Unit 3 + 4

Question 1

Lean Production

Answer 1

Removing waste from a company

Question 2

Delegation

Answer 2

Passing down authority to more junior employees

Question 3

Delayering

Answer 3

Removing a layer of hierarchy; mostly to save money for management

Question 4

Chain of command

Answer 4

Path of authority in a business

Question 5

Tall organizational structure

Answer 5

Lots of levels of management

Question 6

Flat organizational structure

Answer 6

Few levels of management

Question 7

Job analysis

Answer 7

Analyzing information and requirements about a job

Question 8

Job description

Answer 8

States the information about the tasks that make up a job e.g. salary, who you’re reporting to

Question 9

Person specification

Answer 9

Skills and qualifications required by an employee

Question 10

Internal recruitment

Answer 10

Employing someone from within your existing workforce

Question 11

External recruitment

Answer 11

Employing someone from outside of the workforce

Question 12

Induction training

Answer 12

Training at the beginning of a new job

Question 13

Job share

Answer 13

Two people sharing responsibility for one role

Question 14

Zero hours contract

Answer 14

An employee that doesn’t have a set number of hours a week

Question 15

Full-time contract

Answer 15

An employee working standard hours in an organization

Question 16

Part-time contract

Answer 16

An employee working less than the standard hours in an organization