Business Studies (Capter Eight)

Front 1

Internal recruitment:

Back 1

Filling in a vacant post with someone already employed in the business

Front 2

External recruitment:

Back 2

Filling in a vacant post with someone not already employed in the business

Front 3

Advantages & Disadvantages of internal recruitment:

Back 3

Advantages:

The vacantly can be filled in more quickly & cheaply.

Applicant already know how the business works.

Disadvantages:

A better candidate might have been available from outside the business.

It does not bring any new ideas

Front 4

Advantages & Disadvantages of external recruitment:

Back 4

Advantages:

Applicants might bring new ideas & this can improve the effectiveness & efficiency of the business.

Limitations:

It takes longer to fill in the vacancy

Front 5

Job description:

Back 5

A job description is a written document that provides all the details about what a job involves

(A job description is mainly used to help management decide what the job involves & to help select the best candidate for the job.)

Front 6

Person specification:

Back 6

A list of the qualifications, skills, experience & personal qualities looked for in a successful applicant

(Businesses use it to help them understand the person they are looking for.)

Front 7

Shortlist:

Back 7

A list of candidates who are chosen from all of the applicants to be interviewed for the job.

Front 8

State two advantages to a business of employing part time workers:

Back 8

A business can often attract well-qualified workers.

There are some evidence to suggest that part-time workers are more productive than full time workers.

Front 9

Benefits of training workers:

Back 9

Training helps workers develop their abilities.

Training improves customer service.

A well trained workforce can improve a businesses competitiveness.

Front 10

State the three main methods of training:

Back 10

Induction

On-the-job

Of-the-job

Front 11

Induction training:

Back 11

Induction training is a training programme to help new employed staff become more familiar with their workplace, the people they work with and the procedures they need to follow.

Front 12

Benefits and limitations of induction training

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Benefit: Workers quickly feel part of the business and can therefore do their tasks more effectively from the start of their employment.

Limitation: It increases business cost as the workers are not adding to output but are receiving their wage or salary.

Front 13

On-the-job training:

Back 13

The worker learns the skills they need in the workplace, watching or following an experienced worker.

Front 14

Benefits and limitations to the business of using On-the-job training:

Back 14

Benefit: It's cheap and the workers learn the way that the business wants the job done.

Limitation: The worker might pick up any of the experienced worker's bad habits.

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Off-the-job training:

Back 15

Off-the-job training takes place away from the workplace for e.g. at college, university or specialised training premises.

Front 16

Benefits and limitations of Off-the-job training:

Back 16

Benefits: workers learn the latest methods and techniques.

Limitations: It can be expensive and the worker does not produce any output during training

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Redundancy:

Back 17

Redundancy describes a situation where the job that a worker does is no longer needed.

Front 18

Identify two ways a workforce may need to be reduced in size:

Back 18

There may be a fall in demand for the product

The business may introduce new technologies

Front 19

State two reasons why a business might dismiss a worker:

Back 19

The worker has broken the company rules

The worker is not performing work at the required standard