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2.1 and 2.2
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a SOLE TRADER with some employees needs no organizational structure
FALSE
TRUE
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a legal document that sets out the terms and conditions governing a worker's job
contract of employment
job description
performance of employment
job application
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Which of the following is not an example of a HRM objective?
Promotional Finance Allocation
Maintaining Good Employer / Employee Relations
Managing Diversity Well
Operating Effective Talent Development
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an organizational system with standardized procedures and rules
organizational structure
bureaucracy
hierarchy
corporation
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the obligation of an individual to account for his or her activities
centralization
delegation
accountability
delayering
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route through which authority is passed down an organization
delegation
span of control
bureaucracy
chain of command
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keepng all of the importatnt decision making powers within the head office
decentralization
feedback
centralization
effective communication
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an organizational structure that creates project teams that cut across traditional departments
organizational structure
matrix structure
hierarchial structure
vertical structure
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removal of one or more of the levels of hierarchy from an organizational structure
downsizing
redundancy
downgrading
delayering
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Organizational charts have important features except which of the following:
Chain of Command
Span of Control
Functional Departments
Salaries
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a stage of the organizational structure at which the personnel on it have equal status
span of control
chain of command
organizational structure
level of hierarchy
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when a job is no longer required so the employee is let go
Redundancy
Dismissal
Unfair Dismissal
Opportunity Cost
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internal, formal framework of a business that shows the way in which management is organized
organizational structure
chain of command
level of hierarchy
span of control
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staff working from home but keeping contract with the office
outsourcing
offshoring
portfolio working
teleworking
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passing authority down the organizational hierarchy
planning
instruction
organizing
delegation
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when so much information is received that the most important ones cannot be easily identified
information centralization
information feedback`
information underload
information overload
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which factors do not influence an organizational structure
style of employees
new technologies
corporate objectives
size of business
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Which of the following is NOT a task of human resource planning?
Discipline & Dismissal
Recruitment
Payment of Wages/Salaries
Retention
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exchange of information between people or goups
information overload
ineffective communication
effective communication
feedback
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structure in which power and responsibility are clearly specified and allocated to individuals
hierarchial structure
flat structure
tall structure
organizational structure
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Hiring another company to operate the cafeteria in the high school is an example of:
Re-shoring
Off-shoring
Outsourcing
Smart
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the number of subordinates reporting directly to a manager
span of control
chain of command
hierarchical structure
bureaucracy
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decision making powers are passed down the organization to empower subordinates
communication
delayering
delegation
decentralization
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workers are willing and able to move to different jobs requiring different skills
labor mobility
occupational mobility
geographical mobility
job mobility
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All of the following are advantages of delayering except:
Increased workloads for managers who remain
Reduces business costs
Shortens the chain of command + should improve communication
Increases spans of control and opportunities for delegation
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workers are willing and able to move geographical region to take up new jobs
demographic mobility
geographical mobility
occupational mobility
job mobility
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identifying the need for a new employee, the type of employee and defining the job to be filled
human resource management
specification
recruitment
workforce planning
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Advantages of the matrix structure include the following EXCEPT:
New teams can be created quickly
Crossover of ideas
2 Leaders
Allows total communication between departments
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the response to a message by the receiver
effective communication
feedback
delegation
ineffective communication
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Handy's Shamrock suggest that their are 3 types of workers except:
Core
Re-shored
Outsourced
Flexible
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process of assessing the effectiveness of an employee juded against preset objectives
employee appraisal
training evaluation
promotion
workforce progression