Monday, July 5, 2010

Competitive Organisational Structures - Progress Asessment

Short Essay Question

Businesses can adopt the following organisational structures:
Line,
Line and Staff,
Enttrpreneurial,
Matrix

Explain why a business might adopt a matrix style organisational structure

Employer-Employee Relations - Activity 1

Case

Online Daily News

The industrial action between Key Terms Financial Services plc and their workforce is escalating. Negotiations over changes to contracts, pay and working conditions broke down yesterday. The employees, through their representatives, are deciding what they should to negotiate a better position. Shareholders are worried by the effects of industrial action on profitability and competitiveness.

Tasks

1. Investigate and how employees can be represented in the workplace3.
2. If an agreement cannot be reached, what type of industrial action can the employees take?
3. How are industrial actions resolved?