2.5 Making human resource decisions (part 1)

Employees that enjoy their work are said to be what M?

• Manipulated

• Managed

• Motivated

• Missed

Employees are said to be a businesses most _____________ asset.

• Useless

• Important

• Worthy

• Expensive

The name for an organisational structure that means levels of roles from the highest paid to the most junior members of staff?

• Layers

• Matrix

• Chain of command

• Level of importance

A business must make a decision between two types of organisational structure? Choose two answers.

• Flat or Structural

• Hierarchical or Flat

• Centralised or Decentralised

• Centralised or Hierachical

Hierarchical structures are also known as...

• Big

• Short

• Tall

• Long

True or False, An employee is likely to be paid more the higher up the heirarchical structure they go?

• True

• False

Hierarchical structures can have many benefits, for example...

• They are easy to manage and offer hardly any downside

• They offer potential opportunities to maximise profit

• They consider both social and financial legislation

• They provide lots of opportunities for promotion and a chance to earn more money

Which type of structure offers very few levels?

• Top down

• Flat

• Large

• Hierarchical

Communication is often _______________ and more efficient in a flat structure.

• Difficult

• Quicker

• Simpler

• Easier

When decisions are made at the 'centre' of the organisation?

• Decentralised

• Centralised

• Flat

• Hierarchical