P2 P3 D2 Unit 4 Business Communications

You have now been asked to attend a Board meeting to present the results of an investigation into the effectiveness of the presentation of business information by The Oxford Spires Academy. This includes the way in which the information is communicated to stakeholders. You must prepare materials to be discussed and presented at the meeting combining different forms of information, for example text, tables, charts and images from a range of sources. PowerPoint presentation in class observation and assessment.

The coursework for P2 requires you to understand what a rolling forecast is! See links below

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/rolling-forecast

http://m.businessfinancemag.com/sitefiles/businessfinancemag.com/files/archive/businessfinancemag.com/files/misc_file/wp_applix_managing_through_change_0.pdf

http://www.rollingforecast.com/insights/five-core-components-of-a-rolling-forecast/

Task 4.2:        BOARD MEETING (P2, P3, P4 & D2)

In order to complete this you must:

a)     Obtain financial information from your selected organisation and give a five minute verbal presentation about what the financial information shows about the performance of the business or part of the business. Your verbal presentation should be suitable for a number of business journalists who want to report on the performance of the business (P2)

b)     Produce a brief written report on what the information shows about the performance of the business or part of the business. This report should be suitable for the directors or the senior management of the business and should include a spreadsheet or graph to help explain the financial situation (P2)

c)     Produce a leaflet, which is aimed at the staff of the business, telling them about the financial performance of the business or part of the business. The majority of the staff do not have any financial knowledge (P2)

d)     Using the same organisation or any other organisation of your choice, produce a corporate communication such as an advert, poster or leaflet communicating information about the business or one of its products or services. Your proposed audience will be the businesses customers and potential customers (P3)

e)     Find an example of a real external corporate communication from your selected business and evaluate it as a means of corporate communication. This could be an advert they have produced or a poster, leaflet, packaging, logos, livery, strap lines, endorsements or any sponsorship they may have undertaken (P4)

f)      Your final task is to evaluate the effectiveness of the business information and its communication as key contributors to the success of the organisation, using examples to illustrate your points. For this task you will need to research examples of effective business information and its communication in other businesses who are regarded as having effective systems of information and communication, as well as your selected organisation. You will then be able to draw some comparisons between examples of effectiveness in other businesses and your selected business (D2) 

Resources

BTEC Level 3 Business Book 1 Bevan et al p.p.132-137

BTEC National Business 1 p.127-129

http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charities/united-learning-trust-1093277.html

http://www.worksmart.org.uk/company/company.php?id=04439859