Business studies - A study of Highgate Wood School as a business.

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Assignment A:

Introduction:

I have chosen Highgate Wood School as a business that I’m going to investigate.

Highgate Wood is a popular co-educational school of 1200 students. The school‘s basic aim is to create a positive and structured learning environment, which enables every student to develop to their full potential.

Highgate wood school have recently became Performing Art College.

The life of the school benefits from the rich cultural and linguistic mix of its students. In recent years the school has played a leading part in Haringey‘s Education Business Partnership and developed its own planned programme of work experience for students.

At Highgate Wood School the education of every student is held to be of equal value.

The school as hole has its objective and aims that are as follow:

  • The provision of creative aesthetic experience and,
  • The exploration and realisation ideals and aspiration.
  • The requisition of seatrain skills and attitudes and of a number of concepts.

The school also try to find the perfect surrounding which the student can:

  • Reach the highest position of academic achievement.
  • Have confident in them.
  • Feel valued and value others.
  • Be able to feel secure and,
  • Understand the consequence of self-discipline.

Assignment A:

Functional areas:

IT (Information Technology):

Highgate Wood School has recently improved its IT facilities and developed its Intranet and Internet site.

Mr. Ashmen and his team in charge of the computer network and if any item of computer hardware in need of repair will be inspected by the Head of IT and if possible, will be repaired on site. If the repair cannot be carried out in school, the department will arrange for it to be sent away for repair.

The IT team is also in charge of creating a database for student records and information.

The school attempt to get the best possible use from the computers, and to do this the Information Technology rooms are usually available both before school, during lunch breaks and, when possible, after school.

Finance team:

Teachers receive invoices from the finance lady that they have to fill in; afterwards they are passed on to MS. Ashbee to sign it.

The supplier checks all orders; afterwards they deliver the order to the school.

All the invoices are then sent to the correct teachers and make sure that the invoices are paid.

For each of the subject area is given a budget by the finance lady.

Site Manger:

The site manager is Mr. Wheeler he manages the cleaners, which they are liable for the security, clearness and neatness of the school sight. The team has to check that all doors and windows are closed, also make sure that the corridors and classrooms are clean, neat and tidy.

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Assignment A:

Functional areas:

Human Resources:

Human Resources department is traditionally known as Personnel Department, often in its abbreviated form HP.

Recruitment is the first part of process of filling a vacancy: -

  • An advert will be placed in the paper seeking people to work in the school,
  • Then they have to choose the right person to interview
  • After that they will be invited over fore selected day.

Ms. Austin is in charge of recruiting new staff; she will then have to make sure that all staffs are motivated, with ...

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