Business GCSE
Authority and accountability
What Authority and accountability means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Authority and accountability
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Reference: AQA
Authority is the right to make decisions, while accountability means responsibility can be traced if something goes wrong.
Topics that use Authority and accountability
- Organisational structures (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Appropriateness
- Centralisation
- Chain of Command
- Communication and decision-making
- Cost and delegation
- Delayering
- Delegation
- Flat structure
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