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Sara recently received her degree in automobile engineering and decided to join her father's electric vehicle business. They were not only selling electric vehicles but also providing related services like charging vehicles and their maintenance, etc. Sara had worked on a practical project related to electric vehicles during her automobile engineering course and won first prize for it. She was impressed by electric vehicles because of their potential to revolutionize the automotive industry as these are more sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to traditional vehicles.

She was exploring the possibility of entering into partnerships with the government for electric vehicle charging stations. This could be shared investment, with the government providing land and incentives and her company contributing technical expertise and operational management. Sara shared her thoughts and ideas with her father. She prepared a proposal to collaborate with the government for setting up electric vehicle charging stations. The proposal contained her ideas, feelings and suggestions which she intended to convey to the government. She then converted her ideas, feelings and suggestions into words and pictures. She used clear concise language and visual aids such as charts and graphs, to make complex information more understandable. She now had to choose a path through which her proposal would be transmitted to the government. Sara had a face-to-face meeting with the government and presented her ideas directly.

(a) The above case highlights an element of one of the functions of management. Identify and explain the element.

(b) Quoting lines from the above case, name the four elements of the concept identified in (a) above.

(c) State three other elements of the concept identified in (a) above, not discussed in the above case.