P1 – Explain the effects of changes in the economic environment on a selected business. D1 – Evaluate the impact of changes in the economic environment on a selected business In this part of the assignment I am going to be researching the economic factors of Barclays as a business. The Business cycle All of these factors have an enormous impact on my selected business (Barclays) as the economy goes from growth and decline. As well as many others, Barclays is majorly affected as it is in the financial industry. These different factors appear throughout what is called the ‘Business Cycle’. The cycle shows the fluctuation of the activity within the economy over a period of time and consists of 4 main stages; as well as many others, …show more content…
For instance, if someone's income grows, then his demand for goods will increase, shifting his demand curve to the right. This will lead to a higher quantity being consumed at a higher price, ceteris paribus. Conversely, there can be a negative effect that shifts the supply curve to the left where a lower quantity is consumed at a lower price, ceteris paribus. This can occur when the price of substitutes falls or consumers begin to lose their taste for the product. When there is a change of one of the factors of supply- like changes in the prices of production inputs like labour or capital; a change in production technology and its associated productivity change; or the amount of competition in a specific product market- there is a corresponding change in the supply curve. For example, if worker productivity improves due to some human capital or technology investment, then the costs of production decrease. This exerts a positive effect on the supply curve shifting it right, where the new market equilibrium is at a higher quantity and a lower price, holding everything else constant. There can also be a negative shift that moves the supply curve to the left, with the resulting market clearing price being higher and quantity lower, ceteris
2. Economic: “Our business and financial performance may be adversely impacted by current and future economic conditions” (Page 10.)
Any change that lowers the quantity that buyers wish to purchase at any given price shifts the demand curve to the left.
D1: Evaluate the reasons for the success of two contrasting businesses, reflecting on evidence gathered.
It is important for a company to try and forecast the Business Cycle to indicate practices beneficial and not beneficial to the organization with the goal of an upward trend line and minimal increase and decrease to GDP for steady growth in the Business Cycle.
There are several different types of business ownership which are most commonly used in business’ and company’s today, these include; Co-operative which is a business owned by its employees, Partnership which is a business owned by between 2 and 20 people, Private limited which is a business owner by a small groups of people who have shares and a Public limited business is owned by private individuals by shares bought and sold on the stock market. A charity is a business with the purpose to help the public, the government is a business owned by the government and lastly a sole trader which is a business owned by only one person.
In this task I’m going to analyse the figures on cash flow that I created in P3 and justify why you think the business might have problems also provide range of solutions.
Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
A way of doing this task efficiently would be to keep a log setting out of the roles that you and the other members of the team have within the team in which you are working as a part of.
M2(Unit 37) - Assess the social implications of business ethics facing a selected business in its different areas of activity
This causes the price and the quantity move in opposite directions in a supply curve shift. Also, if the quantity supplied decreases at any given price the opposite will happen.
Evaluate the impact of changes in the economic environment on a selected business – D1
In this task I would be talking about the influence of two economic environments on business activities. So this could be how Sainsbury’s in the UK operated during the recession and the boom period. The UK is in the growth economic environment and this means the country was before in the recession economic environment and now it is growing. This does not mean they are a rich country compared to China.
1. Explain why change happens in a business environment. You should include at least three reasons in your answer.
(P4) Explain how external factors and the economic environment affect the way in which an engineering company operates.
1. The most significant challenge to business success you see in this rapidly changing global economy;