Service providers are essential in our economy. Where would we be without hospitals, cleaning companies, accounting firms and hairdressers? But it can be difficult to apply concepts of operations management to these businesses. This program will look at the key elements of operations, applying them to a service provider and showing how various strategies can be used to improve business performance.
Producers: VEA Group Pty Ltd
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The Business Plan
A business plan is one of the most useful management tools the small business owner can use. It provides direction for set up and through the tough first years until the business achieves profitability. It is like a road map to succeed. A business plan is a detailed written report that sets out the objectives, operations and financial aspects of the proposed business venture. It is a vital document for a business to get off the drawing board and to succeed. The business plan also provides information that potential lenders of finance will require for the business owner to secure a business loan. It shows that the business is organized and well managed, and not a risky venture.
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Starting an Online Business
Got a great idea for a product or service and want to start an online business? It’s a lucrative market with potential for big returns, but where do you start? This high-quality, practical video introduces viewers to a range of online business models, demonstrates how to create an effective business plan, explains how to set up and operate a business, and reveals the best industry advice on avoiding common pitfalls. Featuring experts Dr Brent Coker, Faculty Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, online business entrepreneurs Tom Koan, Director of www.kigu.co.uk, and Emma Osborne, Director www.supperlicious.co.uk, this is a very practical and inspiring program for budding online entrepreneurs.
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Starting Up
Small business is commonly considered to be the “engine room” of the country’s economy. Flexible hours and the opportunity to make large profits can make starting your own business appealing; however the reality of owning your own small business will present you with many challenges. This program investigates what it takes to be a small business owner, including legal implications, product demand and niche markets, making a business profitable and the importance choosing the correct name for your business. With solid market research, an understanding of business principles and a lot of hard work, success may well come your way.
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Innovation and Emerging Technologies
This program investigates innovation in industry today. Showing a range of examples, it examines the impact of emerging technologies on the innovation process. The viewer is led through an exploration of the meaning of innovation and emerging technology, the innovation cycle and what makes an innovation successful. A case study of an innovation demonstrates the innovation process and the program ends with a discussion of the impacts of innovation on society, including a strong emphasis on ethical and environmental issues.
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Safety in the Workshop: Avoiding Accident and Injury
Students are given an introduction to the workshop area and are shown a range of hazards that they can come across when working in this area. Safety equipment is then discussed and students are shown where the safety equipment is stored and how it can be used in the most effective way. Students are then shown how to keep a safe working area and keeping out of clearly marked safety zones. Portable power tools and hand tools and their correct and safe use are looked at in detail. The program is completed with an in-depth look at basic first aid and what to do in case of an accident.
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Timber Furniture: The Design Process
The skills involved in making quality timber furniture are sought after and a solid understanding of core design and construction principles underpins a student’s future success. This curriculum fit program clearly and engagingly demonstrates the design process as applied to the construction of timber furniture. We explore the workshop, demonstrating conceptualization and model making, safe construction of joints, measuring and marking techniques, finishing the piece, and evaluation of the final result.
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Linear Functions – An Introduction
Linear functions are one of the most important and basic of functions that students study in algebra. In this program, our presenter Sharpie show students the different forms of linear functions; tables, graphs and equations. Students explore the concept of the y-intercept and learn how determine the slope of a line given any two points on the line. Students plot linear graphs from linear equations and discover with the gradient and y-intercept they can not only sketch the linear graph but also determine the linear equation for a line.
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Pythagoras’ Theorem – An Introduction
This program explores one of the oldest, most-well known and widely used mathematical relationships in history – The Pythagorean Theorem. Using a step-by-step approach, this program explores the concept of right angled triangles and The Pythagoras Proof using geometric squares associated with each of the sides, calculates the lengths of both the hypotenuse and shorter sides in a number of right angled triangles as well as applying the Pythagorean Theorem to a number of real life applications.
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Science in the Kitchen
This program will completely change the way you view the average family kitchen! Where you would have once just seen food in the fridge, you will now find solutions, suspensions, chemical reactions, melting, mixing and dissolving! ‘Science in the Kitchen’ transforms an average family kitchen into a chemistry laboratory, where our student ‘scientist’ conducts simple experiments using common ingredients. By linking to students’ prior knowledge and life experience, this Australian-made, primary curriculum fit program demonstrates, in a clear, practical and entertaining way, key scientific concepts that students often find confusing, including: states of matter, chemical and physical reactions, and scientific methods and procedures.