Year 10 Term 1 Prep Work Prep 1 - Enterprise Guide time 30-40 minutes Create a guide to avoiding business failure (in either publisher or word). The audience for your guide is young men and women who are keen to start a new business or enterprise. Firstly, explain the top 5 reasons why businesses fail Make your guide interesting and appealing, use images but keep them relevant and appropriate. Explain how to avoid failure and ensure a business is successful Answer the following questions in your guide: Do certain businesses do better at certain times? Do different business types do well in certain countries? Please save this to a Word document called Term 1 Prep 1 - Enterprise on your O Drive.
Prep 2 Small Business Research Guide time 30-40 minutes You need to decide on a suitable small business to investigate. Think of a business where you will be able to gain the information that you need. A business you can visit, a family friend, part time job or local business is a good place to start Put together a fact file about your small business. As a minimum you need to find out: - - Name of Business - Address - Name of Business Owner - How many people work there - When they started - Direct competitors - Indirect Competitors - Brief Description of Business Activity (what they do, what sector they are in): - Their aims and objectives - Examples of the products or services they make/sell - Any relevant pictures/map/photographs - The date and time you spoke with the business owner Any further background information would also be useful. Any further background information would also be useful. What do you think is the best form of ownership for the business now and in the future? Why do you think they chose their current form of ownership? Please save this to a Word document called Term 1 Prep 2 Business Research on your O Drive.
Prep 3 Aims and Objectives Guide time: 30-40 minutes Read through the Aims and Objectives presentations on Doddle and complete the Mini quiz using your Username and Password at the link below: https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/app/login Using your research, the internet and perhaps graphs/charts, explain how far you think your small business is meeting its aims. Explain how the business aims might/will change in the future? What are they planning to do? How will this affect their aims? Please save this to a Word document called Term 1 Prep 3 - Aims on your O Drive.
Prep 4 Small Business Ownership Guide time: 30-40 minutes Read through the Small Business Ownership presentations on Doddle and complete the Mini quiz using your Username and Password at the link below: https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/app/login Using your research, the internet and perhaps graphs/charts, explain how far you think your small business is meeting it s aims. Evaluate the most effective form of small business. (8 marks). Please save this to a Word document called Term 1 Prep 4 Small Business Ownership on your O Drive.
Prep 5 Organisational Structure Guide time: 30-40 minutes Read through the Organizational Structure presentations on Doddle and complete the Mini quiz on Doddle using your Username and Password at the link below: https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/app/login Complete the Organisational Structure Skills Quiz. Explain how the business structure might/will change in the future? What are they planning to do? How will this affect their structure? Please save this to a Word document called Term 1 Prep 5 Organisational Structure on your O Drive.
Prep 6 Organisational Structure Guide time 30-40 minutes Please draw your small business and Cadbury s organisational structure using software of your choice, labelling functional departments. Explain the benefits of the structure to each business and how these help them compete Discuss an alternative structure for each company, offering the Merits of these to both companies, compared to the structure they currently use. State how these new structures could help the companies compete. Please save this to a Word document called Term 1 Prep 6 - Organisational Structure 2 on your O Drive, Unit 1 Activity 2 folder.