Unit 1 Task 1 learning aim B

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• MBO
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Unit 1 Learning aim B

"Investigate how business organisations are organised"

Which subjects can we expect?

"Investigate how business organisations are organised"

1. Organisational structure;

2. Operational areas;

3. Aims and objectives;

Structure and organisation

Operate effectively!

• all jobs are identified and allocated;
• Lines of communication are established;
• Levels of responsibility are identified and allocated;
• Levels of Authority are attributed; 

hierarchical

Hierachy of responsibility and authority

organizational chart

Flat structure

Less bureaucracy

Fewer oppurtinities for promotion

Less likely to change

 

How would you explain the key term Bureaucracy?

What is the advantage of less bureaucracy?

Matrix

• employees are divided into teams by projects or product

Matrix organizational chart

Search for a disadvantage and an advantage of a matrix organizational chart;

What is a disadvantage?

What is an advantage?

Holacratic

• Boss-less organisation
• Equal responsibility and authority
• Requires trust
• Understand your role
• you can change rapidly
• e.g. Microsoft

What is an organisational chart that we discussed last week?

Functions :

HR

R&D

Sales

Marketing

Purchasing

IT

Administration

Product and quality

Finance

Customer Service

Operations

You need the different function to operate efficient;

Technologies can also fulfill a function

Do you have a part time job?

1. Yes I have
2. No I have not

Homework:

Find out how the organisation where you work is structured:

1. Organisational chart;
2. A brief explantion how each function is fullfiled in your organisation. 

e.g. 

I work at a restaurant with one owner, he is also the manager. He does the HR and marketing himself. There is a R&D team. There is one administration employee..

Aims and objectives

Focus on the main goal and break down large tasks!

Misson

A promise of commitment to the business cause

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Mission --> overall aim of the business informed by the vision and values.

https:

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Read Walmart's mission and answer the questions

1. What are the main messages? 

2. What expectations do they give you?

3. Do they communicate their vision and values to the customer?

Read Walmart's mission and answer the questions

1. What are the main messages? 

2. What expectations do they give you?

3. Do they communicate their vision and values to the customer?

Vison 

The direction the business aims to travel in the future, short or longer term. 

What is the difference between a mission or a vision?

Why would a business communicate future plans with customers and employees?

Values

Public or private?

Focused on providing service or to generate a profit?

Public sectors are subsidised by the government

What is a subsidy?

how are those subsidies funded?

Business aims vary:

• Making profit 
• profit maximisation
• break-even
• Survival
• Growth
• Market leadership

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The government or stakeholders will influence your aims and objectives! 

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Cost control (Public)

A public sector business is accountable to the public for how it spends money and controls cost.

Value for money

The following will be judge when seeking a supplier:

• Cost 
• Quality
• Timeframe

No difference between public or private! 

Customers (stakeholder) expect value for money

Service quality

Everyone wants quality service. 

Judge by the customer (they have expectations

meeting government standards

All businesses have to comply with rules laid out by the government. 

SMART Objectives

They key to a successful plan is to ensure that it is SMART

S =

1. Social
2. Stakeholder
3. specific

M=

1. Measurable
2. Manageable
3. Meaningful

A=

1. Acceptable
2. Achievable
3. Askable

R=

1. Reliable
2. Reflectable
3. Relevant

T=

1. Timebound
2. Technological
3. Thinkable

Assignment

• Research about the bullet points in the assignment brief

• A report that will evaluate how each organisation's features and the relationshop and communications with internal and external stakeholders, support and enables the business in achieving it aims and obejectives and in being succesful.

Research log

1. Date
2. Source
3. Information you found (e.g. Feature, Aim, Stakeholder)

Search for:

• about us [brand name]
• Organisation structure [brand name]
• organisational structure [brand name]
• Our company [brand name]
•  Their home page!!!