Human resources

• Organisational structures

  Hierarchy of employees in a business
• Delayering

  Removing layers
• Spans of control

  Number of employees are managed under another employee
• Decentralisation

  Allowing employees to work in all areas of the business
• Centralisation

  Small number of senior managers in a business, makes all the decisions
• Induction training

  Training before you start the job
• On the job training

  Training while working
• Tall structures

  More layers, employees have opportunities for promotion
• Flat structures

  Less layers, employees don't have opportunity for promotion
• Internal recruitment

  Employees already work in the business - they apply for a different role
• External recruitment

  Recruiting people from outside the business
• Financial motivation

  Bonus, commission
• Non financial motivation

  designing, Challenging tasks
• Job analysis

  Identifying what jobs the business needs
• Job description

  Info about the job role
• Person specification

  Qualities the candidate needs for the job
• CV

  all info about the candidate
• Full time

  40 hours a week
• Part time

  choose hours based on what they need
• 0 hours

  employer will call when needed