People In Business
Unit 2 People in Business Unit 2 Title Page Page 1 Table of Contents Page 2 A01 Introduction Page 4 PEST Analysis Page 5 Anti-Discrimination Legislation Page 7 Manager Page 9 - Roles and Responsibilities Page 9 - Qualities of a Manager Page 10 - Training and Development Opportunities Page 10 - Motivation to Retain Staff Page 11 Supervisor Page 13 - Roles and Responsibilities Page 13 - Qualities of a Supervisor Page 14 - Training and Development Opportunities Page 15 - Motivation to Retain Staff Page 15 Employee Page 17 - Roles and Responsibilities Page 17 - Qualities of a Manager Page 18 - Training and Development Opportunities Page 19 - Motivation to Retain Staff Page 19 A02 What is a ... Job Analysis Page 22 What is a ... Job Description Page 22 What is a ... Person Specification Page 22 Advertisement Page 24 The Recruitment Process Page 26 Interview Questions Page 27 Our Interview Questions Page 28 Our Interview Table Page 29 A03 The Interview Process Page 32 Strengths and Weaknesses
Job Roles at Sainsburys Supermarkets
Sainsbury's I have chosen to investigate Sainsbury's. J. Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsbury's, it is also second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom with a share of the UK supermarket sector of 16.6%.The group's head office is in the Sainsbury's Store Support Centre in Holborn Circus, City of London. The group also has interests in property and banking. Sainsbury's was founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann in London, England, and grew rapidly during the Victorian era. It grew to become the largest grocery retailer in 1922, created self-service retailing in the UK. The founding Sainsbury family still retain approximately 15% of J Sainsbury plc shares (as of May 2008), through various trusts. The family sold down their stake from 35% in 2005. The largest Sainsbury family shareholders are Lord Sainsbury of Turville with 5.83% and Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, who controls just fewer than 3% of the company, and benefits from 1.6% of the equity included in the above. The largest overall shareholder is the investment vehicle of the Qatari royal family who now hold 26.145% of the company. Store Managers In order to properly cater to the needs of customers, a supermarket (Sainsbury) must staff an expert, attentive management team. A supermarket manager may assume many
People in Business
People in BUSINESS PROJECT: Primark PRESENTED BY: JENNIFER TAKYE INTRODUCTION This unit of assignment will be based on Primark plc. I have chosen Primark as a case study to get information that will help me to produce a constructive piece of work. In the first part of my assignment I will write about the job roles in Primark business. This include the role of manages, supervisors and employees. To extend this I will look into the responsibilities of each chain of command. To achieve the first assessment objective successfully, I will give a detailed description of the qualities, skills and qualification that are required for each of the mentioned roles. In addition, I will explain the degree of decision making and problem solving accompanied with each role. Terms and conditions of every role will be described using as much detail as possible. Furthermore training and development opportunities available within the business will also take into account and also conclude the first part of the assignment and describe in depth the way in which motivation is used in the business. I will ensure that a detailed description of the relevant PEST factors in the business will also be provided. Importantly I will illustrate the role and responsibilities using detailed and realistic examples. GENERAL INTRODUCTIION The primary objective of this write up is to bring to bear the
Human resource and Finance
Human resource Recruitment The Human Resource Department has many different functions. Its main responsibilities are recruitment, training, motivation, remuneration, retention and dismissal. When job vacancies arise, it draws up documents for specific purposes, organizes and runs interviews. The Human Resources department has to follow certain procedures before a job can be advertised. Vacancy occurs - Three reasons why a vacancy may arise in a business: * Retirement, * Promotion, * Going to a new job. The first step for the human resource is to determine which job has a vacancy. Job analysis concentrates on what job holders are expected to do. It provides the basis for a job description, which in turn influences decisions taken on recruitment, training, performance appraisal and reward systems. The Human Resources manager then draws up a job description - The job description should contain these basic details about the vacancy: * The job title, * The position in the organization chart, * A list of duties. Person specification drawn up - The person specification should include the following details. This specification represents the ideal qualities of the person required to fill the vacancy: * Qualifications, * Experience, * Personality. The job is advertised- The Human Resources manager needs to consider the following: * What details need to go in
Roles and Responsibilities
Store Manager Roles & Responsibilities The store manager at McDonald's is mainly responsible for three main things human resources, business operations and product management. Human resources; The store manager is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and developing his employees in order to achieve the aims and objectives. The management of their performances is also essential, in order to recognize the store's status. This will help the manager observe his teams' progression. Also the payrolls, health & safety and scheduling workplace at the local McDonald's are also the responsibilities of the store manager. He has to organize them and structure the work in order to make things easier for the staff to follow orders. He also spreads the working hours equally between the staff and balancing things out fairly. Business operations; These are daily jobs of a manager at any store. The store manager of McDonalds for instance would be reviewing profit and loss accounts to see if they're making any financial progress and what they're next step could be in order to achieve/expand their aims and objectives. Facility management is also his responsibility, making sure that the right equipment is provided and that they will last for a long period of time. Health and Safety, the store manager makes sure that the work place is safe enough to work by informing the staff with
Business and Markets
Introduction This assignment requires me to select a business and to investigate the business and the market in which it operates. I have decided to use Sainsbury's for this assignment and I will be investigating the business and its market in which it operates. I must also write a report addressing the following tasks Definition of Markets: Market is any place or process that brings together buyers and sellers with a view to agreeing a price. Task 1 Identify and describe the market in which your chosen business operates, highlighting its responsiveness to customer demand Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsbury's, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. The group also has interests in property and banking. The group has an estate worth about £8.6 billion (March 2007) For much of the 20th century Sainsbury's was the market leader in the UK supermarket sector, but in 1995 it lost its place as the UK's largest grocer to Tesco and in 2003 was pushed into third by ASDA. The company's fortunes have improved since the launch of a recovery programme by CEO Justin King in 2004, with it reporting its 12th consecutive quarter of sales growth in January 2008.[2] Despite predictions that Sainsbury's would regain second position, Taylor Nelson Sofres data released in January 2008 shows Asda's share as 16.7% compared to
Teamwork. There are several reasons why a business may organise their staff into teams. Working as a team can be a motivator with every member having support as teams are formed to undertake tasks and procedures
Teamwork People are not generally solitary beings; people often associate in groups and teams in and outside of work. This can be for many reasons; here are some of the principal reasons why groups are formed: * To satisfy social needs for love and belonging * To establish relationships * To gain recognition as a member of an identifiable group * To exert influence, either within the group , or as a group on outside events or circumstances * To gain help in carrying out objectives * To share in an activity In the workplace, teams are often formed to complete a task or project. Although there can be other groups in a business which are less formalised, and some may take on a permanent aspect. For example, DC Foods work together everyday as a team in which each member contributes to the overall work of the department. Each member of the team is constantly reporting directly back to different area managers. DC Foods believe that; "Working Together is important, the work of the finance department is essential to the efficient running of the company. We rely on each other for information, and for the support in the work we do. If we didn't pull together as a team, none of us could carry out our function." There are several reasons why a business may organise their staff into teams. Working as a team can be a motivator with every member having support as teams are formed to
Presenting Business Information
Tesco.com Introduction: For this assignment I have been asked to investigate Tesco. I will be describing Tesco as an organisation in detail. Tesco History: According to my research Jack Cohen founded Tesco in the year 1919.He also worked with the Royal Air Force during the First World War. Jack Cohen started his business only with £30. The first day of his business was not very successful, he only had a £4 turnover and £1 profit, but day-by-day his business started to make more money. In 1924 the name, which the company later took on as its corporate name, emerged. The name Tesco contains the initials of the owner of the firm MR.T.E Stockwell, who has supplied the firm with tea and of the initials of Jack's surname - Cohen. Towards the end of the twenties, instead of a stall trade Jack only focused on window shop trade taking on the main street. The name Tesco first flared (shown) with a lock in North London in 1929. [Burnt Oak, Edgware] In 1932 Tesco stores became a big company. In 1934 Jack decided to buy a piece of land in North London (Angle Road, Edmonton) with the idea to build the head office and the warehouse there. Since World War 2, Tesco Stores Corporation has been growing steadily. Tesco is a public limited (plc) company. There are so many products and services that Tesco provide to its customers but I am only going to list the main products and
Unit 2: Recruitment in the Workplace
Unit 2: Recruitment in the Workplace Task 1 (A01) In this report, I am going to describe and explain the recruitment and selection process and the different stages that the business has to go through when filling a vacantly Recruitment is when an organisation identifies a vacancy and from the range of applicants that require a job, the organisation employ the best candidate from the application forms received to fill the vacancy in order for the business to run efficiently. Selection is when all the applicants are shortlisted and from them, the employer chosen the best candidate for the job role. The human resources (HR) department are required to work for the organisation by recruiting, training staff also motivating them to work hard in the business. If the employees are trained and recruited correctly, it would show that the business is successfully operating. There are also many other tasks the HR department do such as giving employees promotions and a wage/salary boost, annual appraisals and other employee benefits. Recruitment can be internal or external depending on the job role and the vacancy being filled. Internal recruitment is when an employee already within the business fills a vacancy rather than employing someone outside the business. The vacancy for internal recruitment can be advertised by putting up notice boards, on the intranet and it can also
AS Btec business. Report on understanding how businesses operate.
To: Mr Baker From: Luke Cohen Date: 02/10/2010 Report on understanding how businesses operate. For the attention of Mr Baker, As you are aware, we are selling your invention of the portable toilets to developing countries where they will provide improved and sustainable sanitation in rural communities. The toilets are a self-assembly unit and we are selling them for £15 per unit. I believe that it would be appropriate to trust in a voluntary company, as they are most reliable and they have committed more help in charitable organisations, than any company in the private sector would have. Below I have listed some of the developing countries we could sell your product to: * Brazil * Ethiopia * Uganda * Egypt * India * Thailand P1 Types of Businesses and Their Ownership As we know businesses fall into different sectors depending on their type and their purposes. The two companies I am going to distinguish are Tesco's and CAFOD. From here I will be explaining the businesses type, purpose, ownership, size, scale and their aims and objective and how this influences them. Tesco's fall into the private sector because it is a business that wants to make a profit. They do this by selling their products such as food, clothes and electronics and so on. Because Tesco's only sell products and don't manufacture them, they will be classed as a tertiary in the industrial
