BTEC Business unit 6
Culture - answerThe style and ways things are done within a company based on its
values, beliefs and attitudes
Vision, mission and values - answerA business will have an ideal view of what it wants
to achieve and how it wants to achieve it
Management practices - answerThe business culture influences how the organisation is
managed
Policies and procedures - answerThe day-to--day decisions and actives of an
organisation will reflect the business culture
Management style - answerCertain management and leadership style suit some
business culture better than others
Structure of the workforce - answerSome organisations have very rigid structures with
several layers of management
Power and authority filter down the organisation to order and instruct those lower down
How people work - answerBusiness culture determines how people work
Some organisations offer flexibility
Others will have a more rigid existence
Planning - answerDetermining organizational goals and a means for achieving them
Organizing - answerArranging relationships between human resources and other
resources
Coordination - answerHaving the right people, with the right skills at the right place at
the right time
Controlling - answerEnsuring that all of the activities going on in the organisation are
aimed at meeting the organisation's goals - each individual resource, whether human or
financial, is performing to the best level
Monitoring - answerSystematically checking on progress or performance
Delegating - answerGiving someone the power and authority to carry out a task or
activity on the manager's behalf
Setting objectives - answerAims are long term goals
Objectives are short term specific goals that help to achieve the aim
Culture - answerThe style and ways things are done within a company based on its
values, beliefs and attitudes
Vision, mission and values - answerA business will have an ideal view of what it wants
to achieve and how it wants to achieve it
Management practices - answerThe business culture influences how the organisation is
managed
Policies and procedures - answerThe day-to--day decisions and actives of an
organisation will reflect the business culture
Management style - answerCertain management and leadership style suit some
business culture better than others
Structure of the workforce - answerSome organisations have very rigid structures with
several layers of management
Power and authority filter down the organisation to order and instruct those lower down
How people work - answerBusiness culture determines how people work
Some organisations offer flexibility
Others will have a more rigid existence
Planning - answerDetermining organizational goals and a means for achieving them
Organizing - answerArranging relationships between human resources and other
resources
Coordination - answerHaving the right people, with the right skills at the right place at
the right time
Controlling - answerEnsuring that all of the activities going on in the organisation are
aimed at meeting the organisation's goals - each individual resource, whether human or
financial, is performing to the best level
Monitoring - answerSystematically checking on progress or performance
Delegating - answerGiving someone the power and authority to carry out a task or
activity on the manager's behalf
Setting objectives - answerAims are long term goals
Objectives are short term specific goals that help to achieve the aim
