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At Sundaram Textiles, the plant head receives the board's annual production target, divides it among the spinning, weaving and dyeing departments, and appoints the foremen who will get the work done. At which level is the plant head working, and what is the key role?

The plant head works at the middle level of management. The role is to take the board's targets, translate them into departmental plans, allocate them and coordinate between top management and supervisors who oversee workers. It is neither mission framing nor direct supervision.

  1. ATop level; framing the company's mission
  2. BMiddle level; translating policy into departmental plans and coordinatingCorrect
  3. CSupervisory level; directly overseeing workers
  4. DOperational level; performing the production tasks

Explanation

The plant head takes targets from the board and converts them into departmental plans, then relies on foremen for execution. That is the middle management function of linking top and supervisory levels. Framing mission would be top level, which is not what is described.

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