Business GCSE
Centralised structures
What Centralised structures means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Centralised structures
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Structures that concentrate decisions at the top, so communication is mainly downward.
Topics that use Centralised structures
- Organisational structures (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Appropriateness
- Authority and accountability
- Centralisation
- Chain of Command
- Communication and decision-making
- Cost and delegation
- Delayering
- Delegation
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