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Level 3 Diploma in Business Management

Organisational structures

BM302 · The Business Environment — Week 5 of 16

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Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Organisational structures

  1. Hierarchical and flat structures
  2. Matrix and divisional frameworks
  3. Span of control and chain of command
  4. Constructing organisational charts
  5. Organisational Structures Explained
  6. A level Business - Organisational Design
  7. Span of Control | A-Level, IB & BTEC Business

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Explain different organisation structures.
  • 3.2 Compare the advantages of different organisation structures.
  • 3.3 Compare the disadvantages of different organisation structures.
  • 3.4 Show how an organisation is structured.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain different organisation structures.

Study materials

Videos

  • Organisational Structures Explained · YouTube · Two Teachers · 8 min · for registered students
  • A level Business - Organisational Design · YouTube · TakingTheBiz · 4 min · for registered students
  • Span of Control | A-Level, IB & BTEC Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 7.1–7.2: Organisational structures · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 219–226 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 10.1: Organisational structures and design · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 272–277 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Business activity and economic sectors
  • Week 2: Forms of business ownership
  • Week 3: Core functional areas of business
  • Week 4: Interrelationships between business functions
  • Week 5: Organisational structures
  • Week 6: Internal business auditing and SWOT analysis
  • Week 7: The external macro-environment
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Responding to external environmental change
  • Week 10: Microeconomic and macroeconomic influences
  • Week 11: Government intervention and the international economy
  • Week 12: Applying The Business Environment in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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