Financial Management:
Budgetary control, profit and loss, balance sheets, cash-flow/cash-flow forecasting, breakeven analysis. Managing sponsorship.

Personnel:
Team leadership, Team building, measuring effectiveness, job roles within a team. Span of control and communication. Performance and presentation. Staff welfare counselling, training and development.

Logistics:
Transportation law: weights, licences and taxation, driver hours.
Route Planning: Best and Alternative routes with timed schedules.
Equipment vehicle loading plans and order. Specifications for, meeting deadlines, routes and route changes. Racetrack garages, pit lane operation and protocol.

100% coursework 2 assignments 50% weighting each
1 Business presentation on a prepared business forecast plan for the season or an event assessing Learning Outcome 2
2 Review of leadership styles and job roles (2500 words fully referenced) assessing Learning Outcome 1

The module will be delivered by a lecture programme and a series of exercises. A one hour Lecture (1:n) A two hour Work based Tutorial with exercises (1:20)

Libraries, IT facilities, excel spread sheets.
Work monitoring facilities for the race team

Students must be studying the Foundation Degree in Motrsport Technology award

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