Unit 1 – The Business Environment Assignment: 2 (P3) (P4) Both businesses BP and the BBC have organisational structures. The reason of an organisational is to put in order the workforce to make sure that the organisation is capable to complete vital tasks and goals. Creating a structure with clear roles‚ functions and levels of authority and systems help make sure employees are working together as a team to accomplish everything the business must do. The term span of control is the number
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Chapter 8 Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Solutions to Questions 8-1 Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in a number of ways. In activity-based costing‚ nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing costs may be assigned to products. And‚ some manufacturing costs—including the costs of idle capacity—may be excluded from product costs. An activity-based costing system typically includes a number of activity cost pools‚ each of which has its
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Using the UK as an example of a wealthy country‚ increases in wealth over the last 25 years and government interventions have not been able to reverse severe inequalities in income‚ prosperity and life chances. Those on the margins live in a society characterised by accelerating rates of change and new forms of poverty and deprivation. This unit will give invaluable insight into issues relating to some of these vulnerable groups in society and how and why their needs exist. You will examine topics
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Be able to participate in a selection interview Short – Listing – Once the applicant has reviewed the job description and person specification and has decided to send their CV and cover letter‚ the human resources then have it. Once human resource have all the applicants CV’s and cover letters then they can cross check them with the companies job description and person specification to see if they match up with what they either want or need. Once that process is complete then the applicants who
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SWOT Analysis Strengths (internal) Weakness (internal) Apple is one of the top most companies of the world for its brand equity which is from the days of mcintosh computers; Apple is known to be a brand with promise. Apple’s retail stores ensure high quality customer experience as they provide direct contact customers service with knowledgeable staff which increases brand awareness. Besides‚ Apple’s stores are one of the most profitable in terms of sales. The IOS which is the operating system
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Explain how pressure groups have recently attempted to influence policy-making decisions in relation to social inequalities A pressure group can be defined as an organisation that does not stand for election‚ but instead aim to influence the Government and public policy‚ usually on one specific issue or a variety of issues linked to a topic. They are often formed with the purpose of campaigning for the reduction of social inequalities. For example‚ “The Fawcett Society” and “Save Lewisham Hospital”
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Unit 1 – the business environment Stakeholders are extremely important to a business. A stakeholder is basically a group of individuals or a particular organisation that have an interest in the company’s decisions. Stakeholders can be categorised into two sections; internal and external. Internal stakeholders for example are employees within the company whereas external stakeholders are customers‚ suppliers‚ trade unions and much more.an example of a stakeholder is in KFC. Their job is to work
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Planning for e-business P4. Describe how the government‚ business organisations and individuals plan for the growing use e-business Nowadays e-business is a major thing and millions of people are using it so the government‚ business organisations and individuals have to plan for the growing use of business. The government has introduced new legislations so that e-business is fair for all those that are involved. Legislations such as the‚ E-Commerce Regulations 2002‚ Consumer Protection Distance
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Organising to achieve objectives Organisational Structure Tesco was established in East London‚ originally it was a little stall in a local market. The company gradually became popular as it opened stores throughout the country‚ this is when the owners realised that they needed to be more organised and they need structure in their company to be successful. Initially‚ they decided to organise themselves geographically and based upon their customer needs. This was a good starting point because
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Opportunity to pool customer experiences This is where customers are able to write about their experience that they have recently had. This is usually either when they have stayed at a hotel or visited an attraction‚ or a restaurant. Customers are able to rate their experience and leave information on what they enjoyed and what they didn’t enjoy online. An example of this is Trip Advisor where customers can rate their experiences about different hotels all across the world. This benefits potential
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