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Achieving quality production — practice question
BEI is a multinational company that manufactures aeroplanes. Quality assurance is important at BEI. It has 5000 employees. BEI’s directors have announced plans to cut the size of its workforce (downsize). The Human Resources Director is deciding which employees should be made redundant. Details of employee A can be found in Table 1.1.
(a)[2]
Define the term ‘quality assurance’.
(b)[2]
Identify two reasons why a business might decide to reduce the size of its workforce.
(c)[4]
Outline, with reference to BEI, how redundancy is different from dismissal.
(d)[6]
Explain one benefit and one drawback of BEI making employee A redundant.
(e)[6]
Explain two possible benefits to a country when a multinational company locates there. Which benefit is likely to be the most important? Justify your answer.
Worked solution & mark scheme
This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: “Checking standards throughout the production process / checking quality at every stage” …