Report Structure
1.0 Executive Summary
2.0 Sources of finance (stated them in broad terms)
2.1 Debt finance (diagram showing all types, elaborated in detail, table of advantages and disadvantages)
2.2 Equity finance (diagram showing all types, elaborated in detail, table of advantages and disadvantages)
2.3 Recommendation (went with mortgage seeming that it can be payed back over a long period of time, is suitable to the purpose of a loan, has a typically low interest rate, business has persistent growth and strong financial history hence the sourcing of debt finance is the most recommended option, being long term due to the amount of $5 million being large)
3.0 Outsourcing and Factory Expansion (Broad outline, stated that both have varying effects on the business and consumer interest, highlighted the 2 aspects i was going to discuss in depth - being CSR and Cost Leadership)
3.1 Corporate Social Responsibility (Outsourcing is bad for businesses CSR whilst Factory expansion may be beneficial due to improving the quality of life in regards to internal and external stakeholders)
3.2 Cost Leadership (Discussed the costs and benefits of outsourcing in hand with increased risk to the business, yet a higher potential reward. Discussed that outsourcing is large influenced by advancements in innovative business systems in hand with globalization, stated that Outsourcing was a viable option to achieve profit maximization despite being less compliant with corporate social responsibility. Elaborated briefly on why factory expansion will be costly to the business, including inefficiency due to increased resistance to change from employees and potential downtimes as a result of factory expansion, also including the $5 million capital outlay)
3.3 Recommendation (I figured that the term "discuss" is quite broad, i don't know what any of those words actually ask me to do, i simply figure out what i should write by line allocation. So i decided to come to a concise summary of all of my points and recommend Outsourcing as the recommended option that the business may take, allowed me to compare them quite effectively)
4.0 Global Factors (Explained that there where an array of global factors that a business must take into account to maximize efficiency, saw operations so i jumped to scanning and learning, research and development, global sourcing and economies of scale. Stated all of them, write a brief sentence on each of them. Stated the 2 i was going to elaborate on)
4.1 Global Sourcing (Explained that Global Sourcing is a pivotal consideration in global operations management, allowing the business to minimize costs and stuff like that. Discussed the global web strategy, stated advantages and disadvantages in context)
4.2 Economies Of Scale (Pretty much the same thing as global sourcing, i tried to link them both together and speak about interdependence between functions at the rest... pretty much a paragraph of round about stuff)
5.0 Conclusion
If i'm worried about anything its handwriting legibility. All up 3 booklets with around 7 words per line