BTEC International Level 2 Business

Unit 21: Business Improvement Tools and — assessment criteria

Learners will investigate the tools and techniques that can be used to improve the efficiency of business operations.

Internal30 GLH13 criteria4 learning aims

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

7 criteria

A.P1Identify the main Kaizen principles and their application.

A.P2Identify the reasons why an organisation would use improvement techniques, and policies and procedures.

B.P3Identify the principles and techniques of workplace organisation.

C.P4Identify the purpose and stages that contribute to visual management in a workplace.

C.P5Prepare appropriate visual indicators in a workplace.

D.P6Identify the benefits of eliminating variances from processes in a workplace.

D.P7Identify the benefits of using standardised and safe working methods in a workplace.

Merit

4 criteria

A.M1Explain Kaizen techniques and their application in a given organisation. techniques of workplace organisation

B.M2Conduct an audit of a given workplace using workplace organisation techniques. can be used to improve the work environment

C.M3Recommend visual management improvements to a workplace. from processes in the workplace

D.M4Describe the process of eliminating variance and introducing standardised and safe working methods in a selected workplace.

Distinction

2 criteria

AB.D1Evaluate Kaizen and workplace organisation techniques in a given organisation.

CD.D2Evaluate the improvements to the work environment that using visual management systems and eliminating variances from processes can have in a selected workplace.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateIdentifyExplainConductPrepareRecommendDescribe

Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

A. Investigate continuous improvement techniques
B. Understand the principles and techniques of workplace organisation
C. Understand how visual indicators can be used to improve the work environment
D. Explore ways to eliminate variances from processes in the workplace

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