BBS L2 09
Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 15 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Serviceand Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 15 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / HUMAN RESOURCES say:
“The problem is that the company is not giving attention to finding people with the right set of skills. We need to advertise in national newspapers rather than the local press. This will give us the staff we need to drive the business forward. We need £250,000.”
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Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 15 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Junior Staff, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Service, Finance and Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 15 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / MARKETING says:
“The real problem is that we are not promoting our services sufficiently. More and more people are buying cheap disposable tin openers these days, and we need a high-profile campaign to convince people that their historic tin openers are worth preserving. We need £500,000.”
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Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 15 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Junior Staff, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Service, Finance and Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 15 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / UNIONS AND EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES say:
“The real problem is one of morale. Tin opener professionals have very specialised skills, but they are unhappy because they are paid less than comparable professions, such as cheese-grater re-conditioners. If staff were paid more, they would work harder and the productivity of the company would go up. So paying staff more will in the long run make the company money. In addition, junior staff are leaving because they are not being trained to do the more complex jobs. A better training programme would prevent this and safe the company money having to recruit and train new staff. This year we need £500,000 to cover all this.”
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Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 15 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Junior Staff, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Service, Finance and Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 15 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT are saying:
“The future is bright for tin opener servicing and repair. There are new ways of repairing and servicing tin openers which are not only cheaper, but also better than anything we’ve seen before. E-tin-openers are just around the bend. We can exploit these new technologies to stay ahead of the competition, but we need £750,000.”
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Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 15 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Junior Staff, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Service, Finance and Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 15 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / Customer Servicesare saying:
“The problem is that customers are put off by the postage costs which are more than buying a cheap disposable tin-opener. We need to offer free postage. Our competitors have been offering this for a while and we are losing business to them as a result. We need £750,000.”
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Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 15 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Junior Staff, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Service, Finance and Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 15 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / Procurement are saying:
“The problem is that we are buying cheap parts and machinery that break too often and need to be replaced increasing our costs as well as damaging our reputation with customers. We need to invest in better tools that have a longer life. We need £500,000”
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Activity 1 Sunbury’s Group Exercise (Job role sheet)Name:…………………………………………….
You have 5 minutes to read instruction and write down your ideas to support your discussion, then 20 minutes to discuss as a group how money will be spent.
Information / You are working for Sunbury’s, the largest company for tin opener manufacturing and repair in the whole of the South West, but profits are dwindling.Your budget for improvements for this year must not exceed one million pounds, but each department within the company has a different idea about how the money should be spent.
Task / Your task is to work as a representative of the department below and, as a group, decide how the money is to be spent. Other representatives in the group could be from Human Resources, Marketing, Research and Development, Junior Staff, Trade Unions and Employee Representatives, Customer Service, Finance and Procurement.
To start the exercise, take a couple of minutes to understand your role. Do not show your role allocation to anyone else in your group during the course of the exercise but use the information contained on it to argue your case. As a group you have 20 minutes to debate and discuss where you think the money would be best spent, reaching an agreed result.
Your job role / Finance are saying:
“Perhaps we need to re-think our business model altogether and invest the money in new areas such as selling a range of tin openers as well as service and repairing them. We think we should spend no more than £250,000 on existing services and use the rest on new business avenues.”
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