Business GCSE
Management layers
What Management layers means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Management layers
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Reference: AQA
The levels of management between senior leaders and front-line staff, which are many in a tall structure and few in a flat structure.
Topics that use Management layers
- 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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