The latest in the new AQA Business specification revision sheets looks at the concept of business finance. It considers short and long-term sources of finance and also the internal and external sources of finance. Specifically it then looks at: sale of assets; venture capital; owner’s equity; bank loans; debentures; share capital; debt factoring; crowd funding; mortgages; retained profit; venture capital; business angels and bank overdrafts. It considers the key benefits and drawbacks of each source of finance and finishes by considering the ways in which businesses decide upon appropriate sources of finance.

A revision sheet designed specifically for the new AQA Business specification but which is relevant to all boards. This sheet looks at the four major financial elements that face business: cash flow forecasts; budgets; break-even analysis and profitability ratios. These topic areas are substantial and the 10 pages cover the different types of budget; methods of setting budgets; sources of budgetary information; variance analysis; cash flow forecast benefits and drawbacks; cash flow forecast structures; contribution analysis; margin of safety; break even analysis; gross, operating and profit for the year margins and finally the usefulness of financial information in the reaching of decisions.

Another in the series of ‘What is All About?’ guides aimed at GCSE Business students with the intention of strengthening their understanding of core topic areas. This unit looks at the importance of market segmentation, target markets, mass and niche market structures, and product and market orientation.

Another revision sheet for the new AQA Business specification. This sheet looks at the topic of quality and the means of improving quality and its importance for business. It looks at quality assurance and quality control; the PDCA Cycle; quality chains; quality circles and TQM.

This revision sheet forms part of the new AQA Business specification and focuses upon the main methods and difficulties of improving cash flow, profits and profitability. This includes looking at the issues of debt factoring, sale and leaseback, bank loans, overdrafts, reducing credit and raising prices.

Another in the modified revision sheets aimed at supporting the study of A Level Business and specifically the AQA specification. This comprehensive series of notes focuses upon the concepts of human resource planning and organisational design. It specifically examines job design; job enlargement; job rotation; job enrichment; empowerment; Hackman and Oldham’s job characteristics theory; influences upon job design; hierarchial structures; spans of control; delegation; authority; centralisation and decentralisation; influences on organisational structures; workforce planning; training; recruitment and selection; redeployment and finally redundancy.

Another updated revision sheet designed to reflect the new AQA Business specification. This sheet focuses upon the establishment of human resource objectives and examines: the value of setting HR objectives; different types of HR objectives (including employee engagement and involvement, diversity, training, alignment of values, talent development and labour productivity); the internal and external influences acting upon HR objectives and finishing with a brief synopsis of soft and hard HRM.

This resource provides a detailed, well presented and accessible series of notes intended to support the study of AQA’s AS Business course. All aspects of the AS course specification are included in the notes and there are over 130 pages of material for students to follow. Additional resources are being created too at my new website which should hopefully be completed by the end of April 2018.

Teaching Business have produced a comprehensive set of revision notes in a single PDF file format to assist students with their study of the Eduqas Component Two paper. The notes are written by an experienced examiner and Head of Department and provide specific guidance on the knowledge required and an accessible means of learning about the core themes of the paper. Specific topic content covered within the notes include: Data Analysis Market Analysis including price and income elasticity calculations Sales Forecasting Analysing Financial Performance Balance Sheets Financial Ratios Budgeting and Variance Analysis Aims and Objectives SWOT Analysis, Porter’s Five Force Model and Ansoff’s Matrix Business Growth Decision Tree Analysis Critical Path Analysis Investment Appraisal (Payback, ARR and NPV) Special Order Decisions

These are a variety of lesson materials to help with the teaching of production, stakeholders and the concept of scarcity.

The final element of this package of notes designed to assist the understanding of finance for learning support students of GCSE Business Studies. These notes look at the five key ratios that students are required to know and use for the OCR exam. It breaks them down into easy to understand elements and builds up student confidence about how to use the figures!

A worksheet designed to help GCSE students of Business Studies to gain a solid grounding in this key topic area. It looks at why people decide to establish themselves as an unlimited business and examines the pros and cons of such a decision.

The latest in the series of learning support materials aimed at students of GCSE Business Studies. This unit looks at the area of Price Elasticity of Demand. It considers the meaning of the results and shows students how to calculate percentage change.

Another in the series of Learning Support materials aimed specifically at students of GCSE Business Studies. This worksheet looks at the role of the Cash Flow in Business. It examines how a cash flow is constructed and the main differences between cash and profit.

The latest in the series of resources designed to aide student understanding of complex GCSE Business Studies concepts. This worksheet examines the concepts of costs and revenues, looking at fixed and variable costs and how businesses have to estimate their initial figures.

These are my revision notes for Unit 1 of the AQA legacy paper. Updated versions are available to purchase as well for the new specification but these notes provide a good basic outline of many topic areas.