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Candidates answer three questions set around Toyland’s recruitment processes, legal controls, staff selection methods, and evaluating off-the-job training. A second scenario asks candidates to assess business failure, define takeover and external growth, evaluate merger as external growth, and discuss factors limiting growth. Marks total 90 with question marks shown in brackets.","| | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>General Certificate of Secondary Education 2019 | \u003Cbr>Centre Number\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Candidate Number\u003Cbr> |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Business Studies\u003Cbr>Unit 2\u003Cbr>Developing a Business\u003Cbr>[GBU21]\u003Cbr>TUESDAY 4 JUNE, AFTERNOON |  | *GBU21*\u003Cbr>*GBU21* |\n| \u003Cbr>TIME\u003Cbr>1 hour 30 minutes.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES\u003Cbr>Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.\u003Cbr>You must answer the questions in the spaces provided.\u003Cbr>Do not write outside the boxed area on each page or on blank pages.\u003Cbr>Complete in black ink only. Do not write with a gel pen.\u003Cbr>Answer all three questions.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES\u003Cbr>The total mark for this paper is 90.\u003Cbr>Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question.\u003Cbr>Quality of written communication will be assessed in Questions 1(f), and 2(g) . |  |  |\n|  11915 | |  |\n\n*20GBU2101*  \n*20GBU2101*  \nAnswer all questions  \n1  \nToyland is owned by Tony and is a very large toy shop selling the full range of toys to children of all ages.  \n(a) When recruiting new members of staff, Toyland uses a Person Specification. 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