2.2 - Organisation and management IGCSE Business Studies

In this lesson I cover:

• draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts:
  • Simple hierarchical structures: span of control, levels of hierarchy, chain of command
  • Roles and responsibilities of directors, managers, supervisors, other employees in an organisation and inter-relationships between them
• The role of management:
  • Functions of management, e.g. planning, organising, coordinating, commanding and controlling
  • Importance of delegation; trust versus control
• Leadership styles:
  • Features of the main leadership styles, e.g. autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire
• Trade unions:
  • What a trade union is and the effects of employees being union members

there are also 2 activity students can undertake to help them remember the topics discussed.