A Gestão de Negócios

HCBPP

BUMA132

Assignment 1

Alex Lobo

        

October 2018

Q.1.1

Q.1.1.1

A: After Damian’s research, he found out that there are five process types:

• Project process – This type of process is unique and individual due to mostly being on large scales like building houses, bridges.
• Jobbing process – This type is usually on a small scale and unique, since the requirements can always differ.
• Batch process (job lots) – This is a limited production where products are manufactured in lots but they don’t have the same variety.
• Mass process – Is the production in big scale but with very low variety.
• Continuous process – Is the production in big scale with low variety and nonstop.

Q.1.1.2

A: The most suitable in my opinion is the continuous process, since they got a contract for selling 100 boards a month, they just need a continuous production of 100 boards a month and its settled.

Q.1.2

Q.1.2.1

A:

1. The fixed-position layout – The product can’t change size, location or shape;
2. The process layout (flexible-flow layout) – Products that are similar are grouped together in sections;
3. The product layout (line-flow layout) – The different operations are arranged in consecutive order;
4. The cellular layout (hybrid layout) – Specific operations are placed in a cell, then arranged according to the operation.

Q.1.2.2 

A: In my opinion, the most suitable layout would be The fixed-position layout, because since they have a contract, they have to deliver what was agreed, with no changes in shape or size.

Q.1.3

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Q.1.4

A:

1.  Material;
2. Information;
3. Clients;
4. Equipment;
5. Technology.

Q.1.5

Q.1.5.1

A:

• Recruitment through advertisements – Is the act of compiling an advertisement for a company that is looking for workers, but it can cost a lot of money;
• E-recruiting – This refers to recruiting online, it includes web-based tools that assist the recruitment procedure by advertising online;
• Recruiting through personal approach – AKA Head-hunting, this method is when an individual is personally approached and offered a job;
• Sundry recruiting strategies – This is when a Business visits schools and universities looking for long-term employees.

Q.1.5.2

A: The most suitable method would be E-recruiting, since they know exactly what they are looking for (people to cut and shape boards, sanding and varnishing the boards), they can just create a Web site and place the description of what they are looking for. And it’s the cheapest option.

Q.1.6

A:

• Advertising is a paid for and controlled non-personal marketing communication that is related to a need-satisfying product and directed at a specific target audience. – this could be used by Triple D as a way of getting the word out to a specific audience (Surfers in this case);
• Direct Marketing, using media to communicate information about a service or product to audience. – This could be used by Triple D the following way: Using Television or radio to spread the word (about their products) to potential customers.
• Publicity is the stimulation of the demand of a product of a business by making it current news value available to the media.

Q.2

Learning Unit 1

In this learning unit we defined the role of business in society as the world in a market economy that involves the transformation of resources into products or services in order to meet peoples needs. And the whole point in this learning unit is to know about the economic principle that is to satisfy the unlimited peoples needs with limited resources. And that’s basically the first step to starting a business or buying a current one.