DAN
BUSINESS
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Notes
Starter: Review organization key terms from your workbook.
● Key terms:
○ Span of control: the number of staff that a manager has responsibility
for.
○ Chain of command: the route by which instructions and
communications flow from the top to the bottom of a business explaining
who is answerable to whom.
○ Delayering: a process where a business removes layers of its
management to make its structure more flat.
○ Delegation: a process where tasks are given by managers to employees
further down the chain of command.
○ Subordinates: members of staff below a manager in the chain of
command.
QUESTIONS:
1. What is an organisational structure?
2. What is the chain of command?
3. What does the term ‘delayering’ mean?
4. What is a subordinate?
5. What type of organisational structure is a small business most likely to have?
6. Which of these statements best describes a part-time employee?
7. What is the name of the group of people at the top of a business?
8. How could excessive communication impact a business?
9. What is the role of operational staff in a business?
, 10. What does the term ‘zero-hours contract’ refer to?
SECTION 4 (4.1): Business Organisation Structures
● What is meant by a “hierarchical” organization?
○ It's an organizational structure where everyone except one person is subordinate
to a single other entity.
SECTION 2 (2.1): Functional Areas
● What are examples of functional areas?
○ HR department
○ Finance department
○ Legal department
○ Marketing department
○ Production department
○ Operations department
○ Research and development department
○ IT department
■ Choose 4 and put a description - class.
■ Assignment: Choose 4 and explain how important they are for a business.
● Class:
● HR: A department responsible for the management of the
workforce and is responsible for employee benefits, training and
development.
● Marketing: The department that is responsible for the
advertisement and sales of businesses products or services to
customers or other businesses. - understands customers needs
● Legal: This department is responsible for making sure that
businesses operations comply with all relevant laws and
regulations.
● IT : Responsible for maintaining the hardware and software
systems within a business.
○ What happens when the business grows? - internally
■ If a business grows, the departments grow as well and the department
that usually grows more is Operations. - more people
○ What happens when the business grows? - externally
■ If a business grows externally has it been due to acquisitions, mergers or
takeovers, which means that the business might have to ‘learn’ the sector
or industry.
BUSINESS
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Notes
Starter: Review organization key terms from your workbook.
● Key terms:
○ Span of control: the number of staff that a manager has responsibility
for.
○ Chain of command: the route by which instructions and
communications flow from the top to the bottom of a business explaining
who is answerable to whom.
○ Delayering: a process where a business removes layers of its
management to make its structure more flat.
○ Delegation: a process where tasks are given by managers to employees
further down the chain of command.
○ Subordinates: members of staff below a manager in the chain of
command.
QUESTIONS:
1. What is an organisational structure?
2. What is the chain of command?
3. What does the term ‘delayering’ mean?
4. What is a subordinate?
5. What type of organisational structure is a small business most likely to have?
6. Which of these statements best describes a part-time employee?
7. What is the name of the group of people at the top of a business?
8. How could excessive communication impact a business?
9. What is the role of operational staff in a business?
, 10. What does the term ‘zero-hours contract’ refer to?
SECTION 4 (4.1): Business Organisation Structures
● What is meant by a “hierarchical” organization?
○ It's an organizational structure where everyone except one person is subordinate
to a single other entity.
SECTION 2 (2.1): Functional Areas
● What are examples of functional areas?
○ HR department
○ Finance department
○ Legal department
○ Marketing department
○ Production department
○ Operations department
○ Research and development department
○ IT department
■ Choose 4 and put a description - class.
■ Assignment: Choose 4 and explain how important they are for a business.
● Class:
● HR: A department responsible for the management of the
workforce and is responsible for employee benefits, training and
development.
● Marketing: The department that is responsible for the
advertisement and sales of businesses products or services to
customers or other businesses. - understands customers needs
● Legal: This department is responsible for making sure that
businesses operations comply with all relevant laws and
regulations.
● IT : Responsible for maintaining the hardware and software
systems within a business.
○ What happens when the business grows? - internally
■ If a business grows, the departments grow as well and the department
that usually grows more is Operations. - more people
○ What happens when the business grows? - externally
■ If a business grows externally has it been due to acquisitions, mergers or
takeovers, which means that the business might have to ‘learn’ the sector
or industry.
