Business Administration Extended Guidelines

Report CRH Plc (Headings)

Cover Page Cover Page

Aim What is the reader likely to find in your

report? How much detail is contained in the
report?
Methodology Where you will source your information from
(primary sources and/or secondary sources)?
Introduction Tell me about CRH Plc
Are they registered with Companies
Registration Office (CRO) www.cro.ie?
1. What is their registered number?
2. When were they incorporated
(created)?
3. What is their registered address?

How did the company start and how did it

become the company it is today?

What do they do or sell? (products/services)?

Where are they based (where are their

operations)? How many employees do they
have?

What stock exchanges do they trade on?

Are they in the top 500 companies in the

world (Fortune 500)?

CRH Strategy What are the strategic objectives (or goals of

CRH? (what do they want to achieve in the
future)?

Organisational Structure Create and insert an organisational chart

CRH Key Financials
What type of structure is it? (hierarchical/tall;
flat or other type of structure). What are the
benefits/advantages and disadvantages of this
type of structure?
Look at their annual reports and take figures
for the past four years as follows:
1. Revenue
2. Operating Profit
3. Gross Profit
4. Profit before Tax
5. Net Profit
 6. Value of share capital

Infographics
Two (2) graphs comparing revenue and
profits, (use excel) and
Two (2) graphs relating to share price of CRH
displaying share performance over a 1 year
and 5 year period. (snip graphs from the
internet and copy and past to your report)
Make a short comment on your assessment of
share performance.
Critical analysis of your overall assessment of
the company’s performance (what is your
opinion of how this company is doing
financially?)

CRH News Items Two news items relating to or affecting the

PEST Analysis
(approx. half to three quarters of a page)
SWOT Analysis
(approx. half to three quarters of a page)
Health and Safety
(approx. half to three quarters of a page)
financials of CRH. Note: these items should
be from ‘other relevant sources’ i.e. not from
CRH website or annual report.
(‘other relevant sources = financial or business
websites/newspaper articles/journals)
Explain in a short paragraph what a PEST
analysis is?
Give one example under each of the headings
political, economic, social and technological
Explain in a short paragraph what a SWOT
analysis is?
Give one example under each of the
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
challenges
Refer to CRH ‘Sustainability Report’
(see from page 20)
What is their attitude (the culture) when it
comes to health and safety in the workplace?
Does CRH have any specific goals/targets that
they want to achieve?
What initiatives (courses, programmes,
activities etc) does CRH have in place to keep
the workplace a safe and healthy place to
work?
Are there any statistics available in the report
(snip any chart(s) that support your research).

Human Resources See ‘People’ from page 40 of

(approx. half to three quarters of a page) ‘CRH Sustainability Report 2021’
Conclusion A summary of the main body of the report
without details (i.e. no figures or breakdown
(approx one third to half a page) of any kind). Handout available in Teams
‘How to Write a Conclusion For a Report)
Bibliography
Copy and past all references (links) below the
A list of all references used within the paragraph that you are typing. Teacher will
report show you how to use the referencing tool in
Word at a later stage.