P1

• Limitation of decision tree (4)

  • Only focuses on quantitative data
  • Estimates of sales of product and costs could be difficult as its only probability and not guaranteed
• Effects of ageing population on level of profit of hospital (5)

  • Ageing population may lead to greater level of demand = prices may be able to rise = higher rev = with cost not rising rapidly = higher profits
  • Higher costs = more resources needed = lower levels of profit
• Maslow reference - way to motivate ware house and head office employee (9)

  Warehouse = increased pay = satisfy as they meet physiological needs

  Office = increase pay may not be effective as they’re already well rewarded so increasing self esteem = increase motivation
• 2 effects on doyles of centralisation of its decision making (9)

  • centralisation = decision made at top of structure and communicate down
  • High control over budgets = allow Doyle’s to be more successful