U4: AOS1: Reviewing Performance – The Need For Change Flashcards
Business change
An alteration to a business in behaviours, policies and practice and work environment.
Why do businesses change?
Due to alterations in their internal or external environments such as the economy, customers, employees, competitors and technology.
Scales of business change
Incremental and Transformational
Proactive change
Foreseeing change and making alterations before external impacts effect business
Reactive Change
Letting the business environment impact the business and making changes afterwards.
Key Performance Indicators
Set of data that allows a business to determine whether it is meeting its business objectives
How can a KPI be used?
Can be used to evaluate the success of the change
What must a KPI be to be useful?
Relevant, Valid, Reliable, Deliever useful information and comparative
List all 10 KPIs
-Percentage of market share
-Net profit
-Rate of productivity growth
-Number of sales
-Number of website hits
-Rate of staff absenteeism
-Level of staff turnover
-Level of wastage
-Number of customer complaints
-Number of workplace accidents
List all 5 Financial and Marketing KPIs (Unit 2)
-Percentage of market share
-Net profit
-Rate of productivity growth
-Number of sales
-Number of website hits
List all 2 HR KPIs (Unit 3 AOS2)
-Rate of staff absenteeism
-Level of staff turnover
List all 3 operations KPIs (Unit 3 AOS3)
-Level of wastage
-Number of customer complaints
-Number of workplace accidents
Why do businesses use KPIs?
-To evaluate how they have been performing against their set business objectives
-Allows the business to determine whether resources are being used properly
-To see if budgets and forecasts are being met or exceeded.
KPI 1: Percentage of Market Share
-A business’s total sales in the industry
-Some industry sectors dominated by a few large companies
-A niche industry may have a large % of the market
KPI 2: Net Profit
-Total revenue minus total expenses over a period of time
-Used to access if expenses are too high or revenue too low
KPI 3: Rate of Productivity Growth
-Productivity is ability to increase outputs from given level of inputs over a period of time
-Based on productivity increase from year to year
KPI 4: Number of Sales
-Amount of goods and services sold in a specific time frame
-The number of sales will enable business to know if its meeting sales forecasts and if change decisions are needed in the short or long term
KPI 5: Rate of Staff Absenteeism
-Number of days staff not present when scheduled at work for a specific period
-Absent staff is a cost for the business.
-May indicate declining morale, poor corporate culture
How to reduce staff absenteeism
-Track absences
-Include support programs
-Strong return to work policy and programs
-Eliminate workplace stress
-Offer workplace flexibility
KPI 6: Level of Staff Turnover
-Number of staff leaving per year and have to be replaced
-Means cost for business
-This can impact productivity and business reputation
-Staff often the difference in competitive edge of a business
Ways to reduce staff turnover
-Competent and highly trained managers
-Provide clear expectations and KPIs
-Provide support
-Utilisation of management styles and strategies that include people in decision making
-Provide training
KPI 7: Level of Wastage
-Amounts of inputs and outputs discarded during production process
-Indicates lean and effective processes and business efficiency
-Remember TIMWOOD
-Low waste will decrease costs and use of non-renewable resources
-High waste increases time and amount of raw materials required.
KPI 8: Number of Customer Complaints
**-Amount of customers who have notified the business of disatisfaction
**-Indicates how customers view the business and the quality of the product or service
-May reduce reputation of business and effect future sales and revenue
-High complaints would indicate business not meeting market needs and expectations
-Complaints can come from various sources such as social media
KPI 9: Number of website hits
-How many people and potential customers have sent a request to a web server
-There are a number of analytical tools businesses can use to measure website traffic
-Data that can be collected:
Vistitors, % of new vs returning vistitors, how did they find out, av. time spent