An organisational structure helps to organise...

• Promotional opportunities

• Disciplinary action

• Levels of management

• Stakeholder arrangements

Which definition describes a hierarchical structure?

• A traditional structure with a narrow span of control. Has fewer people in each layer but longer lines of communication.

• Has very few layers with fast communication although there is less opportunity for decision making.

• Decision making is kept within senior management, tends to be more bureaucratic with reduced manager motivation.

• Made up of individual teams working together and is led by various people at various times depending on the project being completed.

When working in teams, which of the following is not a barrier?

• Poor communication

• Personally clashes between team members

• Unclear targets

• Adequate leadership

Understanding your role in the team is important because:

• It saves the organisation money

• It leads to promotion

• It identifies the value of the role in the team

• It means that you can cover the work of others

The value of skills in a team is:

• Less than the value of the individual skills of team members

• Greater than the value of the individual skills of team members

• The same across the team

• No different than the skills across the team

A limited company is:

• Owned by shareholders who in return receive dividends. Must be registered with Companies House.

• Where two or more people start a business together, sharing responsibility for funding the business.

• A business started by an individual with profits going to the individual.

• A company that has its shares sold on the Stock Exchange.

A PDP is also known as a:

• Procedural Due Process

• Primary Database Programme

• Personal Development Plan

• Policy Development Process

The Pareto Principle works out which of your jobs have the greatest impact on your team and business and try to give priority to those activities during the working day. What percentages are discussed as part of this principle?

• 80% success comes from 20% of your activities

• 30% success comes from 70% of your activities

• 75% success comes from 25% of your activities

• 50% success comes from 50% of your activities

Which of the following is a formal development opportunity?

• Chatting with colleagues

• Online research

• Asking a friend

• External training courses

What is a PLC?

• Product Life Cycle

• Performance Level Category

• Public Limited Company

• Project Launch Coordinator