Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
Option 1 -> Development of Personnel relates to training and skill enhancement of employees, which is not the focus of avoiding duplication and wastage mentioned in the statement. Option 2 -> Clarity in reporting relationships deals with organizational hierarchy and chain of command, not specifically with avoiding duplication of work and minimizing wastage. Option 3 -> Optimum utilization of resources directly addresses avoiding duplication of work, preventing confusion, and minimizing wastage of efforts by ensuring efficient use of all resources. Option 4 -> Better administration and greater creativity focuses on improving management processes and fostering innovation, which doesn't directly relate to preventing duplication and wastage. Hence, Option 3: Optimum utilization of resources -> The statement explicitly mentions "avoidance of duplication of work" and "minimising wastage of efforts," which are clear indicators of efficient resource utilization. When an organization prevents duplication and reduces waste, it ensures that human, material, and time resources are used optimally without redundancy, leading to maximum productivity with minimum waste -> correct