2 The activities of an organisation have to be managed and co-ordinated to ensure that its objectives are met. The organisation’s structure is designed to support this.

Required:

(a) What is meant by the term ‘organisational structure,’ often shown as an organisation chart? (5 marks)

2 Traditionally, the only objective of a business was to make a profit. However, some writers have suggested that this idea is simplistic and that profitability is only one objective amongst many.

Required:

State and explain Drucker’s eight classifications of objectives.

(15 marks)

3 Organisations need to recruit new employees. An important step in the process is the selection interview.

Required:

(a) Explain the purpose of the selection interview. (4 marks)

6 An important part of managing people in a professional organisation is to be able to distinguish between aggressiveness and assertiveness in an employee.

Required:

(a) Explain and give examples of aggressive behaviour. (8 marks)

3 An organisation has decided to compare the benefits of promoting existing staff with those of appointing external

candidates and to assess whether the use of external recruitment consultants is appropriate.

Required:

(a) Describe the advantages of internal promotion. (5 marks)

(c) Briefly describe five factors to be taken into account when deciding whether to use recruitment consultants.(5 marks)

1 Bailey’s is a large toy manufacturer based in a traditional industrial region. Established in the 1970s, it has faced many changes in the market and survived. This has been due in part to employing a largely unskilled low paid staff,and maintaining its main advantage, that of low production costs based on low pay. Most of the production involves repetitive and boring work with little challenge and opportunity for innovation. Although many of the employees have

been with the company for some time, there has been a high level of employee turnover.

However, an unhappy atmosphere has been apparent for some time. There has been a number of instances ofarguments between the staff, friction between different departments, disturbance, low morale, poor production and general unrest, made worse recently by a decline in business which may lead to staff reduction and redundancy. Poor pay is leading to family problems that are affecting the commitment and motivation of the employees.

The business was recently sold to the new owner, Rebecca Stonewall. She is concerned that the negative atmosphere she has found will harm the prospects of the business and is determined to address the issues that have become apparent.

She has therefore decided that it is time to take account of opinions and views of the employees in an attempt both to identify the problems and to resolve them. She has appointed external counsellors since she thinks that a programme of individual counselling might be appropriate and is also of the opinion that some form. of different or improved approach to motivation might be the answer to the problems at Bailey’s.

Required:

(a) Define the role that the external counsellor must fulfil at Bailey’s. (3 marks)

(b) Explain the advantages and the disadvantages of:

(i) the face to face interview between two people; (6 marks)

4 A properly conducted appraisal interview is fundamental in ensuring the success of an organisation’s performance

appraisal system.

Required:

(a) Describe three approaches to conducting the appraisal interview. (5 marks)

4 All organisations require trained employees. However, training can take many forms, some of which are internal to the organisation.

Required:

Explain what is meant by the terms:

(a) Computer based training. (3 marks)