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Committee Organisation: A committee is a group of persons formed to discuss and deliberate on problems and to recommend or decide solutions. Its area of operation is determined by its constitution. It may be authorised to deal with all or specific activities. Members of the committee have authority to go into details of the problems. A committee may be constituted at any level of organisation and its members may be drawn from various departments. Advantages: Committees are used in management for the following reasons: 1. Committee’s decisions are more balanced, logical and objective. 2. Committees ensure effective co-ordination among different departments. 3. By allowing the people to participate in the decision making process, committee help to improve the loyalty and commitment of employees. 4. It avoids conflicts among group members. 5. By serving on various committees, managers acquire valuable experience.

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Committee Organisation - Dr.K.Baranidharan, Sri Sairam Institute of Technology

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Committee Organisation:A committee is a group of persons formed to discuss and deliberate on problems and to recommend or decide solutions. Its area of operation is determined by its constitution. It may be authorised to deal with all or specific activities. Members of the committee have authority to go into details of the problems. A committee may be constituted at any level of organisation and its members may be drawn from various departments.Advantages:Committees are used in management for the following reasons: 1. Committees decisions are more balanced, logical and objective. 2. Committees ensure effective co-ordination among different departments. 3. By allowing the people to participate in the decision making process, committee help to improve the loyalty and commitment of employees. 4. It avoids conflicts among group members. 5. By serving on various committees, managers acquire valuable experience. 6. Committees are useful for quick transmission of information throughout the organisation. 7. Committee may be constituted to cool of agitations and to overcome resistance.Disadvantages:Committee suffer from the following limitations: 1. Committee meetings are a costly affair both in terms of money and time. 2. The functioning of committee is slow and it cannot take quick decisions. 3. A committee decision is not necessarily the best decision but merely on acceptable one. 4. A strong personality member dominates the committee action. 5. The responsibility for wrong decisions by a committee cannot be fixed on any one individual. 6. Committees are sometimes misused to avoid action, to take unpleasant decisions or to delay decisions.