Plate & Pine operates 16 restaurants. Head office currently approves every local promotion, employee schedule and menu change. Customer preferences differ between coastal and city locations, but all restaurants must follow the same food-safety standards.
Option 1: Continue making all important decisions at head office
Option 2: Allow restaurant managers to decide local promotions, schedules and selected menu items
Justify which one of these two approaches Plate & Pine should choose.
37 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Business 2.5 Making human resource decisions, covering 2.5.1a Organisational structures, 2.5.1b The importance of effective communication, 2.5.1c Different ways of working, 2.5.1d Impact of technology on ways of working, 2.5.2a Different job roles and responsibilities, 2.5.2b Recruitment documents, 2.5.2c Recruitment methods, 2.5.3a How businesses train and develop employees, 2.5.3b Link between training, motivation and retention, 2.5.3c Retraining to use new technology, 2.5.4a The importance of motivation, 2.5.4b Financial methods of motivation, and 2.5.4c Non-financial methods of motivation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.