BTEC HND Business Assessment activity front sheet Assignment Title: Business Environment Unit: 1 Title: Business Environment Purpose: The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of different organisations‚ the influence of stakeholders and the relationship between businesses and the local‚ national and global environment. Learning Outcomes: LO1: understand the organisational purposes of businesses LO2: understand the nature of the national environment in which businesses operate
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1: OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY TRUE/FALSE 1. Some of the operations-related activities of Hard Rock Café include designing meals and analyzing them for ingredient cost and labor requirements. True (Global company profile‚ easy) The production process at Hard Rock Café is limited to meal preparation and serving customers. False (Global company profile‚ easy) All organizations‚ including service firms such as banks and hospitals‚ have a production function. True (What is operations management? moderate)
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George Coulston Unit 1 Business Environment D1 1.0 INTRODUCTION In this assignment I will rank the stakeholders of Tesco relating to importance to the organisation with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. I will then write a statement about the importance of each stake holder relating to Tesco. 2.0 IMPORTANCE OF STAKEHOLDERS STAKEHOLDER | IMPORTANCE 1=HIGHEST - 7= LOWEST | JUSTIFICATION | Customers | 1 | Customers are the most important stakeholder
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Operations Management Critical Evaluation of Relevant Issues - IKEA case � TABLE OF CONTENTS 2Executive Summary � 2Introduction � 2Company profile and Situational Analysis � 3Growth and profitability � 5Culture � 5Goals � 5Competitors � 5SWOT analysis � 6PESTLE Analysis � 6Political Analysis � 6Economic Analysis � 6Technology Analysis � 7Sociological Analysis � 7Legal Analysis � 7Environmental Analysis � 7Input-Transformation-Output � 8Corporate Objectives � 9Quality � 10Speed
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info Operations Notes Role of Operations Management Operations refers to the business processes that involve transformation or‚ more generally – ‘production’ Combining aspects of the following: * The production of goods and services * The production controls and associated quality controls. Included in this are input management and capacity (volume of output) decisions. * Inventory controls * Supply chain management * Logistics and distribution * Management decision
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Q1: A manufacturer’s average work-in-process inventory for a certain part is 1‚000 units. The workstation produces this part at the rate of 200 units per day. What is the average time a unit spends at this workstation? Inventory‚ ‚ Throughput‚ . Thus‚ Flow time‚ . A unit spends an average time of 5 days at this workstation. Q2: The Wilcox Student Health Center has just implemented a new computer system and service process to “improve efficiency.” As pharmacy manager‚ you are concerned
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Business Environment Section 1 A1) The major achievements of China’s Huawei Technologies in the areas of its specialization are that they won the contract to build Norway a fourth generation (4G) mobile network‚ the deal was the largest so far for the new LTE technology in Europe making it a milestone for Huawei. The report by research firm Ovum found Huawei was the undisputed leader in the telecom optical equipment market. Huawei and fellow Chinese firm ZTE‚ it said‚ are the only two vendors to
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IULIAN FLORIA LON130821006 COURSE TITLE-HND UNIT NO & UNIT TITLE-Y/601/0546 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ASSIGNMENT NO 1 -28/10/2013 IULIAN FLORIA LON130821006 Introduction Task 1 AC1.1 The purposes of given organisations AC1.2 1 Organisation stakeholders AC1.3 1. Comparison between NHS and BRC 2. Strategies used by NHS and BRC AC2.1 1. The type of economic system in which the organisations operate 2. How scarce
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operations-management notes (no 1) by professor zubin_____________________________________________________________________________________________ sub-functions of ’operations’ function in a large manufacturing organisation in a manufacturing company operating in a ‘gala’ of an ‘industrial estate’ with one proprietor‚ one supervisor and 10 workers … § the proprietor is the hr manager‚ purchase manager‚ the marketing manager and the finance manager § the supervisor is the stores manager‚ the production
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Task 4.1: Discuss the significance of international trade to UK business organizations International trade is the exchange of capital‚ goods and services across international borders or territories (Wikipedia.org). It is vital to the economy of a country since it may benefit a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP). Without international trade‚ the UK organizations would be limited to sell its goods and services only within their own border. Therefore‚ International trade is vital
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