Organisation charts

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11th Grade

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Carlon Gittens

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Organisational structure refers to a

which shows the lines of

and layers in the

of the business.

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A hierarchy is a

in which

in a business are

according to their status or

Authority is the power or right to give orders, make

and have control.

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•All businesses have to

what they do

•A clear

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

•Makes

easier across the company

•

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

of information, power and

through the business

•Those at the

have more power and authority to make decisions

•They can

tasks to those

to them in the hierarchy (below them)

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authority

top

delegate

flow

subordinate

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•Delegation is where a

is given to a

employee in the hierarchy

•Good managers are good at

tasks to the right employees

•A task that has been delegated may carry a

so managers can see if the task has been

on time

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task

subordinate

delegating

deadline

completed

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•The span of control is a

•This is the number of

that an employee has the

tasks to

It may help to think of span of control like the

of a bird

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•Delayering is when one or more of the layers of

are

from the business

•It

money since the business no longer need to

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

•Delayering helps

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

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management

removed

pay

improve

saves

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Organization structure types for gcse

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Tall

Flat

wide

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•There are lots of

for promotion

•Information takes a

time to get from the bottom to the top

•It takes a long time for

to be made

•Work is

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

because of the number of people that the

has to travel through

•This can

communication and decision making

•This means the business may miss

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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Options (6)

•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

and a

chain of command so

flows

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

as there are

layers in the hierarchy

•Messages can be passed from

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

•Easier for the business to change and

to consumer trends and

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Options (5)

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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Options (2)

•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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Less Delegation

All recruitment is HO

Branches follo direction from the HO

Only small decision

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African division hold their budget

European division manages their budget

Quicker decisions are made

Authority and power given to divisions

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