2. Business: Operations

Keystage: KS4

Subject: Business

Resource type: Lesson

Skills: Problem Solving

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Help the Salon Shine: Students step into the role of a Data Analyst appointed by Curl Up Hairdressers. Students must identify Curl Up’s key pain points and assess which parts of their sales process needs to be improved to attract more repeat customers.

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Curriculum Table

England: The national curriculum (England)Business operations
Students must know and understand the sales process and the importance to businesses of providing good customer service, including product knowledge, customer engagement and post-sales service.
Scotland: The National 5 Business ManagementManagement of operations – Quality
Methods of ensuring quality, e.g. quality control, quality assurance, use of quality inputs.
The costs and benefits of ensuring quality.
Wales: WJEC GCSE in business specificationSales process
Learners need to understand the importance of good customer service and meeting customer expectations (including preparing through good product knowledge and customer engagement).

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