CCEA • Business studies

An indepth look at how to structure and approach a report writing test using a previous past paper. Introduction, specific paragraphs and recommendations are included.

A look at CSR, shareholder and stakeholder concept of CSR. Key issues to consider. Social and Environmental Audits.

What is change, what causes it? How a firm can grow? Pace of Change. Why would a firm integrate? Problems with Integration and types of integration.

A summary of the macroeconomic framework and key factors that have an impact on the wider economy.

These notes provide 26 general paragraphs for the report writing paper. These paragraphs can be tailored and applied depending on the case study. As a student, I went through past papers and took all possible paragraphs and did out different scenarios. Topics included are: financial information, change management, exchange rates, human resources, corporate image, employment, globalisation, economic growth, CSR, ethics, economic instruments, stakeholder objectives, e-commerce, business cycles, tr...

A look at the role of the government including, intervention, types of government policy, the government's 5 main objective. A look at fiscal policy specifically expansionary fiscal policy and contractionary fiscal polixy. The impact of different taxes and duty on business. A look at monetary policy, and the impact of rising or falling interest rates and their implications. Supply Side Policy and their impacts.

A look at McGregor's theory, Harzberg's Two Factor Theory, Taylor's Princples of Scientific Management,

A look at the methods of recruitment including newspaper and magazin advertisements, university days, private employment agencies and Government Departments and Headhunting.

The benefit and disadvantages of using ICT within a company.

A look at what is quality, how quality is measured and the various standards including: EFQM, ISO 9000 and benchmarking.