AS 90843 · 4 credits · External
Demonstrate understanding of the internal operations of a large business
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This standard asks you to show you understand how a large business (over 20 employees, or significant in New Zealand) runs its operations. You need to explain things like how it's organised, who runs it, how decisions get made, and how all the different parts work together. You'll pick one real business to study in depth and use it as examples in your answers.
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- ·Explain how the business's internal operations work — such as its structure, leadership style, policies, procedures, and how different departments function
- ·Use specific examples from at least one large business you've studied in depth, including its actual name and real details about what it does
- ·Connect business concepts (like leadership styles, financial reporting, operating capacity, or efficiency) directly to how they actually impact that business's performance, costs, sales, or profits
- ·Show how these operations help the business stay competitive, profitable, and meet its goals
- ·Where relevant, include Māori business concepts like rangatiratanga (chiefly authority/responsibility) or kaitiakitanga (guardianship/stewardship) and explain how they apply
You explain the operations and give examples from your case study, but your explanations are fairly basic or vague, and you don't clearly link the concepts to how they affect the business.