I provide resources ranging from full lessons to full unit bundles for BTEC Business Studies alongside GCSE Computing. I currently work as a Further Education Business Lecturer, Standards Verifier and Examiner for a large awarding body.
I provide resources ranging from full lessons to full unit bundles for BTEC Business Studies alongside GCSE Computing. I currently work as a Further Education Business Lecturer, Standards Verifier and Examiner for a large awarding body.
This full lesson covers the all content for Learning Aim D for Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance, including;
Retained profit
New current assets
Sale of assets
Owner’s capital
Loans
Crowd funding
Mortgages
Venture capital
Debt factoring
Hire purchase
Leasing
Trade credit
Grants
Donations
Peer-to-peer lending
Invoice discounting
The lesson contains tasks, examples and links to external media.
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This full lesson covers C1 of the NQF Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance Unit. Topics covered include;
Recording transactions
Management of the business
Compliance
Measuring performance
Control
Lesson includes exam question practice, group activities and links to external media.
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This full lesson, with supporting handout, covers Statements of Comprehensive Income. Areas covered include;
Definitions of key terms
Calculating Gross Profit
Calculating Profit/Loss
Transfer of Profit to a Statement of Comprehensive Income
This full lesson, with excel file, covers prepayments and accruals. This lesson also features how to interpret, analyse and evaluate a statement of financial income. I have provided two example statements that can be compared side-by-side.
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A SOW for Unit 7: Business Decision Making.
Link to unit resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/btec-level-3-business-unit-7-business-decision-making-full-unit-12360487
This full lesson covers B2 of Learning Aim B of Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process. This lesson is mostly practical, with learners designing interview questions, completing their CV, covering letters and application forms for a Sales Executive Role and carrying out an interview role play.
Learners are required to complete peer assessments in the form of interview observation forms and a self-evaluation which is linked to Skills/Knowledge/Behavior.
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A scheme of work for Unit 1: Exploring Business, find resources here;
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/btec-level-3-business-unit-1-exploring-business-full-unit-12106224
A scheme of work for Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign
Unit resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/btec-level-3-business-unit-2-developing-a-marketing-campaign-full-unit-12343584
This 32 slide lesson covers A.4 of Learning Aim A of Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance. The lesson contains a variety of activities, exam questions and links to external media such as online calculators, comparison websites and more.
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This lesson, with companion worksheets, covers G1 of Unit 7: Business Decision Making. The lesson covers;
Liquidity ratio
Gross profit margin
Net profit margin
Mark-up
Return on capital employed
Fixed asset turnover
Sales revenue per employee
The handouts provided allow learners to practice these calculations and interpret the results.
This resource covers C2 of Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance and covers the following areas;
Capital Income (Loans,mortgages,shares,owner’s capital,debentures)
Revenue Income (Sales,rent received, commission received, interest received, discount received)
The lesson contains several tasks (individual/group) and links to videos and websites to further improve learning.
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This lesson with accompanying case study activity covers the extended marketing mix, covering;
Price
Product
Promotion
Place
People
Physical Environment
Processes
The lesson contains several tasks, discussions and links to external media.
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This full lesson, with supporting case study handout, covers Situational Analysis as part of Learning Aim C of Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign. Areas covered includes;
SWOT analysis
PESTLE analysis
Identifying competitors
Learners will have to apply their knowledge to a given case study and will explore each area of SWOT and PESTLE in detail. The lesson contains several tasks and links to external media.
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This full lessons covers C2 of Unit 6: Principles of Management and explores human resource planning. Topics covered include;
The nature of the work and the characteristics required to perform work roles.
• Skill levels.
• Experience.
• Educational level.
• Aptitude.
• Need for flexibility in the workforce.
• Core versus peripheral workers.
• Full-time versus part-time workers.
• Sub-contracting.
• Zero hours contracts.
• Temporary staff.
• Agency staff.
• Management actions to address human resource issues at an operational level.
• Labour turnover
• Productivity.
• Skill shortages.
• Workplace stress.
• Absenteeism
• Motivation.
• Engagement with business culture.
• Employee satisfaction.
This lesson covers B2 Management and Leadership Skills for Unit 6: Principles of Management. The lesson includes;
Setting objectives.
• Motivating.
• Decision making.
• Team building.
• Leading by example.
• Consulting.
• Problem solving.
• Valuing and supporting others.
• Managing conflict.
• Building positive interpersonal relationships.
• Using emotional intelligence.
• Communicating.
• Giving feedback
This series of tasks were created to be used with the BTEC Level 1 Business specification but can be adapted to be used on a variety of situations. The tasks require the learners to develop their Microsoft Excel skills. This pack of activities includes 3 different briefs that provide key information that learners must interpret and use to populate a spreadsheet. They will be required to use key Excel functions, such as SUM.
I have included Excel files demonstrating how the spreadsheet should look as a model answer. These activities are challenging but rewarding as they assess a variety of skills.v
This full lesson covers A1 Enterprise and Purpose for Unit 3: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in eSports. The lesson covers;
• Different types of esports enterprises, including:
o playing: individual gamers, teams, shoutcaster, host, coaches, admin and referees
o product: managers, developers, broadcasters and producers
o analytics: analysts, coaches
o marketing: PR executives, sales and partnership managers, social media managers,
community managers, event managers
o management: agents, teams, individuals
o content: creators, publishers, journalists, streamers, distributors
o support: solicitors, statisticians, finance, player ancillary services, team logistics.
• Types of enterprise: start-up, lifestyle, social enterprise, franchise, internet only.
• Legal formats for enterprise: sole trader, partnership, limited partnership, private limited
company (Ltd), public limited company (PLC).
• Compliance: preventing fraud, law and regulations, intellectual property, copyright, HMRC.
• Purpose, e.g. to make a profit, survive, expand, maximise sales, provide a service,
being ethical, increase followers/users or increase brand awareness.
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This full lesson covers A1: Principles of Branding an eSports Team for Unit 7: Producing an eSports Brand, including;
• Branding: the elements that define the image, ethos and tone of an esports team and its
associated products or services.
• Brand: a characteristic name, symbol or shape that distinguishes a product or service from
that of another esports team.
• Brand portfolio: a collection of brands under the control of an esports team.
• Types of brand:
o esports team name and logo and variants of these for different applications and
digital content, e.g. image-based, text-based or image and text based
o product and product ranges, such as associated merchandise
o people or persons, such as the gamers.
• Use of branding:
o new brands
o brand extensions
o sub-brands
o product extension.
• Target audiences for brands.
• Consumers’/fans’/followers’ feelings about and connections with, a brand:
o brand awareness and recognition of the brand
o perceived qualities associated with the brand
o loyalty to the brand.
• Branding as part of the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion, people,
process and physical environment).
• Esports teams including UK and globally based teams, e.g. Fnatic, Excel,
London Royal Ravens, London Spitfire, Team Dignitas
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This full lesson, with companion case study, covers B1 of Learning Aim B of Unit 7: Business Decision Making. The lesson covers;
Porter’s Five Forces
5C Analysis
Ansoff Matrix
Boston Matrix
The lesson contains tasks, links to external media and a case study project activity that summerises the theory learned in the lesson.
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This full lesson covers F3 of Unit 7: Business Decision Making. Students will learn;
The purpose of break even
The information required to construct a break even chart
The break even formula
How to construct a break even chart step by step
How to interpret a break even chart
Advantages and disadvantages of break even
Limitations and business decision making
This lesson contains a set of practical tasks to engage learners and put learning into practice.