Macville's Cafe Case Study

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Report
Scope
MacVilles café serve competitively priced, high quality coffee and gourmet food in a safe and comfortable café style environment. macvilles is to conduct a thorough risk analysis on the acquisition of Hurley’s Cafe in Toowoomba and what are the significant risks to be addressed. Ensure risk management is an integral part of planning at all levels of the organization. MacVille is committed to achieving its vision, business objectives and quality objectives by the proactive management of risk at all levels of the organization, acknowledging that embracing innovative ideas and practices carries with it risks, but that these are identifiable and measurable and therefore capable of being subject to realistic risk mitigation processes.
Goals
WHS
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Installation of water tank in courtyard.
Treat Large international chain of coffee shops might open a store in the Toowoomba CBD
Local by-law concerning efficient water usage

Research

Senior management team and finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee meetings key problems identified in the report were as follows:

• Lack of internal controls, particularly over cash handling, monitoring andrecording.
• Failure to meet compliance standards in WHS, Privacy and industrial relationslaw.
• Lack of written policy and procedures to guide staff in carrying out their duties.
• Lack of a professional business culture in the family run business.
• Failure of the business to monitor the external environment and findopportunities and threats to the business.

Source Primary/Secondary data Key information gathered
Visit the James Mansfield Primary Store operations (fit-out, cash handling, water usage, employment)

Interview with Ron Langford Primary External environment (by lows, government legislation, economic expansion, competition, technology plans)

Extract from Toowoomba regional council Secondary Economic indicators(Tourist numbers, unemployment, population growth, regional

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