GCSE and A Level Business resources
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AQA A Level Business - Year 12 Complete Course (Units 4, 5 and 6)
A 14 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering Units 4, 5 and 6 of the Year 12 element of the A Level Business course. This represents tremendous value for high quality resources and offers a significant saving against other commercial options.
PowerPoints include:
UNIT 4 Decision Making to Improve Operational Performance
•Setting operational objectives
•Analysing operational performance
•Increasing efficiency and productivity
•Improving quality
•Managing inventory and supply chains
UNIT 5 Decision Making to Improve Financial Performance
•Setting financial objectives
•Analysing financial performance
•Sources of finance
•Improving cash flow and profits
UNIT 6 Decision Making to Improve Human Resource Performance
•Setting human resource objectives
•Analysing human resource performance
•Improving organisational design and human resource flow
•Improving motivation and engagement
•Improving employer-employee relations
Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions).
In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
PEST Analysis: Economic
The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification (but are suitable for all boards). These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component Three topic of PEST Analysis. They explain the main economic factors that affect business activity and the impact of economic policy upon stakeholders. They examine the meaning and measurement of economic growth (GDP), the different phases of the business cycle, the measurement, causes and effects of inflation (cost-push and demand-pull), the impact of interest rates and the role of the Bank of England, exchange rates and their link with interest rates and finally the different types, measurements and impacts of unemployment (structural, frictional, cyclical and seasonal). The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions). The pack also contains a FREE set of student revision notes.
AQA Business - Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP)
A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of segmentation, targeting and positioning. The presentation considers the process and value of market segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP), the different methods of segmentation, the influences on choosing a target market and positioning and the value of niche and mass marketing. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
AQA Business - Setting Marketing Objectives
A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of setting marketing objectives. The presentation considers the basic purpose of marketing before examining some of the main marketing objectives of a modern business including social media, branding, relationship marketing, SMART objectives and marketing ethics. The presentation concludes with an examination of the main internal and external influences acting upon marketing objectives. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
Business Location
The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component One topic of business location. They analyse and explain the main decisions involved in the location of business start-ups. The presentation explains the factors that need to be considered and analyses these in relation to the needs of the individual business. It evaluates the choice of different locations for new businesses and briefly considers some of the international considerations facing firms.The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.
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AQA Business - Complete Year 13 Course
An 18 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering the entire Year 13 element of the A Level Business course. This represents tremendous value for high quality resources and offers a significant saving against other commercial options.
PowerPoints include:
UNIT 7 Analysing the Strategic Position of a Business
•Mission, corporate objectives and strategy
•Analysing internal position: financial ratio analysis
•Analysing internal position: overall position
•Analysing external environment: political & legal change
•Analysing external environment: economic change
•Analysing external environment: social and technological change
•Analysing external environment: the competitive environment
•Analysing strategic options: investment appraisal
UNIT 8 Choosing Strategic Direction
•Strategic direction: choosing which markets to compete in and what products to offer
•Strategic direction: choosing how to compete
UNIT 9 Strategic Methods: How to Pursue Strategies
•Assessing a change in scale
•Assessing innovation
•Assessing internationalisation
•Assessing greater use of digital technology
UNIT 10 Managing Strategic Change
•Managing change
•Managing organisational culture
•Managing strategic implementation
•Problems with strategy and why strategies fail
Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions).
In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
Financial Ratio Analysis Revision Pack
Another revision pack in the new series aimed at supplementing a student's understanding of common mathematical concepts seen in most A Level Business courses. This focus of this pack is that of financial ratio analysis. It considers profitability, gearing, financial efficiency and liquidity and provides students with a detailed series of questions that build their core knowledge skills. Detailed answer sheets are included, along with a mind map revision activity sheet and a set of revision notes about financial ratio analysis.
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AQA A Level Business UNIT 8 - Choosing Strategic Direction
A 2 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering Unit 8 of the A Level Business course.
PowerPoints include:
•Choosing Strategic Direction (Ansoff’s Matrix)
•Strategic Positioning
Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions).
In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
Demand and Supply
The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component One topic of demand and supply diagrams. They analyse and explain the concepts of supply and demand, the influences acting upon each, what is meant by the equilibrium, the importance of supply and demand in the market, how a change in demand and supply can impact on price and quantity demanded and how to construct and interpret supply and demand diagrams. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.
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AQA Business - UNIT 7 Analysing The Strategic Position of a Business
A 10 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering Unit 7 of the Year 13 element of the A Level Business course. This represents tremendous value for high quality resources and offers a significant saving against other commerical options or when purchased separately.
PowerPoints include:
UNIT 7 Analysing the Strategic Position of a Business
•Mission, corporate objectives and strategy
•Balance Sheets
•Income Statements
•Financial ratio analysis
•Analysing internal position: overall position
•Political & legal change
•Economic change
•Social and technological change
•The competitive environment
•Investment appraisal
Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions).
In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
Investment Appraisal Revision and Activity Pack
A series of questions that assess a variety of assessment objective skills about the three main investment appraisal techniques of payback, ARR and net present value. This pack includes knowledge, application and analysis style tasks and also contains a mind map activity and answers to the questions. I have also thrown in a copy of my investment appraisal revision notes and my brand new PowerPoint lesson about Investment Appraisal alongside a PDF hand out of the notes. This represents excellent value.
AQA Business - Using the Marketing Mix
A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of using the marketing mix. The presentation considers the elements of the marketing mix (7Ps), the influences on elements of the 7Ps, the differences between consumer and industrial markets, convenience, speciality and shopping goods, the implications of the product life cycle and the Boston Matrix in marketing decisions, the influences on pricing decisions, analysing the promotional mix, branding, distribution decisions, analysis of people, process and the physical environment, the importance of an integrated marketing mix and finally the value of digital marketing and e-commerce. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
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AQA Business - UNIT 10 Managing Strategic Change
This bundle of four PowerPoint and revision note topics, provides students with an indepth understanding of core areas relating to the AQA A Level Business specification. The pack contains notes abouts managing change, managing organisational culture, managing strategic implementation and concludes with the problems of strategy and why strategies fail.
Specific topic areas include:
The causes of and pressures for change
Disruptive change
Incremental change
Lewin’s Force Field Analysis
The value of change
The value of a flexible organisational model
Restructuring
Delayering
Organic v mechanistic structures
Knowledge and information management
Barriers to change
Kotter and Schlesinger’s models
The importance of organisational culture
Handy’s cultural models
Hofstede’s national culture models
Influences on organisational culture
Problems of changing culture
How to implement strategic change
Leadership and strategic change
Communication and strategic change
Network analysis
Critical path analysis
Strategic drift
Planned and emergent strategies
Divorce of ownership and control
The value of strategic planning
Contingency planning
Given the inclusion of student revision notes, this pack represents excellent value for money and saves teachers hours of time in preparing notes.
Cash Flow
The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification but is suitable for all boards. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component One topic of cash flow. They explain what is meant by cash flow and cash flow forecasts and demonstrate how to construct, calculate and interpret cash flow forecasts. The slides then evaluate the impact of a cash flow forecast on a business and its stakeholders before explaining some of the main causes of cash flow problems and the strategies businesses can use to improve cash flow. Finally the presentation considers the benefits and limitations of cash flow forecasts. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, calculation practice questions and also a practice essay (all with suggested solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.
Financial and Non-Financial Motivation
A Level AQA Unit 2
This revision handout looks at the financial and non-financial motivational techniques.
AQA Business - Understanding Management Decision Making
A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of understanding management decision making . The presentation considers the value of decision making based on data (scientific decision making) and on intuition. It then proceeds to look at the value, use and calculation of decision trees and their role in management decision making before concluding with an assessment of the key influences that act upon decisions. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a practice calculation question and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
AQA Business - Analysing Financial Performance
A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This is a substantial presentation of over 100 slides designed to cover the topic of analysing financial performance. It starts with a look at how to construct and analyse both budgets and cash flow forecasts. It then analyses budgets including a consideration of variance analysis (favourable and adverse). It then looks at the timings of cash inflows and outflows and examines the role of the cash flow cycle, including an understanding of payables and receivables. It proceeds to then look at how to construct and interpret break-even charts, including an analysis of break-even output, margin of safety, contribution per unit and total contribution. The effects of a change in price, output and cost are then examined and how to calculate this and illustrate this on a break-even chart. The next topic is that of profitability and includes an examination of gross profit, profit from operations and profit for the year. The presentation concludes with an examination of the use of data for financial decision making and planning. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test, several practise questions and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
Market Research & Business Enterprise Workbook
A new workbook aimed at developing A Level Business students' understanding of enterprise, market research and sampling methods. Primarily written to support teachers and students following the WJEC/Eduqas specification it is relevant to all boards. The work provides a variety of case studies, tasks, presentations and assignments for students to complete and finishes with a self-assessment and review of progress. It starts with an enterprise element that builds upon booklet 1 (Business Enterprise and Business Plans) and this is to help incorporate an element of practical business into the course. I tend to use the Tycoon in Schools programme by Peter Jones for this. It also examines sampling in more detail than is strictly required but this is meant as a resource from which teachers can pick and choose.
Eduqas A Level Business Exam Pack
This is a pack of collated CPD materials from the WJEC/Eduqas board. The pack includes a variety of additional practice questions and materials that are useful when revising with students, as well as plenty of additional exam answer exemplars with commentary. Teaching Business has a wide range of teaching materials to help with the support of the WJEC/Eduqas specification, each pack focusing upon a core topic area with time saving theory notes, practice questions and essay questions and mark schemes at a much more competitive rate than many of the more commercially available options.
Markets Workbook (Supply and Demand, Segmentation Analysis, Consumer Protection and Elasticity)
A new workbook aimed at developing A Level Business students' understanding of supply and demand, segmentation analysis, consumer protection and price and income elasticity. This is of particular relevance to the OCR, WJEC/Eduqas and Excel examination boards that all still cover these areas. The work provides a variety of case studies, tasks, presentations and assignments for students to complete and finishes with a self-assessment and review of progress. Please note that this series is meant as a resource from which teachers can select various activities. I have not provided a mark scheme for the given questions as they are fairly generic style questions.