Apaar Foundation is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) working to improve the lives of children with medical needs

Question

the lives of children with medical needs, the homeless and victims of natural disasters. Apart from donations in cash, they collect dry ration, old clothes, shoes, toys, books and medicines from donors. At Apaar Foundation’s office in Bhopal the material collected is segregated, classified and put in shelves and boxes that are labelled systematically. There is a specific place for each of these items and volunteers put everything at their respective places.

The volunteer work is divided into specific jobs like fund raising, field visits, social media updates and so on. Each volunteer is part of a particular team, depending on their competency and training. Each volunteer becomes specialised in their respective field, leading to efficient utilisation of human effort. 

Identify and explain two principles of management adopted by Apaar Foundation.

Answer 1

Following are two principles of management adopted by Apaar Foundation : 

(i) Principle of order – Principle of order suggests that objects and the people should be properly arranged in an order. A certain place should be specifically marked for each object and each individual. For example, production manager maybe allotted an office room in the factory and a typist would be allotted a particular table and a typing machine. Thus, there are two aspects to order: 

• Material order i.e., arrangement of things. 
• Social order i.e., arrangement of people. 

The object of this principle is to avoid the loss of time and material and to ensure smooth functioning. 

The application of this principle helps to reduce chaos and to increase efficiency of the employees. 

(ii) principle of division of work – Principle of division of work suggests that work of all kinds should be divided into compact jobs and each job should be allocated to different individuals as per their competence, qualification and experience. The object of this principle to produce more and better work for the same effort. The application of this principle makes each task simple and helps in ensuring speed, accuracy and specialisation.