- 20 Marks
BMIS – May 2021 – L1 – Q3 – Operations strategy | HR – Training and development
Explain why ensuring the highest quality standards was necessary and the benefits of training for a pharmaceutical company developing a vaccine.
Question
Anta Zene is a British pharmaceutical company that partnered with Forox University to develop a vaccine to combat the Coronavirus spread in the United Kingdom and other countries. Even though the vaccine was ready in August 2020, it had to pass through all the needed quality control systems of the British drug regulator to ensure that it would meet the highest quality standards. The vaccine was eventually approved by the drug regulators on 29 December 2020. The company conducted a training programme for its employees and about 5,000 volunteers to ensure the effective implementation of the vaccination programme.
Required:
a) Why was it necessary for the British drug regulator to ensure that the vaccine was of the highest quality standards? Explain your answer with FIVE (5) reasons. (10 marks)
b) Explain FIVE (5) benefits the company would derive from the training programme. (10 marks)
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- Tags: Consumer Safety, Employee Efficiency, Quality Standards, Technology Adoption, Training
- Level: Level 1
- Topic: HR - Training and Development, Operations strategy
- Series: MAY 2021