Geography and History:

Description of the provision of a service

C. Soraya Herrera de la Cruz, 3º E.S.O "C"

Miguel Ruiz Moreno, 3º E.S.O "C"

1. Identification of the economic agent

Full Name of the Business: Autoescuela Andalucía S.L

Type of entity: It is a private business that has a limited society(S.L in Spanish). Some of their employees are self-employed. It has a regional ambit. It is part of the tertiary sector.

2. Brief historical overview 

Year of foundation: 1978

Changes experimented since that year:​ The most important change that they've encouraged is the introduction of modern technologies which have change the way they share their knowledge.

Future perspective: If government doesn't change the actual driving law, they expect to have always clients that keep the business open.

How does globalization affect the business?: It hasn't affected the business too much, only in terms of new technology.

3. Description of the  service provision

Phases of production: Customer support, Theoretical classes and Practical classes.

Departaments: They're focused into pass the traffic examination.

Nationality of workers: They're all from Jerez de la Frontera.

Machinery, tools and energy used: Vehicles(A moped and two cars) and computers. 

Anually production costs: 7200€ of gas and a very big monthly electricity invoice.

Final services that they're generated: Driver's license.

4. Work force

Number of workers: Four(Two of them are self-employed). An administration responsible, a customer support employee, a theoretical classes teacher and a practical classes teacher.

How do they choose their workers?: They know people that wants to work with them so if they need to, they call them.
Familiar continuity on the business: It's a family business. It has been inherited from fathers to sons.

Occupational Hazards and security methods applicated: They have specially designed cars in order to remove accidents of students.

5. Distribution of the product

Price of the product: Every practical class costs 24€, the examination costs 50€ and they have a pack of theoretical classes, five practical classes and an intensive course for 250€.

Ways of distribution: People talk with each other, business website...

Production addressed to: People that wants to drive.

6. Relationships with other enterprises or economic agents

Relationships with other economic agents: They have a strong relationship with the traffic department in order to give their students information of exams and things like that.

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7. Sources of information

1. Interview to the boss of the business.

2. "Autoescuela Andalucía" website: http://www.autoescuela-andalucia.com/

8. Final comment from project's authors

This company is small but is good and it has a very skilled workers. They were so kind with us, and we had a good time working on this project and interviewing them.