1st of February 2013
Business organization and management
Business size
Small business: e.g. Independent service-station, restaurant
Medium business: e.g. coffee club, nando’s
Large business: Maccas, red rooster, kfc
Economies of scale; this term refers to the lower costs per unit of output as a result of operating on a larger scale.
Question 1. What is meant by economies of scale? Provide 3 examples of typical economies of scale enjoyed by large organizations:
a) Coles (big organization, buys in bulk)
b) Costco
c) Maccas
4th of February 2013
Business organization and management
Public vs. Private sector
Public sector is a government owned business, and a private sector is a privately owned business.
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Large organizations provide employment and training; supply goods and services that might otherwise be difficult to obtain; and are often part of the community life.International Community:The international community is increasingly seen as a stakeholder in business activities and the ocial responsibility of large organisations. It has a stake in large organisations behaving as good ‘global corporate citizens’ and will, when necessary, express concerns about questionably transnational corporation activities including those related to product pricing, climate change, natural resource use (sustainability) and employment practices.There is a great degree of interdependence between these stakeholders in large businesses – they rely on one another in many ways. However, there is also potential for tension and conflict arising from their different interests and perspectives. For example, in the case of pay levels, there is often tension between owners or managers against employees or unions. Despite both groups having a stake in organizational performance and profitability, industrial conflict can occur over how the fruits of business success are divided. Conflict can also exist between
Other scale economies can be Multi-Product ES (“Economies of Scope”); indeed, different types of cereals can be produced in a very similar way, not requiring different production facilities, but leveraging the existing ones. The same can also be applied to packaging/bagging, which is the main source of Economies of Scale, because the Big Three use the same
The provision and use of personal protective equipment could include using gloves, glasses, earmuffs, aprons, safety footwear, dust masks.
To organize and prioritize the current and future projects in the pipeline in a way that fits into the PMB budget of $5B, and ensures projects that increase sales, growth, and stockholder value are of top priority, whereas projects that are not beneficial are either put on hold or discarded.
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Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
Within this assignment I will describe my understanding of the links between management and leadership, the skills and styles of management and leadership, the application of management and leadership theories in an organisational context and planning for the development of management and leadership skills.
Management is the process of getting tasks done through the use of people. Through management decisions, our team will have one of the leading coffee shops within the BizCafe simulation. Within the management aspect of the company, we must first look at human capital, which are the skills, values, and overall output of an employee and the price at which these facets are worth. The managers of The Grind must delegate tasks through the serving staff of our company. The servers are the face of The Grind, meaning that it will be the servers who will interact to build strong customer relations with the guests of The Grind. However, there should be an efficient number of servers working on the clock at any given time throughout the day; The Grind should strive to always be properly staffed. If the shop is understaffed, customers will experience longer wait times, rushed customer interactions, and an overall subordinate experience; however, if the shop is overstaffed, each individual employee is most likely to give less production, and more importantly, our shop’s payroll will be out of proportion, meaning we will be spending too much money on labor. Wages also effect overall production from the employees. If we pay our servers too little, compared to the competition, we are likely to see less production, unhappy employees, and a large turnover rate. On the other hand, if we pay our servers too much, we risk blowing our weekly labor cap if our sales do not exceed the
Choose one real world organisation from one of the three sectors discussed in task one. Discuss this organisation in terms of the following:
Business Administration The idea of studying business administration has appealed to me greatly and has encouraged me to further develop my education following this path. I have a keen enthusiasm to pursue a degree in Business Administration as I enjoy the challenges it sets and find the many different areas of business you are able to branch out into, very exciting! From research about the subject I'm expecting to greatly further my learning of how businesses operate and be able to then put my knowledge into practice. I am confident within myself and find communication with others easy.
1. What factors contribute to the rapid pace of change in business? Is the pace likely to accelerate or decrease over the next decade? Why?
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Business plays a major role within our society. It is a creative and competitive activity that continuously contributes to the shaping of our society. By satisfying the needs and wants people cannot satisfy themselves, businesses improve the quality of life for people and create a higher standard of living.
When we examine public sector versus private sector, plenty of differences come to mind. In defining each, we learn a private sector in an economy consist of all businesses and firms owned by ordinary members of the general public. It also consists of all the private households in which people live. The public sector in an economy is owned and controlled by a government. It consist of government businesses and firms and goods and services provided by the government such as the national health service, state
“Economies of scale are unit cost reductions associated with a large scale of output” as it is able to spread over the fixed costs over a large volume of quantity (Wickramasekera, Cronk & Hill 2013 p90). “First-mover advantages are the economic and strategic advantages that accrue to early entrants into an industry and the ability to capture scale economies ahead of later