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NATURE OF ORGANISATIONS: OBJECTIVES, STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENTS FUNCTIONS AND…

- - - - Few levels on hierarchical structure
      - Short chain of command
      - Increased control
    - - many levels on hierarchical structure
      - Long chain on command
      - Decreased control
      - Recently. have "delayered" and removed levels
- - - - Ways of doing business
        
        Consumer protection
        
        H&S legislation
        
        Data protection
        
        Duties of directors & financial reporting requirements
        
        Employment law (min. wage, equality etc)
        
        Environmental legislation
        
        Tax laws
    - - Impacted by things like:
        
        Inflation
        
        Interest
        
        Savings patterns
        
        Taxation levels
        
        Gov spending
    - - Monitors the population and groups within it
      - Births. deaths, disease etc
      - Data used to ID consumer markets (important to HR)
      - Culture and changes to it
      - Social class (market segmentation)
    - - Allowed creation of flatter org's (wider control span)
        
        fast, more accurate processing of more and more data
        
        Access to more, and more up-to-date info
        
        Computer modelling
        
        Provision of control info in real time
        
        Improved customer service
        
        Online conferencing
        
        Homeworking (telecommuting)
        
        Increased visibility to management, increasing monitoring and control
- - - - Cost Centre
      - revenue Centre
      - Profit Centre
      - Investment Centre