Business GCSE
Delayering
What Delayering means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Delayering
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Removing one or more levels of management from an organisational structure.
Removing a layer of management from the organisational structure.
Topics that use Delayering
- Organisational structures (AQA GCSE)
- Organisational structures and different ways of working (OCR GCSE)
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Using Delayering in the exam
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