What Your Child Will Learn with Alex

Unit 3

Alex's Unit 3 tutoring focuses on the key processes and considerations for effectively managing a business. She covers:

Business Foundations: Different types of businesses, their objectives and stakeholders, managing stakeholder conflict, corporate culture, and various management styles and skills.

Human Resources: Motivation theories (Maslow, Locke & Latham, Lawrence & Nohria), motivation strategies, training, performance management, and termination management. Overview of workplace relations and dispute resolution.

Operations Management: Key elements of an operations system, strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness through technology, materials management, quality management, and waste minimisation. Corporate social responsibility in operations.

Unit 4

Unit 4 with Alex explores the dynamic nature of business and the need for transformation. She covers:

Reviewing Performance & The Need for Change: Key performance indicators (KPIs), proactive vs. reactive approaches to change, driving and restraining forces (Lewin's Force Field Analysis), and Porter's Generic Strategies.

Implementing Change: Leadership in change management, strategies for managing change (staff training, motivation, technology), corporate culture, Senge's Learning Organisation, Lewin's Three-Step Change Model, and corporate social responsibility considerations.

Alex's tutoring helps students develop a strong understanding of business management principles and their application to real-world scenarios, preparing them for the challenges and opportunities of a dynamic business environment.