Bus Flashcards
What is organisational structure?
Organisational structure referred to the level of management and division of responsibilities within an organisation
Chain of command
Change of command is a structure in an organisation, which allows instructions to be passed out from senior management to lower levels of management
Span of control
The span of control is the number of subordinates working directly under a manager
Subordinates
An employee who is not of management level, and response to either a manager, or a group of managers
Line managers
Line managers have direct responsibility over people below them and the hierarchy of an organisation
Staff managers
Staff managers are specialist who provides support information and assistance to line managers
Delegation
Delegation means giving a subordinate the authority to perform particular task
Leadership styles
Leaderships styles are the different approaches to dealing with people when a position of authority, autocratic, or democratic
Autocratic leadership
Autocratic leadership is where the manger expectsto be in charge of the business, and to have their order followed
Democratic leadership
Democratic leadership gets other employees involved in the decision-making process
Trade union
A trade union is a group of workers who have joined together to ensure the interest are protected
Closed shop
all employees must be a member of the same trade union.
Recruitment
Is the process from identifying that the business needs to employ someone up to the point at which applications have arrived at the business?
Job analysis
Identify and record the responsibilities and relating to a job
Job description
Outlines the responsibilities and duty to be carried out by someone employed to do a specific job
Job specification
Is a document which outlines the requirements qualifications expected, physical characteristics, etc for as specified job