AQA Business U4 Mix

The way a business arranges itself to carry out its activities

• Organisational Structure

• Organisational Chart

• Line Manager

• Authority

A plan showing the roles and relationships between all the employees in a business

• Organisational Structure

• Organisational Chart

• Line Manager

• Authority

An employees immediate superior or boss

• Organisational Structure

• Organisational Chart

• Line Manager

• Authority

The power to control others and to make decisions

• Organisational Structure

• Organisational Chart

• Line Manager

• Authority

The number of employees managed directly by another employee

• Span of Control

• Levels or Hierarchy

• Chain of Command

• Delayering

The layers of authority within a business

• Span of Control

• Levels or Hierarchy

• Chain of Command

• Delayering

The line of authority within a business along which communication passes

• Span of Control

• Levels or Hierarchy

• Chain of Command

• Delayering

The removal of one or more levels of hierarchy from a business organisation structure

• Span of Control

• Levels or Hierarchy

• Chain of Command

• Delayering

The passing down of authority to more junior employees

• Delegation

• Communication

• Decentralisation

• Centralisation

The exchange of information between two or more people

• Delegation

• Communication

• Decentralisation

• Centralisation