Business 0450 · IGCSE · Organisation and management

Organisation and management — practice question

SBL is a fast-food restaurant that sells 900 chicken burgers per week and has 14 employees. The owner, Vicki, trains her staff but does not yet use delegation. She is drawing up a break-even chart to help work out SBL’s margin of safety. Fig. 3.1 shows a break-even chart that is only partly completed. Vicki also wants to understand how an economic recession could affect her business.
(a)[2]

Identify the labels X and Y.

(b)[2]

Define ‘margin of safety’.

(c)[4]

Outline two advantages of Vicki delegating tasks to her employees.

(d)[6]

Explain two possible effects an economic recession could have on Vicki’s business.

(e)[6]

Explain two methods of training a business might use. Which method is likely to be best for a service business to use? Justify your answer.

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