OCR A2 Business Unit F297 - Smallbone, Little and Spence Ltd

Tom White has now completed his superb revision toolkit on the OCR A2 Business Studies pre-release case study - Smallbone, Little and Spence Ltd. Details of the contents below. The Toolkit can be ordered here. or by downloading and completing this printable order form.

OCR A2 Business Unit F297 - Smallbone, Little and Spence Ltd

Toolkit Contents:

Introduction: the strategy process at SLSL

Analysing SLSL’s situation
Competitor analysis
Ratio Analysis: helpful insights for tables 4 and 5 6

Market analysis

Analysis of branch performance – instructions, viewings and offers
Analysis of branch performance – costs and commissions
Summary of tables 1, 4 and 5
A reminder of SLSL’s short term and longer term targets:

Financial Accounting
Measuring Solvency, or Liquidity
Measuring Profit and Profitability
Measuring Financial Efficiency
Measuring debt
Shareholder Ratios
Financial summary

The Economic Environment
The economic environment: summary of its impact on SLSL

SWOT summary of SLSL’s current position

Ethical and issues: corporate social responsibility at SLSL

Implementing change at SLSL: reaching short term objectives
Increasing revenues by 4%
Making effective use of network, or ‘critical path’ analysis
A change to SLSL’s fee structure
Implementing change at SLSL: long term strategic options
Opening new branches/closing existing branches
Moving Online
Have you guessed where it is yet?!

Exam Overview
OCR F297 June 2012 Mock Paper