← Internal operations of a large business

Reading the notation

Four parts, (a)–(d), and inside each one the SAME three-step ladder: name it and give ONE side (Achieved), give the OTHER side and its impact (Merit), then weigh it against a named alternative using named criteria (Excellence).

📖 Terms the schedule grades you on

5 terms

Cover the right column and check you can say what each one means.

Explain (i)

Achieved's word: identify the style, policy, report or structure, and give ONE side — usually the advantage or reason it works.

Explain (ii)

Merit's word: give the OTHER side (the disadvantage or the cause), and follow it through to its impact — on employees, customers, or the business.

Justify, referring to X and Y (iii)

Excellence's word: weigh the option against a genuinely different alternative, addressing the NAMED criteria in the question (e.g. "brand reputation and maintaining standards") rather than repeating the explanation from (i)/(ii).

A large business you have studied in depth

Part (c) always forces a SWITCH to a different large business from the one in the resource — the question says "Do not use [the resource business]". Have a second business ready, not just the one in the scenario.

Rangatiratanga / pūtake

Māori business concepts the paper defines for you in a box — rangatiratanga is leadership, authority and guardianship of resources; pūtake is a business's reason for being. Use the DEFINITION given, applied to the specific scenario, not a memorised general statement.

Before writing anything

• Have TWO real large businesses ready — one for the resource-based parts, and a genuinely different one for part (c), which always bans reusing the resource business.

Practice for this standard covers the whole topic — flashcards and quiz.