GCSE Unit 1.2

Investigating how businesses work

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BUSINESS TERMS GLOSSARY - BUSINESS STUDIES ONLINE

  • Functional areas

  • Communication between functional areas

  • Organisation structures
Wildern communication and support structure
Sainsbury's Annual Report 2012
Sainsburys Organisational Structure
Co-op group vote for re-structuring
Delayering at Morrisons


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Homestudy

All homestudy should be around 2 pages long and should take around 1 hour.

Task 1 - Functional Areas
Make a judgement on the importance of functional areas in meeting a business' aims and objectives. 


Task 2 - Communication
Thorpe Park are trialing Reserve N' Ride virtual queuing system on 5 roller-coasters. This is an example of how Thorpe Park are embracing new communication methods. 

For a business of your choice, identify 3 new communication methods that the business is using (either internally of externally) then explain the importance of these in meeting the business' aims and objectives.

EXT: Explain the relationship between the organisational structure of a business and its communications.

Task 3 - Organisational Structures
Identify the main features of:
  • a pyramid structure
  • a matrix structure
  • and a centralised structure
Then say how these can linked to real businesses using examples. Finally, point out any similarities or differences between these 3 structures. 


Task 4 - Job Roles
Which is best? To work in a small firm and be a "jack of all trades" or to work in a large business and specialise? State the pros and cons of each.