Organisation and management
2.2What the syllabus asks of you
- Draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts: Simple hierarchical structures: levels of hierarchy, span of control, chain of command e.g. tall/short
- Draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts: Roles and responsibilities of directors, managers, supervisors, other employees in an organisation and inter-relationships between them
- The role of management: Functions of management, e.g. planning, organising, coordinating, commanding and controlling
- The role of management: Importance of delegation; trust versus control
- Leadership styles: Features of the main leadership styles, e.g. autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire
- Leadership styles: Recommend and justify an appropriate leadership style in given circumstances
- Trade unions: What a trade union is and the effects of employees being union members
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Chapter 2: Organisation and management
Drill this topic
All 19 questions on Organisation and management, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
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Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
19 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.