Oxford School EBIT Department

Understanding Retail - M2 & M3

Good Morning Level 3 Students!

Attached below is a brief guide to what you need to do for M2 & M3. We will tackle the final Pass criteria (P4) after Easter.

Download TACKLING M2 & M3

Level 3 Business students give advice for coping in a recession...

Level 3 BTEC Business students spent 20 minutes today coming up with practical tips and advice on how to cope with the current recession...see what they thought by looking at the comments below -

ALSO...take a look at the BBC Article below which contains some great links to organisations that can help!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7886759.stm

Football in Crisis?

The impact of the credit crunch is being felt across football and a study by BBC Scotland has revealed that clubs expect things to get worse. Check out these 3 fascinating videos....Thanks to tutor2u.com once again!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/7961169.stm

Banking Crisis in 76 seconds!

A whistlestop review of a turbulent few months for the world economy! There are also some equally interesting video articles and discussions that 'pop up' when this one finishes!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/7959184.stm

Providing Business & Admin Support - P4 (The Perfect Office!)

Good Morning Year 12!

Just 9 lessons to go now...attached below is the work you will need to complete for P4 (An enjoyable task in which you get to design your own office and explain some of the cool features that it has!)..

Download PBAS Task 4

Download Administration Office example

Business & Economics at Oxford School

Good Evening!

Please find available for download below, a full report into the courses, results, and good practice that goes on within the Business & Economics Department here at Oxford School. The version available to download is up to date as of April 2009.

Download Business & Economics at Oxford School - Report

Who wants to be an E-Bay Millionaire?!

A few good BBC video clips for those of you looking at entrepreneurship and business start-ups.  The online auction site eBay is promoting business flair on all levels, from household clear outs to the success of Britain’s first eBay millionaire...

ebay millionaires news item courtesy of tutor2u

Design your own Induction Process

Good Morning Zabi and Igor! Today's session is going to require some design and initiative skills!

A) You will need to design a one day induction timetable for new employees joining Thorpe Park ensuring that you cover the 7 essential components of Induction like those shown in the table on this page...

http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/recruitmen/induction/induction.htm

Completion of this task will help you gain both P2 AND P3!

Completely stuck? Check out my example below...

Download Induction Process for a new employee at Thorpe Park

Assignment 7 - The final task....

Good Morning Y11!

This is it...the final tasks!! So far we have provided evidence and discussed training that included Induction, On and Off the Job, Investor Awards, Investors in People, NVQs, Re-training, Customer Service, Health and Safety etc etc! Next, we must...

A) Evaluate the effectiveness of training given by Thorpe Park. Ideas for how to measure effectiveness in detail are given below. Please think about whether training has contributed to improved customer service and health and safety standards.

Evaluating effectiveness (in detail)

B) Can you suggest improvements to training given or new training courses that could be offered. Could you devise a better way of monitoring an employee's training. If you were the Training Manager, how would you organise the training of all your staff?

Work for Applied Business with Mr B and Mr F

Good Morning Year 11,

We are today aiming to complete our Application Form work. This involves explaining the importance / relevance of each of the 13 sections. Mr Coakley's example is included below...

Download Thorpe Park Application Form explanation

Thanks again to Mr Butler and Mr Flanagan for their help!!