1. Biz Quiz

2. Presentation Outline
Open up PowerPoint and complete your first 11 slides using below
as a template:
Front cover
(P3 Describe the main physical and technological resources required in the operation of Asda)
Introduce your business
Physical resources (describe and link to Asda)
Buildings and facilities (describe and link to Asda)
Materials and waste (describe and link to Asda)
Plant and machinery (describe and link to Asda)
Equipment – including ICT equipment (describe and link to Asda)
Maintenance and refurbishment (describe and link to Asda)
Emergency provision (describe and link to Asda)
Insurance (describe and link to Asda)
Security (describe and link to Asda)

3. Technological Resources

4. Definition of Technological Resources
Technology resources are more than equipment such as computer hardware.
Technological resources include software, music and text.
These resources are owned like physical resources and are managed the same way.

5. Four main areas of Technological Resources
Intellectual Property Rights
Software Licences
Patents and Copyrights
Skills and Experience

6. Technological Resources sheet on Moodle – Complete as we go

7. 1. Intellectual property
Intellectual property rights allow people to own ideas and have rights concerning what happens to these ideas.
The five different types of intellectual property:
Type
Description
Designs
Covers features like colour, lines, materials, shape or texture.
Drawings
Covers drawings of a product
Text
Covers style and content including data written on websites
Music
Covers use of music for public or private performances
Video
Covers video clips within website and the protection against copying it.

8. 2. Patents and Copyrights
Patents and Copyright are two areas of intellectual property law.
Please download the article ‘patents and copyrights’ on moodle.
Describe what patents and copyrights are and how long they last.

9. 2. Patents and Copyrights (continued)
Patents are protection for inventions or new and improved products that can be made in industry. Lasts for 20 years
Copyright protects the use of literary or artistic material. This includes songs, software, multimedia and films. Lasts 70 years after creators death unless it’s a sound recording etc which lasts 50 years.

10. 3. Software licences
Many businesses invest a lot of money into software and its use within the working day.
Sometimes bespoke (when something is specially made for an individual or organisation) software will be designed for a business or they will use someone else’s software and pay a licence fee to use it.

11. 3. Asda Software licences
Asda leads UK retail sector with first web EDI implementation.
Asda chose eCommera’s DynamicCommerce

12. 4. Staff Skills and Experience
In order to manage a businesses technological resources successfully, staff skills and experience are needed.
Staff manage the day to day running of resources.
Can you think of any examples?

13. 4. Staff Skills and Experience
Retaining staff means they gain more experience and skills
Rewards and benefits should be given to manage them carefully
Asda should not have just one employee with a specific skill. Why?

14. Presentation Continuation…
Now complete the rest of P3 by researching and adding these slides to Asda with appropriate examples:
Technological resources
Intellectual property rights
Protection via patents and copyrights
Software licences
Staff Experience and Skills

15. M1 - Explain how the management of human, physical and technological resources can improve the performance of Asda

16. M1
For M1, learners should be able to show their understanding of how resources are managed by explaining how good management of human, physical and technological resources can improve the performance of the selected organisation (Asda).

17. YOU NEED TO RELATE THESE POINTS TO ASDA AND NOT WRITE GENERALLY.
To meet M1 you need to add slides of information for the following headings:
Managing Human Resources
Managing physical resources
Managing Technological resources
YOU NEED TO RELATE THESE POINTS TO ASDA AND NOT WRITE GENERALLY.

18. Managing Human Resources
Having a good recruitment and selection procedure will help the business recruit the right people into the organisation. If the business can do this there is more chance that they will be successful, more efficient, satisfy customers and create more profit.

19. Managing Physical Resources
Managing physical resources means that the buildings may well be clean and in good order. If a shop is clean and in good order more customers will want to shop there. If an office is clean and in good order the employees may well feel more motivated. A well kept building may well reduce accidents.
It is also important that a business uses good materials to make their products and they are made to a good quality. If they are not, customers will complain and not buy their goods anymore.

20. Managing Technological Resources
It is also important that businesses protect their own ideas with patents and respect other peoples copyright to avoid being sued.
Having trained staff to be able to operate and maintain the right computer packages and systems is vital to a business so that it runs smoothly and customers remain satisfied.

21. Complete the following slides…
Managing Human Resources
Managing physical resources
Managing Technological resources
YOU NEED TO RELATE THESE POINTS TO ASDA AND NOT WRITE GENERALLY.

22. D1 - Evaluate how managing resources and controlling budget costs can improve the performance at Asda

23. Edexcel say…
For D1, learners should assess the relative merits of the methods of the managing resources and to make
judgements on the effectiveness of these methods in improving the performance of the selected business

24. Main Body should consider these points and more:
D1 Report Evaluate how managing resources and controlling budget costs can improve the performance at Asda.
Introduction
Main Body should consider these points and more:
Human resources – multitasking
Cut wastage example
Help reduce the amount of stock held. Food supermarket
ICT computers technology – up to date technology can lead to efficiencies
Less mistakes in production
Less loans
Controlling budgets may help businesses stay in profit.
Cut down on maintenance.
Help cut Costs to save money boost profit therefore help expansion – possibly buy a new store
Conclusion