Business class: P&O Ferries sacks 800 sailors and halts crossings for days
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People: approaches to staffing
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P&O Ferries sacks 800 sailors and halts crossings for days
Explain the role of a trade union such as Nautilus
Assess the implication to a business such as P&O of treating staff as a cost
Assess two effects of P&O’s actions to a retailer of fresh foods operating JIT stock control
Evaluate the usefulness of contingency/scenario planning to a business reliant on P&O
Peter McGinn, Harton Academy
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