Vantage Part II

1.

A: What is important when deciding whether to apply for a new post? Location, Career prospects

B: What is important when organizing an in-house training course? Course contents, Participants selected

C: What is important when recruiting senior staff? Recruitment agencies, Financial incentives

 

2.

A: What is important when attending an interview? Appearance of applicant, Applicant’s knowledge of company

B: What is important when planning market research? Types of questions, Type of people

C: What is important when predicting profits? Current sales figures, Market trends

 

3.

A: What is important when deciding whether to obtain a further qualification? Time commitment required, Career benefits

B: What is important when placing a newspaper advertisement? Newspaper sales figures, Cost of advertising

C: What is important when considering whether to invest in technology? Benefits to the company, Costs involved

 

4.

A: What is important when choosing suitable transport for a business trip? Convenience, Cost-effectiveness

B: What is important when selecting employees for promotion? Personal qualities, Current performance

C: What is important when setting up a new business? Management experience, Financial backing

 

Part III

 

1. Customer Newsletter

 

Your company would like to introduce a newsletter to send to its customers regularly. You have been asked to co-ordinate the project.

Discuss and decide:

l        What kinds of articles and information should be included in the newsletter

l        What the newsletter should look like and how often it should be produced

l        Who should be asked to write for the newsletter

 

2. Promotional Video

 

Your company is planning to produce a short video to promote itself abroad. You have been asked to help plan the contents of the video.

Discuss and decide:

l        Who the target audience will be, and how to make the video interesting and informative for them

l        Which aspects of the company you will need to include on the video

l        Which employees should appear on the video and how to encourage them to participate

 

3. Employee of the Year Award

 

Your company has decided to introduce an Employee of the Year award. You have been given the task of organising this scheme.

Discuss and decide:

l        What criteria should be used to select the winner

l        Which people inside and outside the company should be asked to help choose the winner

l        What kinds of rewards would be most suitable for the winner

 

4. Company Visitors

 

A group of business people from a foreign trade delegation are visiting your company next month. You have been asked to help prepare a programme of activities for the visitors.

Discuss and decide:

l        What kinds of activities would be suitable for the visitors

l        Which company personnel the visitors should meet

l        How to entertain the visitors outside working hours

 

5. Special Training Course

Your company is considering offering some of its employees the opportunities of attending a special training course abroad. You are a member of the committee which will decide if this plan should be implemented.

Discuss and decide:

l        What could be the advantages to employees of spending a period of time abroad

l        How a company can benefit from this kind of scheme

How the success of the training course could be evaluated