AS & A Level / Business / People, motivation and organisation Question practice
People, motivation and organisation About this practice Original, unofficial practice. Evaluative marking points are indicative: credit equivalent justified arguments, one point per distinct criterion, without double counting.
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1 Fictional case: a designer receives more responsibility for complete projects rather than more repetitive tasks. Explain job enrichment rather than job enlargement. Easy 3 marks No calculator + 2 Fictional case: 18 employees leave a firm during a year and its average workforce is 150. Calculate annual labour turnover using leavers divided by average workforce and interpret what the measure represents. Easy 2 marks Calculator + 3 Fictional case: a call centre pays staff only per completed call. Analyse how this could affect effort and service quality. Medium 4 marks No calculator + 4 Fictional case: a retailer removes middle managers and widens store managers' spans of control. Analyse one benefit and one risk for communication and supervision. Medium 4 marks No calculator + 5 Fictional case: a software firm offers remote working to retain staff, but junior employees report difficulty learning from colleagues. Evaluate a fully remote policy. Hard 4 marks No calculator + 6 Fictional case: a safety-critical plant proposes participative leadership for every decision, including emergency shutdowns. Evaluate that proposal. Hard 4 marks No calculator + Self-assessed Not marked yet
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