OCR A2 Applied Business Unit F248 Summer 2012 - Fontane Limited

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Contents:

Introduction
Key Strategic Issues to Consider
Analysing Fontane Ltd’s situation
Business Goals
Production planning
Financial analysis tools
Human resource indicators
Marketing analysis
Evaluation of the options
Appendix 4: the impact of exchange rate change on Fontane Ltd
Option 1 – Additional appliances
Option 2a – Selling commercial fountains
Option 2b – Hiring commercial fountains
Contingency Planning
Energy crisis
Workforce upheaval
Appendix: worked financial calculations
Payback Period
Average Rate of Return
Net Present Values
Break even analysis
Making effective use of a decision tree
Decision trees – the qualitative dimension