An Introduction to the World of Work

By David Spurling

Introduction to the World of Work Synopsis

We have subdivided the modules into personal and business since this seems a logical approach. Educationalists suggest an inductive approach to education is the best one where we go from the experience of the students to the underlying principles and therefore we have put in the personal modules first.

The objective of all the modules is both to help people within schools or colleges to be faced with realistic choices which can be answered if necessary in the classroom but also to provide material which can be used by young people working on their own. Young people need to have transferable skills and some of these can be obtained by looking at the ways in which businesses approach them. It is therefore worthwhile trying to build up a portfolio of ways in which businesses have these approaches and to see which ones are effective and why, also which ones are totally misplaced.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 24, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504990233

David Spurling

David Spurling B.Sc., P.G.C.E, D.G.A, F.C.I.L.T is the founder of Learning Through Cooperation Ltd. He has taught people from more than fifty countries and was a member of the Nigerian Business Examinations council. He uses this diversity to make his books relevant. He is also a Quaker and is interested in social issues. He has taught at a wide variety of schools and colleges, including being a senior lecturer in transport economics at what is now Birmingham City University. He has been a statistics examiner for the Chartered Institute of Transport. He has been an assistant examiner with Edexcel for Labour Economics and is now currently a script marker for the Association of Business Managers and Administrators. He has had seventeen textbooks published by major publishers. These textbooks are on a range of subjects including life skills, sociology, economics, business, business calculations, accounts, and transport and road freight. He has also published a joke book. His was formerly a councillor in Southend and Swale Borough Council, as well as being a parliamentary candidate in Meriden. He is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and so was Florence Nightingale, but not at the same time!

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Contents

Personal Modules

P1 Shopping

P2 Healthy eating

P3 Budgeting

P4 Travel

P5 Fuel Bills

P6 Patterns of expenditure

P7 Accommodation

P8 Allocation of time

P9 Personal Finance

P10 Self development

P11 Relationships

P12 Presentation skills

P13 Careers including apprenticeships

P14 Enterprise and risks

P15 Planning in an age of change

Business Modules

B1 Office work in different sectors of a business

B2 Office Planning

B3 Reception Office

B4 Telecommunications

B5 Mail

B6 Private sector organisations

B7 Business Risks

B8 Growth of organisations

B9 Production methods

B10 The Human Relations Department

B11 Accounting

B12 Finance

B13 Purchasing

B14 Marketing

B15 Distribution of goods

B16 Organisation and methods (O&M)

B17 Sources of information

B18 Business meetings

B19 Arranging visits

B20 Looking for jobs

B21 Specimen Interview with Miss Smith

Personal Modules

Business Modules

Module P1 Shopping

P1.10 Shopping

The supermarket chains

In the United Kingdom the large supermarket chains such as Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons and ASDA have dominated the food market. They are not necessarily the cheapest places to buy food, despite their massive advertising and also their price comparisons with each other. Aldi and Lidl have gained ground considerably since the credit crunch from 2008 onwards. This is because they are thought to be cheaper than the others.

Other supermarkets

There are other supermarket chains including The Co-operative, which as its name suggests is owned by the customers, and also Waitrose which is owned by the workers and is part of the John Lewis group.

Waitrose has a reputation for selling good but more expensive products than other supermarkets. The idea about higher prices is not necessarily true so it is worthwhile looking at these supermarkets. Waitrose