Strategy
Understand the purpose of the strategy function in the business studies curriculum, see real life examples within our case studies with downloads
Aims And Objectives
Business aims objectives and values
Aims and objectivesAims and objectives are the 'ends' that an organisation seeks to achieve. It then has...
Using technology to create a paperless office
Information technology has become increasingly important in the life of all organisations in providing effective communication systems,...
Developing initiatives to improve financial stability
This case study examines how one organisation dealt effectively with a key funding issue when faced with...
The business of economic development and regeneration
This case study examines how one of the UK's most important regions, the West Midlands, with a...
Business Expansion
Building a global telecommunications business
The twentieth century will be looked back on as the period when telecommunications revolutionised people’s daily lives...
Building a joint venture in an emerging market
Burmah Castrol is a leading international marketer of specialised lubricant and chemical products and services. With operations...
Business Organisation
Creating an effective organisational structure at Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Company is truly global, and its main product is recognised and consumed worldwide. The Company...
Working with bottling franchisees around the world
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company and is the leading producer and marketer of...
Decentralisation within a book retailer
The largest specialist book retailer in the UK and Ireland is Waterstone’s. It has more than 200...
Reinventing the organisation – Heinz Europe
The business writer, Charles Handy, illustrates the need for organisations to reinvent themselves by the sigmoid curve...
Business Planning
Making the best use of limited resources
One of the challenges facing every organisation today is how to make best use of its limited...
A business case for investing in rail
Today, there is growing concern about the number of cars and lorries on the UK’s roads, the...
Business Start-Up
Driving forward a business start up
From the 1990s onwards we have seen the development of a ‘new economy’ based on the new...