You have gained a work experience placement within the local Chamber of Commerce. Every year the Chamber runs a range of professional advisory services for local businesses, and government-funded business support programmes in addition to a membership programme.

The Business Development Manager is keen to improve their education programme for young people hoping to set up their own businesses. He plans a series of workshops titled Introduction to Business. He has asked you to prepare materials for him. You will produce presentation materials, supporting notes, handouts and workshop exercises

Task 1 The business environment

You must produce a PowerPoint presentation in which you detail the key features of a business environment. You should:

describe the types of organisations found in the public and private sectors in a named country. You may wish to use examples from the UK or another country with which you are more familiar

explain the different structures within the businesses in your selected country and suggest reasons for the variation

identify a named business and describe how the local, national and global economic environment impacts on this named business.

Extension activities:

To gain a merit grade you must also:

Explain how and why business objectives differ between different organisations. You must provide examples to illustrate your answer.

To gain a distinction grade you must also:

provide a handout in which you analyse the impact of the current national and global environments on businesses in your named country.

LO1 AC 1.1, 1.2, 1.3