Organisational Design and Structure
Business · Year 12 · Decision Making to Improve Human Resource Performance · 3o Periodo

Organisational Design and Structure

Investigate how businesses structure their workforce, focusing on hierarchy, spans of control, delegation, and centralisation.

National Curriculum Attainment TargetsDfE A-level Business content: Human resources;Making human resource decisions including organisational design, hierarchy, span of control and delegation.

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Investigate how businesses structure their workforce, focusing on hierarchy, spans of control, delegation, and centralisation.

Key Questions

  1. What are the advantages of a wide span of control and a flat organisational structure?
  2. How does decentralisation impact employee motivation and decision making?
  3. In what circumstances might a matrix structure be most effective?

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