WBCHSE HS Business Studies case studies
WBCHSE HS Business Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Business Studies is one of the commerce-stream elective subjects in the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) Higher Secondary programme, normally taken in Class 12 alongside Accountancy, Economics and Commercial Law. It suits students who want a structured introduction to how organisations are managed, financed and marketed before moving on to B.Com, BBA, CA/CS foundation courses or general degree study. The WBCHSE HS Business Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,706 words.
1Two Bosses on the Dispatch Floor
Sunrise Components, a 180-worker auto-parts unit near Howrah, has two bosses for one team. On 3 March, the production manager asked the dispatch clerk to hold back batch DC-114 because 40 pieces had failed the hardness test.
836 words, about 4 min2One Owner, Eight Outlets, No Authority
Nabami Sweets runs a central kitchen in Barasat and three retail outlets, selling about ₹4.2 crore a year. Dutta, plans to open five more outlets in eighteen months and has written a 14-page 'Vision 2027' document with sales targets and a promise to 'serve five lakh customers'.
608 words, about 3 min3The Standard That Was Never Revised
Padma Garments, a Kolkata unit stitching school uniforms, set its annual standard at 1,200 pieces a day per line, with fabric wastage capped at 5% and 0.35 labour hours per piece. Six months later: output is 1,140 pieces a day, fabric wastage 9%, labour 0.42 hours per piece, and 1,900 pieces have been returned by one school chain because button stitching failed.
797 words, about 4 min4Funding a 104-Day Cycle
Meridian Traders, a wholesale distributor of electrical fittings in Siliguri, sells ₹6.0 crore a year; its net margin has never crossed 3%. The balance sheet shows inventory of ₹1.10 crore, receivables of ₹98 lakh, payables of ₹44 lakh, and a bank cash-credit overdraft of ₹1.60 crore at 14% interest.
830 words, about 4 min5The Burnt Motor and the Voltage Defence
In February, Rupa Bhattacharya, a schoolteacher in Siliguri, bought a 7 kg fully automatic washing machine for ₹38,000 from an authorised dealer. The two-year warranty card lists 'damage from voltage fluctuation' as an exclusion but says nothing about installation or stabilisers.
635 words, about 3 min