. In practice this means considering the scope and scale of the employer’sorganisation and operation. This
may include factors such as the size of theoperation, the number of staff and managers, and whether
management functions are centralised at a head office or undertaken by other managers. Centralisation of
many core managerial functions,specifically in relation to planning, purchasing, financial and overall
responsibility for decision-making, may result in a downgrading of the managerial responsibility held by
a manager. For example, in the case of a takeaway pizza franchise,the IPT found that due to this
centralisation of many core managerialfunctions, the franchisee rather than the ‘manager’ was in
the ANZSCO positionof Restaurant Manager (IPT 200150).