Q1 All organisations share three characteristics as illustrated by fig. 1.1 pp 5, in your text. Access the Linfox website and discuss briefly how this organisation can be explained in terms of these three characteristics.
Q2 Describe how the Fox brothers perform the three management roles and explain why they also need to focus on conceptual skills , to be effective leaders.
Q3 Examine via additional research from sources (given at end of case on page 88) how the owners of the Fox Group help their employees become more efficient and effective.
Q4 Discuss how the Fox family values enable the firm to be both task focused and people focused?
Q5 Analyse how the Global and Socio-cultural element of workforce diversity conditions of the external general environment have impacted on the Fox group to seek senior managers outside the "only Fox blood" family members.
Q6 Discuss with justifications how the Fox Family Values guide its decision makings processes in relation to the Specific environment of Customers, Competitors and suppliers
Q7 Discuss with examples on how the Fox Group acts in a Socially Responsible manner (4 marks) and the Fox Family values guide their managers to encourage Ethical Behaviour