Human Resources

Question 1

describe a firm with a tall organisational structure

Answer 1

a firm with many levels of hierachy

Question 2

describe a firm with a flat organisational structure

Answer 2

a firm with fewer levels of hierahy

Question 3

what is one disadvantage of tall organisational structures

Answer 3

communication becomes increasingly difficult and it takes time for information to travel from top to bottom

Question 4

what is one disadvantage of flat organisational structures

Answer 4

flat organisational structures often have wide spans of control meaning that managers may become over whelmed from the amount of people reporting to them.

Question 5

what is Taylors scientfic managment theory

Answer 5

Taylor believed that workers are motavated by money and should be motavated by money. Taylor beleived in paying emplyees according to the quantity produced.

Question 6

what is Maslows hierachy of needs

Answer 6

self actualisation
self esteem
social needs
safty needs
basic need

Question 7

what was Herzbergs hygein factors

Answer 7

Hygein factors:
things such as clean work space, company polocies - facotors that dont nessesaily motavate workers however without them workers become demotavated
motavation factors
these are factors that actually motavate a workforce such as personal atchivments and validation