Research Questions due by 5pm on Friday of week 7 (submit through link on
Portal)
The following 3 questions come from the first 4 weeks of this course and
examine some of the main concepts. You will need to write approximately 300
– 350 words for questions A, B and C.
Use specific examples when discussing these concepts. Ensure that you use
APA 6 referencing, size 12 font (Arial or Times Roman) and one and a half line
spacing (formatting). Make sure that you answer all the elements of each
question
Use the lecture content when answering the questions as well as any relevant
esearch.
Refer to the ru
ic for this assessment.
Question A
What is the difference between a Trading Company and a Wholesale
Company? Explain the characteristics of each one and give examples of
companies that you know to demonstrate your understanding of these two
company types (6 marks)
Question B
What is a business process? Why do we analyse business processes? Discuss
the different performance measures that we can use to evaluate process
efficiency. Use 2 journal articles to support your discussion of Process Analysis.
(8 marks)
Question C
Summarise your understanding of the Journal article reading from week 3
(When should a process be art? Hall & Johnson, 2009) Discuss the concept of
the article and provide some examples to support your understanding. (6
marks)