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Hi, I was wondering if someone could please help me with an outline for how to structure this business report.
Implementing a structure for this report should be fairly straightforward for this particular report question (which, for reference, happens to be Question 25 from the 2014 Business Studies HSC exam). You will first need an executive summary, under which you can provide a brief summary of information regarding Emu Uniform Manufacturers Pty Ltd and also state the purpose of the business report.
Once the executive summary is complete, you will need a section under which you recommend what you believe would be an appropriate source of finance for this business. Keep in mind that the term "Recommend" implies the need to not only explain the nature of your choice, but also provide advantages that would justify the use of the particular source of finance by the business.
Similar to the above, a section will be needed so that you can discuss the option of outsourcing overseas and that of expanding the business's existing factory. Keep in mind that with "Discuss" questions, you may need to provide reasons supporting the use of each option as well as reasons against the use of each option.
The last point is a bit more interesting. Here, you have the option of developing your response under either one section, or creating subsections for each global factor that you choose to explain. If you choose to create subsections, then it would be a good idea to briefly outline the purpose of this section before proceeding to the first subsection. Of course, the quality of your explanation is the more important element and is more likely to make a positive contribution to your mark. With that being said, having a good structure in addition to a good-quality response does not hurt. In this particular instance, you should probably go with the option that you feel you would be more comfortable with.
Overall, your business report could adopt the following structure:
1. Executive summary
2. Outsourcing overseas versus factory expansion
3. Global Factors
OR
3. Global Factors
3.1 Economies of scale
3.2 Scanning and learning
3.3 Research and development
4. Conclusion
I hope this helps!