Which among the options given below is NOT a feature of management as a profession?

Option 1 -> Restricted Entry: Management lacks formal licensing requirements or legal restrictions to practice, unlike traditional professions like medicine or law.

Option 2 -> Professional Association: Management has professional bodies like the All India Management Association (AIMA) that promote management practices and standards.

Option 3 -> Service Motive: While management involves serving organizational objectives, traditional professions prioritize serving society over personal gains.

Option 4 -> Personalised Application: Management relies on standardized principles and scientific methods rather than personalized or individualistic approaches, which distinguishes it from being a full profession.

Hence, Option 4: Personalised Application -> A key feature of established professions is the application of standardized knowledge and universal principles. Management applies scientific principles and systematic methods uniformly across situations, rather than personalized approaches. This absence of personalized application, combined with lack of restricted entry and formal certification, indicates management is not yet a full-fledged profession -> correct