Paper 1+2 Divider 18

Question 1

Influences on job design

Answer 1

• tech
• legislation
• customer demand
• skilled labour
• organisational structure
• leadership style
• improved motivation

Question 2

Influences on organisational design

Answer 2

• authority
• span
• hierarchy
• delegation
• centrilisation and decentralisation
• increases motivation
• creates formal hierarchy that establishes who is answerable to whom throughout the organisation

Question 3

Delegation

Answer 3

Passing down authority from a superior to a subordinate lower down the hierarchy, increases motivation but can lead to confusion

Question 4

Decentralisation

Answer 4

-gives decision making powers to those lower down the organisation
Adv: businesses can respond quicker to local needs or changes
Disad: decsions may be tactical rather than strategic

Question 5

Centralisation

Answer 5

Places decision making powers firmly in the hands of senior personnelle
Adv: quicker decisions and less confusion with fewer decision makers
Disad: decrease in motivation

Question 6

Human resource flow

Answer 6

1. HR plan
2. Recruitment
3. Training
4. Redeployment
5. Redundancy

• describes the employé journey through the organisation from initaillay identifyin the need for that employee to when the employee leaves a business
• good flow allows the right number of the right type of worker to be avlaibl at the right time to meet the business needs