Business 7115 · O Level · Enterprise, business growth and size
Enterprise, business growth and size — practice question
BEI is a multinational firm that makes aeroplanes. Quality assurance matters to BEI. It employs 5000 people. BEI’s directors have announced plans to shrink the workforce (downsize). The Human Resources Director is deciding which employees should be made redundant. Details of employee A are given in Table 1.1.
(a)[2]
Define what is meant by ‘quality assurance’.
(b)[2]
Identify two reasons why a business might downsize its workforce.
(c)[4]
Outline, with reference to BEI, how redundancy differs from dismissal.
(d)[6]
Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of BEI choosing to make employee A redundant.
(e)[6]
Explain two possible benefits that a country may gain if 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: “Monitoring quality (standards) throughout the production process / monitoring quality at each stage” …