Organisation charts

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Organisational structure refers to a​

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or ​

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which shows the lines of ​

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and layers in the ​

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of the business.

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A hierarchy is a ​

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in which ​

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in a business are ​

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according to their status or ​

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Authority is the power or right to give orders, make ​

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and have control.

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•All businesses have to ​

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what they do

•A clear ​

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makes it easier to see which part of the business does what, and who has which job role

•Makes ​

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easier across the company

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should find it easier to be aware of their roles and ​

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organise

structure

communication

responsibilities

Employees

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•The chain of command is the ​​

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of information, ​ power and ​

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through the business

•Those at the ​

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have more power and authority to make decisions

•They can ​

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tasks to those ​

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to them in the hierarchy (below them)

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authority

top

delegate

flow

subordinate

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•Delegation is where a ​

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is given to a ​

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employee in the hierarchy

•Good managers are good at ​

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tasks to the right employees

•A task that has been delegated may carry a ​

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so managers can see if the task has been ​

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on time

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task

subordinate

delegating

deadline

completed

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•The span of control is a ​

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•This is the number of ​

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that an employee has the ​

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to ​

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tasks to

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of a bird

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•Delayering is when one or more of the layers of ​

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are​

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from the business

•It ​

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money since the business no longer need to​

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the wages of the employees it has removed e.g. making supervisors redundant

•Delayering helps​

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communication as it will be faster with one less layer to go through

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management

removed

pay

improve

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Organization structure types for gcse

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Tall

Flat

wide

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•There are lots of ​

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for promotion

•Information takes a ​

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time to get from the bottom  to the top

•It takes a long time for ​

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to be made

•Work is ​

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amongst more people so less stress

•Everyone knows where they are in the hierarchy, so very orderly and ​

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•Communication in a tall structure may ​

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because of the number of people that the ​

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has to travel through

•This can ​

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communication and decision making

•This means the business may miss ​

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as they cannot react fast enough to trends or ​

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suffer

message

slow down

opportunities

dynamic markets

speed up

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•Lots of layers in the hierarchy means lots of opportunities for promotion

•Supervisors normally have a small span of control so they can get to know their subordinates

Knowing subordinates means they can delegate the right tasks

Lots of layers means along the chain of command which can make the business inflexible

•It can also mean that communications within the organisation are slow

•This is expensive as there are more managers and supervisors

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Advantages

Disadvantages

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Managers in a flat structure have a ​

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and a ​

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chain of command so ​

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flows ​

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throughout the ​

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wide span of control

short

information

quickly

organisation

slowly

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•Communication in a flat structure is a lot ​

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as there are ​

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layers in the hierarchy

•Messages can be passed from ​

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to junior staff quite quickly as there are ​ fewer employees to pass through

•Easier for the business to change and ​

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to consumer trends and ​

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Fewer layers of hierarchy between the bottom and the top of the organisation

Lots of delegation means that staff are given greater responsibility,

Staff can be overstretched

Can create a power struggle if the manager is rarely around

Wide span of control means managers have too many staff to manage

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Advantages

Disadvantages

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•is where a business divides up the organisation into areas

is where a business has its organisation of management and administration at one central head

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Decentralisation

Centralisation

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Branches follo direction from the HO

All recruitment is HO

Less Delegation

Only small decision

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African division hold their budget

Quicker decisions are made

Authority and power given to divisions

European division manages their budget