Is a legislation put into action in 1974, this legislation make sure that all employees are provided with the correct protective clothing that is required in their line of work, this also the organisation to provide their employees of the full knowledge that may be required in case of an emergency e.g. in case of a fire
This relates to Tesco PLC as they have many employees and so the organisation will have to have set rules and regulation in place, they have been placed in order to protect the security of their employees, the organisation has to also give protective equipment when required such as, when an employees is picking up boxes they have to wear gloves in case they get cut with something sharp
Organisational policies:
All the organisation policies will be presented in the staff handbook and updated with additional meetings and training on a regular basis
Policies are written statements, developed in light of the organisation’s missions and values, which communicate and document your organisation’s plans, instructions, intents, and processes. Policies should guide management, staff and volunteers, clarify your organisation’s values and influence your organisation’s culture.
This relates to Tesco PLC as they have set mission that have to be met each year in order to progress and so their employees have to make sure that they achieve those missions and goals at the end of the year, and to make sure that this occurs Tesco PLC have set rules and policies that will make sure that the employees ensure it occurs
Business continuances plan:
The organisation is in charge of such continuance plans, the organisation can provide guidance and instructions to employees, they communicate this through training and emails or meetings
Business continuance (sometimes referred to as business continuity) describes the processes and procedures an organization puts in place to ensure that essential functions can continue during and after a disaster. Business continuance planning seeks to prevent interruption of mission-critical services, and to re-establish full functioning as swiftly and smoothly as possible.
Tesco PLC as have such procedures, in case of an emergency one of their backup is their backup station as it has a copy of the information that might have been destroyed in the disaster.
Cost:
Additional resources required:
Additional resources is when an organisation has funds or man power on reserve in case it is required, an example of this is when a organisation is hit by a disaster they have insurance that will cover the damage that has occurred to that organisation
This also relates Tesco PLC as they also have insurance that will cover if a disaster strikes their stores, the insurance will either cover the rebuild of the building or the organisation will be paid a sum that is sufficient enough to rebuild the destroyed building, they also have additional funds that they are able to use in new business ventures. Tesco PLC also have the access of man power as they are able to use their staff from different locations for a Tesco PLC related programme, e.g. if Tesco PLC requires staff to help at a different organisation they are able to do that.
An example of this is Tesco PLC as they had liquid money set aside when they wanted to enter the banking market, the money supported them to advertise and build the new facilities in which Tesco PLC would operate their banking market from. The manager would be involved in the negotiation and allocation of the additional resource to help fund and oversee the new operations
Cost of development:
Total of all costs incurred from initiation to implementation of a project. Subsequent costs are called operational costs
This also relates to Tesco PLC as they also have liquidised money set aside in case they would like to venture into a new market,
Impact of increasing sophistication of system:
This relates to keeping up to date and adapting to the society’s needs, and also having reliable information in which the organisations are able to relate to
This also relates Tesco PLC as they have to adapt their advertisements in order to keep up to date with the society’s needs, Tesco PLC also has many external personnel that do research for Tesco PLC in order to see that the information that Tesco PLC is valid and reliable
Using the sophisticated technology to increase efficiency and competitiveness. New systems such as new skills and new training systems can help. The more sophisticated the system is the more and extra training the staff will require in order to operate the new system. The new sophisticated system will impact Tesco PLC as they would have to pay for the training of the new staff, Tesco PLC will have to also take into consideration how they will make the changes occur, if Tesco PLC will make the new system affective straight away or transitionally (put in the new system 100 stores at a time), any new system will have to be implemented through making the least disruption to the organisation. Through the impact of the new system it will benefit Tesco PLC as they will have an efficient this will also increase the financial benefits for Tesco PLC
More trained personnel:
Trained personnel is when a organisation trains personnel to be able to do the job that the organisation requires them to do, in the training it holds information that will benefit the employee in future roles, the training also provides information about health and safety procedures
This also relates to Tesco PLC as they also have to train personnel so they have sufficient knowledge and understanding in order for them to do the role effectively and sufficiently. The training that Tesco PLC provides to its personnel also includes health and safety procedures and practises that should be under taken in case of an emergency