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Friday 8 April 2011

F292 Case Study Questions

There's loads of resources online for the F292 JKL case study. Here's just one of these...

http://www.obolynx.com/educator/info/ocr-business-studies-f292-jkl-case-study-unfinished

If you find anything useful, please post it in the comments section below.

Here's a few evaluation questions for you also:

1 Evaluate the implications for JKL expanding into the area of overseas franchises. (14)
2. Discuss JKL's marketing strategy in relation to increased competition from TotsAtPlay (12)
3. Assess the consequences for JKL with their short term cash flow problems (12)
4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the motivational techniques used by JKL (14)
5. Assess whether or not JKL should join the Quality counts scheme (14)

Monday 21 March 2011

Page 233 - Motivation Questions

There are two Level 4, discussion/evaluation questions on page 233 of the text book.

Both questions require you to apply your knowledge of motivational theories to a business and discuss how appropriate they are in a given situation.

If you would like Danny to personally mark your answer, please type it into the comments box below...

Thursday 17 March 2011

Un-Motivated Staff = ?

As we are now starting the "People In Organisations" part of Unit F292, one of the first topics we will be covering is Motivational Theories. We will be looking at the following theorists:

Taylor
Mayo
Herzberg
McGregor
Maslow

You will need to know the key theories for each motivational theorist along with the benefits and drawbacks of each. As always, application is key and you will need to be ableto apply these theories to a variety of industries, businesses and real-world situations.

There's LOADS of examples of motivation in practice, both in positive and negative ways. Here's the British Airways situation, how is motivation affecting their employees at the moment?

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Profit and Loss

For Profit and Loss, you will need to know:

1) Key definitions and calculations for the different types of profit
2) Reasons for changes in profit and loss
3) Explanations of who would be interested in Profit and Loss Accounts and why they would be interested.

There's a variety of items available online for this. A good set of theory notes and case study material can be found at The Times 100 website. You can also search the BBC News website to fund relevant and up-to-date examples, including this one on Swansea City FC

Monday 14 March 2011

Investment Appraisal

For Investment Appraisal you will need to know:

1) The two different versions, The Payback Method and the Accounting Rate of Return.
2) Definitions and descriptions of each.
3) The formulas and calculations involved.
4) The suitability, benefits and drawbacks of each.

A good bit of information, including a simple and straightforward mindmap, can be found at Bized There's also some good case studies on The Times 100 website.

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Money Well Spent?

Government Scraps 9 Planes

Check out the above link. It seems that the Government spent £400 million each on 9 planes which it is now "recycling". They have never been used.

Could this money have been spent elsewhere? Is this the fault of poor marketing or poor marketing research?