Wrotham School

BTEC Task Sheet Front Cover

Name of Centre: Wrotham School

Title of Course: BTEC National Subsidiary Diploma in Business Studies

Unit Number and Title: Unit 2: Business Resources

Name of assessors: Mr Williams Mr Toher

Deadline for completion:

Statement of Context:
At the core of every organization are the human, physical, technological and financial resources that enable it to function. In this unit you learn the importance organizations place on managing their resources efficiently in order to achieve their objectives.

Understanding how these resources are managed is one of the keys to assessing how well an organization is performing. The first part of this unit explores the range of human, physical and technological resources for a selected organization. You will investigate the importance of managing these resources efficiently and the contribution that recruiting and retaining suitable staff can make to the organization’s performance. The importance of managing the physical and technological resources efficiently is also explored.

The level of an organization’s performance can be seen in its financial statements and the second part of this unit will develop your knowledge and understanding of them and highlight the need for the monitoring and control of costs and budgets.

Scenario 1

You have obtained work experience as an assistant in a Recruitment Agency.

One of the Agencies more important clients, ASDA, are wishing to change its recruitment procedures and have asked the agency for some advice. You have been asked to assist ASDA by producing material for The Human Resource department which explains the purpose of key recruitment documents and also in testing their recruitment procedures.

P1 describe the recruitment documentation used in a selected organization

Employing the correct