1. Assume you work in the HR department of a large retail organisation that is seeking to replace…

1. Assume you work in the HR department of a large retail organisation that is seeking to replace staff who are about to retire. Because of demographic and other trends you anticipate problems in recruiting school-leavers in sufficient numbers. Produce a report outlining the problem to senior executives and suggest possible solutions. Provide justifications for your recommendations. 2 Choose three countries from different continents. Produce data to show the age distribution of the population in each of the countries in a given year. Account forany differences in the age profile of the

1. Assume you work in the HR department of a large retail organisation that is seeking to replace staff who are about to retire. Because of demographic and other trends you anticipate problems in recruiting school-leavers in sufficient numbers. Produce a report outlining the problem to senior executives and suggest possible solutions. Provide justifications for your recommendations. 2 Choose three countries from different continents. Produce data to show the age distribution of the population in each of the countries in a given year. Account forany differences in the age profile of the three countries and suggest ways in which these differences might affect their respective economies in both the shortand the long term. 3. Why are industries such as electricity natural monopolies? What other examples are there of natural monopolies? 4. Think of one technological advance that has been made recently. What have been the effects of that change on the economy, business and the consumer? 5. In what ways can the general and specific skills of the British workforce be improved? 6. What impact will increased use of the Internet, both for customer information and for purchasing, have on call centres?