People at Work: Introducing New Technology

This book is part of a series covering the National Criteria for GCSE Business Studies, with instructions to enable students to work on their own. The skills of handling data in a variety of forms are fostered throughout. This book covers the introduction of new technology to a business situation. It enables students to use a case study example to examine the financial and social implications of changes in working practice and the use of numerical information and data is explained. Communication skills are promoted - in writing formal reports and producing leaflets and newsletters - and the extraction of information from memos and other business documentation is explained.