Human resources

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - introduction
2. 2.1 Human Resource Planning - Notes
3. 2.1 Human resource planning - questions
4. 2.2 Organisational structure - notes
5. 2.2 Organisational structure - questions
6. 2.3 Communication - notes
7. 2.3 Communication - questions
8. 2.4 Leadership and management - notes
9. 2.4 Leadership and management - questions
   1. The loneliness of management
   2. Genghis Khan style management
   3. Professionalizing Family Businesses
   4. Management by objectives
   5. Leadership styles - short answer questions
   6. Leadership and management styles - case study
10. 2.5 Motivation - notes
11. 2.5 Motivation - questions
12. 2.5 Motivation - simulations and activities
13. 2.6 Organisational and corporate cultures - notes (HL only)
14. 2.6 Organisational and corporate cultures - questions
15. 2.7 Employer and employee relations - notes (HL only)
16. 2.7 Employer and employee relations - questions
17. 2.8 Crisis management and contingency planning - notes
18. 2.8 Crisis management and contingency planning - questions
19. Printable version

Genghis Khan style management

Read the article Guide to management, the Genghis Khan way (you can do this in the window below or follow the previous link to read the article in a separate window) and then consider answers to the questions below.

Question 1

Describe the measures available to a firm to measure its quality of management.

Question 2

Using examples from the article, explain the persistence of poor management.

Question 3

Assess which of the management techniques used by Genghis Khan would be appropriate to help improve the quality of management.

Question 4

Discuss the problems that a firm may face in trying to measure the quality of management accurately.