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Organisational design & HR flow

From Paper 1: Business 1
121 mark
Removing a layer of middle management is most likely to:

Question 3 · Brightpath Care

Brightpath Care operates 35 residential care homes for older people across England. Its mission is 'to give every resident the dignity and comfort of home'. Extract E: Staffing data
20232025
Care staff employed (average)2,1002,050
Staff leaving during the year420615
Spending on agency staff (£m)3.26.8
Occupancy rate91%84%
Extract F: A new chief executive Brightpath's new chief executive believes the company's culture has become 'top-down and task-focused'. Home managers must follow detailed procedures set at head office, and care workers say they have little time to talk to residents. She plans to give home managers more authority over staffing and budgets, but some directors fear that decentralisation will lead to inconsistent standards and higher costs.
From Paper 2: Business 2
3.320 marks
To what extent is decentralisation the right decision for Brightpath?
Score 0 / 21 · 0 of 2 marked

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