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MMPC001: Management Functions and Organisational Processeswww.gyaniversity.com5aOrganizational culturebTurnaround managementcBrainstormingdLine and staffeManagerial grid theorySECTION-B Q6 Read the following case and answer the questions given at the end of the case:Ms. Renu had graduated with a degree in foreign languages. As the child of a military family, she had visited many parts of the world and had travelled extensively in Europe. Despite these broadening experiences, she had never given much thought to a career until her recent divorce. Needing to provide her own income, Ms. Renu began to look for work. After an intense but unsuccessful search for a job related to her foreign language degree, she began to evaluate her other skills. She had become a proficient typist in college and decided to investigate secretarial work. Although she still wanted a career utilizing her foreign language skills, she felt that the immediate financial pressures would be eased in a temporary secretarial position. Within a short period of time, she was hired as a clerk/typist in a typing pool at Life Insurance Company. Six months later, she became the top typist in the pool and was assigned as secretary to Mrs. Khan, Manager of marketing research. She was pleased to get out of the pooland to get a job that had more variety in the tasks to perform. Besides, she also got a nice raise in pay. Everything seemed to proceed well for the next nine months. Mrs. Khan was pleased with Renu%u2019s work, and she seemed happy with her work. Renu appliedfor a few other more professional jobs in other areas during this time. However, each time her application was rejected for lack of related education and/or experience in the area. Over the next few months, Khan noticed changes in Renu. She did not alwaysdress as neatly as she had in the past, she was occasionally late for work, some of her lunches extended to two hours, and most of her productive work was done in the morning hours. Khan did not wish to say anything because Renu had been doing an excellent job and her job tasks still were being accomplished