to ascertain what civic projects would be of most benefit. Highway Commissions conduct traffic counts to learn what constructive programmes should be undertaken. Organizations come into being as a means for creating and exchanging utility. Their success is dependent upon the appropriateness of the series of acts contributed to the system. The majority of these acts is purposeful, that is, they are directed to the accomplishment of some objectives. These acts are physical in nature and find purposeful employment in the alteration of the physical environment. As a result utility is created, which, through the process of distribution, makes it possible for the cooperative system to endure.

Before the Industrial Revolution most cooperative activity was accomplished in small owner managed enterprises, usually with a single decision maker and simple organizational objectives. Increased technology and the growth of industrial organization made necessary the establishment of a hierarchy of objectives. This is turn, required a division of the management function until today a hierarchy of decision makers exists in most organizations.

The effective pursuit of appropriate objectives contributes directly to organizational efficiency. As used here, efficiency is a measure of the want satisfying power of the cooperative system as a whole. Thus efficiency is the summation of utilities received from the organization divided by the utilities given to the organization, as subjectively evaluated by each contributor.

The functions of the management process is the delineation of organizational objectives and the coordination of activity towards the accomplishment of these objectives. The system of coordinated activities must be maintained so that each contributor, including the manager, gains more than he contributes. (324 words)

Difficult words Meaning,Synonym
Hierarchy =Ranking system ,grading
Pursuit =Striving towards
Endure =Tolerate
Utility =Useful, beneficial
Delineation =Trace the outline of,characterization
Ascertain =Find out

Main points

I. Organization should be directed to the demands of consumers
II. Surveys should be conducted for this purpose
III. Survey creates employments
IV. Before industrial revolution small enterprises were managed by a single owner . but latest technology changed the whole scenario. So the decision making body increased from a single one this is why in companies a separate cell was created
V. Management should never compromise on the objectives
VI. In this way each contributor gets the maximum benefit including the manager.
Précis

In this passage author says that the organizations should consider the demand of their consumers and they should conduct various surveys to know what the exact demand of their consumers is? Prior to the industrial revolution small enterprises were being run mostly by single decision makers but by the improvement of technology organizational needs increased which increased the no. of decision makers so the organizations built a management division which exists until today and by the effective implementation of these objectives efficiency of organizations increased considerably this is why organizations should never compromise on objectives which will benefit the organization as well as contributors. (105 words)

Title:1) MANAGEMENT
2) EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

NOTE: CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT MISTAKES I MADE HERE. YOUR COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS ARE MOST WELCOME.

Originally Posted by amubin

Precis 2010

AN ENVIOUS PERSONALITY

Being envious is in human nature.An envious person never find happiness in what he has.He always complaints about what others have.He desires to get more.And the more he gets the more he wants.Even he does not notice how other fulfill their needs by minimum resources.Its necessary for such kind of person to be happy.But when its suggested to him he always regret this idea.He should himself realize and make efforts to get rid of envy.

Originally Posted by Shahid Shakoor

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Envy