Flexibility in organization Flexibility is becoming a common world in the present world of work. Organisations find it essential to be flexible and to make its employees have the same mind set because they believe it can create organisational prosperity in terms of profit and competitive advantage. Functional flexibility is the requirement or expectation that workers will perform tasks beyond those strictly specified as their main role of function. This might entail ‘cross-working’ (performing
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increase productivity‚ co ordinate and provide direction between employees. According to the business dictionary (2013)‚ an organisational structure is the hierarchical arrangement of lines of authority‚ communications‚ rights‚ and duties of an organisation. It determines how roles‚ power and responsibilities are assigned‚ controlled and coordinated and how information flows between different levels of management. A structure depends on the organisation’s objectives and strategy. There are many influences
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To achieve a pass grade you must show you can: P1. Describe the main job roles and functions in an organisation. [IE] P2. Identify different organisational structures used within business organisations. [IE] P3. Produce a basic job description and person specification for a job. P4. Complete an application and interview for a specific job. [RL] P5. Match current knowledge and skills to possible job opportunities using appropriate sources of information and advice. [RL] P6. Produce a personal
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A new manager is starting in the organisation shortly. You have been asked to provide a written briefing note for this new-starter so that they can gain some understanding of the organisation in preparation for their start. Manager’s Briefing Note A list of what the organisation produces or the services that it offers to its customers: Nova Training provides high quality Education‚ Training & Apprenticeships opportunities. Our Apprenticeships and Study Programme is delivered from one of
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attracting employees to that job‚ screening and selecting applicants‚ hiring‚ and integrating the new employee to the organization. Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the “organisation”. Recruitment is the activity that links the employers and the job seekers. A few definitions of recruitment are: A process of finding and attracting capable applicants for employment. The process begins when new recruits are sought and ends when
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Consumer behavior: Consumer behaviour is the study of individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations and processes they use to select‚ secure‚ and dispose of products‚ services‚ experiences‚ or ideas to satisfy needs and impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society. It blends elements from psychology‚ sociology‚ social anthropology and economics. It attempts to understand the decision-making processes of buyers‚ both individually and in groups. It studies characteristics of individual consumers
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can be reflected in a person’s temperament and is a key factor influencing individual behaviour in organizations. Often the wrong type of personality of a superior proves disastrous in terms of worker unrest and protests. Salvatore Maddi has defined personality as: “Personality is a stable set of characteristics and tendencies that determine those commonalities and differences in the psychological behaviour (thoughts‚ feelings and actions) of people that have continuity in time and that may
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|Symbolic Interpretive |Critical Theory | |Focus of Organisation |Finding universal laws‚ methods and techniques |Deconstructing organisational texts; |Describing how people give meaning and order to|Developing the intellectual ‘tools’ to ‘unmask’| |Theory |of organisation and control‚ favours rational |destabilising managerial ideologies and |their experience within specific contexts‚
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as a ‘Regional Trading Block’. The World Trade Organisation has deemed these trading blocks as acceptable. The EU is a member of the WTO‚ but to what extent does the EU threaten the main aim of the WTO‚ which is to create a multilateral trading system. The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast the aims of these two international organizations‚ in order to see if these organisations are a hindrance or a help to each other. Each organisation will be discussed in turn looking at their aims and
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an understanding of Human Behaviour in organizations at individual‚ group and organizational level so as to enhance their managerial effectiveness. Course Contents: Module I: Introduction to Self and Management The Transactional Analysis‚ Managing and Managers‚ Organization‚ Organizations as open systems‚ Challenges of Management‚ Schools of Management-Historical foundations of Organizational Behaviour‚ Definition‚ need and importance of organizational behaviour – Nature and scope – Frame
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