Business Technology
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Which of the following best describes the primary objective of a business organisation?
- ATo comply with all regulatory requirements
- BTo achieve its goals through organised activity✓
- CTo generate the highest possible tax revenue
- DTo maximise employee satisfaction
Answer: A business organisation is defined by its purpose of achieving goals through coordinated activity. While employee satisfaction and regulatory compliance matter, the defining characteristic is goal achievement through organised effort.
A sole trader business has which of the following characteristics compared to a limited company?
- AUnlimited liability for the owner✓
- BShares that can be publicly traded
- CSeparate legal personality from the owner
- DLimited liability for the owner
Answer: A sole trader has unlimited liability, meaning the owner is personally responsible for all business debts. Limited liability and separate legal personality are features of limited companies, not sole traders.
Which type of organisational structure groups employees by function such as finance, marketing, and operations?
- ADivisional structure
- BFunctional structure✓
- CNetwork structure
- DMatrix structure
Answer: A functional structure organises employees by their area of specialisation. It allows expertise to be concentrated but can create communication barriers between departments and slow cross-functional decision-making.
Mintzberg grouped the roles that managers perform into three categories. Which are they?
- APlanning, organising and controlling roles
- BStrategic, tactical and operational roles
- CTechnical, human and conceptual roles
- DInterpersonal, informational and decisional roles✓
Answer: Mintzberg observed what managers actually do and grouped ten roles into three categories: interpersonal (figurehead, leader, liaison), informational (monitor, disseminator, spokesperson) and decisional (entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator). Planning, organising and controlling come from Fayol's functions, strategic, tactical and operational are levels of planning, and technical, human and conceptual are Katz's managerial skills.
Which of the following is a CONNECTED stakeholder of a company?
- AA shareholder✓
- BThe local community
- CA pressure group
- DThe media
Answer: BT classifies stakeholders as internal (such as employees and managers), connected (such as shareholders, customers, suppliers and lenders, who have a contractual or economic relationship with the organisation) and external (such as the local community, pressure groups, the media and government). A shareholder is a connected stakeholder.