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Beni, after completing her MBA, took up a job with a multinational company named 'Fortio'. The company was paying good salary and perks to its employees. The wages were within the paying capacity of the company the provided the employees a reasonable standard of living. The company also had a good work-culture and the behaviour of superiors was very good towards their subordinates. Beni was very happy in this organisation, but due to long working hours, she did not have time to cook her meal. She had to depend upon outside food, which was deteriorating her health. She observed that this problem was faced by many of her colleagues, not only in her company but also in many other companies. This was because of increase in the number of working women and non-availability of hygienic home-cooked food. She identified this as a great opportunity and decided to give up her job to supply packaged home-cooked food to office goers at a reasonable price. At the end of the day, she was also distributing the left-over food in the nearby night-shelters
a. State the dimension of the business environment being discussed above.
b. State the principle of management being followed by 'Fortio'.
c. Identify any two values being communicated by the company to the society in the
above case.
Solution
a. The dimension of the business environment being discussed is Social Environment.
b. The principle of management being followed by Fortio is Remuneration of Personnel as the company was paying good salaries and providing perks to its employees.
c. Values being communicated by the company to society:
- Good work culture and working environment
- Concern for employees
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