BTEC Business Unit 6 2023 Multifit Gym Exam Notes (prep for exams May)

BTEC Business Unit 6 2023 Multifit Gym Exam Notes (prep for exams May) Introduction Add an introduction about the company, their competitors, current market trends, and what will be in the report. Multifit Gym Plc Business profile Multifit Gym plc (MFG Plc) was a successful fitness business with 20 gyms that were established in the 1990s. The business employed 300 people within its gyms and had 15 head office employees. The manager’s leadership style in MF Gym plc was Laissez-faire as “employees liked the laid-back management style and found it empowering,” which suggests that the employees had the authority or power to do their job as they wanted. Add Advantages and disadvantages of leadership style Employees at MG Plc were satisfied because they had flexible working opportunities, such as working from home and scheduling their own online lessons. ” The managers trusted their employees to be professional and work their contractual hours each week." This shows the positive culture in MF Gym Plc as trustworthy in the workplace, which makes the working environment effective and efficient, but the managers thought “the employees did not need a lot of monitoring,” which indicates that managers were not using functions such as monitoring, delegating, and controlling employees in MF Gyms plc. However, the managers organised weekly team meetings to discuss the performance of the gym. The employees were working on a democratic leadership style as they were encouraged to make suggestions to make business improvements such as adding new classes or facilities which made them feel empowered and have positive working relationships which resulted in a better-quality circle in MF Gym plc. However, there was a lack of communication between each hierarchy of MF Gym plc as the senior manager was not engaged with the employees to do their tasks. There were a few issues in Multifit Gym Plc which created obstacles for MF Gym plc “to become one of the most efficient gym operators in the country “which are indicated below. 1. Missed profits 2. Did not conduct staff appraisals 3. Lack of training (often led to low customer satisfaction rates and a lack of available skilled staff) 4. Increased staff turnover 5. No system to monitor the success of new activities or to budget for them. 6. No communication between the management and employees