Discussion questions

1.IKEA is also very "IKEA-centric." For example, the IKEA store itself will be laid out as a maze that requires customers to walk through every department before they reach the checkout stations. This forced path can seem constraining to their customers who naturally are more free spirited than the IKEA management model. Can this spell trouble in the near future or is the IKEA way a sustainable business model?

2.Explain the term 'Business process re-engineering' and how itsapplication might enable overall business performance to be improved.Briefly discuss potential problems which may be encountered in theimplementation of a business re-engineering programme.

Briefly discuss give acts that may be regarded as criminal offences by company officers or directors

3.Buhle, a single mom with a seven year old daughter wants to open her own interior decorating business. She has inherited R1 million from her late grandmother and wants to use R100 000 of this money to start the business. Her suppliers have agreed to extend her credit totalling R500 000.

a. Buhle is not sure if she should become a sole trader or go to the expense of registering a company.

Advise her based on the above facts

4.Buhle comes across premises that would be perfect for her business. Supposing she had decided to form a company but had not yet done so, what could she do to ensure that she does not lose the opportunity to lease the premises?

5.John is hired but his contract describes him as an independent contractor. He has to work from 07:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday and reports to the transport manager who gives him his daily delivery schedule.

When he is not doing deliveries he is required to wash vehicles and clean the yard.

After a month he requests two days leave but is told that as an independent contractor he does not get paid leave.

Advise him.

6.Suppose between deliveries John decides to visit his girlfriend.

After spending an hour at her flat he bumps the car in front as he is pulling away to drive to the next delivery.

Is Shady Juice Co liable for the damage he caused?

Discuss

7.Portia is employed as a management accountant. After a month she discovers that she is pregnant.

She is scared to tell her boss in case she is fired. What should she do?

8.hree months into her job Portia is stopped by security at the gate one afternoon on her way out. They find two expensive laptop computers in her car. They call her manager and she is fired on the spot. Discuss the lawfulness of her dismissal.

9.Would it have made a difference if they had only found 2 litre packs of Shady Juice in her car.

10.Explain the difference between an instrument "payable to bearer" and one "payable to order"