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WORK BASED LEARNING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
a) Analysing business environment of Gate Gourmet.................................................................1
b) Discussion of two management practices that have impact on the performance of employee
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TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
a) How the personal development change the an individual as a person.....................................7
b) Required knowledge, skill and competencies..........................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Work based learning can be defined as an academic strategy that provides students or
individuals that are completed their studies and moving in their professional life with real life
work experience where they can apply educational and technical knowledge and skill to develop
their employability. The present study of work-based learning aims to produce a report on the
business environment in which individual will apply necessary learning to the workplace. The
study will provide an understanding of the business environment and management practices
available to the Gate Gourmet. To analyse environment of the organization some specific tools
will use such as; PESTLE analysis, SWOT analysis, Porter's five forces analysis. Lastly the
study will cover the auditing part for personal and professional development for the required
position. Impact of the personal development on the person will analyse and will cover the
identification of new skills, knowledge and competencies will require for professional
development.
TASK 1
a) Analysing business environment of Gate Gourmet
Business environment is refers to the sum total of all the factors of external and internal
influences in a business surrounding (Agarwal, 2018).
PESTLE Analysis
Gate gourmet provides catering services to many of the airline industry in the world such
as; Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Delta. As the company operates in many countries and in
many airlines, thus, various factors of different countries can affect the organization.
Political factors
The political factors have intense influence on the company. The Gate Gourmet is
international in-flight catering service provider, thus many political factor affects the catering
industry such as; employment laws, tax policies and the political stability of the country. The
company have agreements or contract with different airlines. Such agreement strengthen the
political association (Banjari, Marček and Jukić, 2017). Employment laws are put in place by the
UK government to ensure that employees have access to certain rights in the workplace. It
includes; workplace pension schemes, rise in national minimum wage and holiday leave. This
factor appears as a threat for company as they tend to mean bigger costs for company and that
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