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 One topic of productivity. They explain what is meant by productivity and show ways of measuring it before examining how productivity can be increased. The slides then proceed to explain the concept of capacity utilisation and its calculation and interpretation. They examine the problems of under-utilisation, the UK’s productivity rates in comparison with other members of the G7 and the issues of operating at maximum capacity for prolonged periods of time. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, practice calculation questions and also a practice essay (all with solutions). The pack also contains a free set of student revision notes.

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 One topic of economies of scale. They explain what is meant by economies and diseconomies of scale, providing detail about the different types of internal and external economies that a business can face. They then explain the problems caused by diseconomies and analyse some of the reasons as to why small firms survive. 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.

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 the marketing mix and price. These notes analyse all aspects of the Price including an assessment of the influence of supply and demand upon pricing strategies, price makers, price takers and a critique of the pricing strategies themselves including: price penetration; price skimming; psychological pricing; cost-plus pricing; contribution pricing; destroyer (predatory) pricing; loss leaders and competitive pricing. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five 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.

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.

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 One topic of decisions about the marketing mix. They show the importance of global marketing and global brands and explain how the marketing mix differs in different contexts including, local, national or global markets, goods and services markets, size of business, niche or mass market and market structure. 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.

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 One topic of operations management and technology. They explain how new technology can be used by businesses, including the use of of information technology, CAD, CAM and robotics. They then proceed to evaluate the impact of new technology on the various stakeholders of a firm before evaluating the importance and impact of technology on the operations of a business. 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.

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 One topic of research and development. They analyse and explain the main differences between quality control and quality assurance. They also consider the work of Deming with regard to total quality management (TQM) and then examine the issues of quality circles, benchmarking, monitoring, quality chains and quality’s important role in the satisfaction of customers. 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.

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 One topic of purchasing. They explain the importance of purchasing and working with suppliers and examine what is meant by stock control. They explain methods of stock control including traditional stock control methods, just-in-time and computerised stock control. This leads on to interpreting stock control diagrams, with a look at re-order levels, lead times, buffer stock and the minimum stock level before concluding with an evaluation of the importance and impact on business of holding too much stock. 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.

A revision resource for the new AQA Business specification. The handout covers an outline of what is meant by operations management; the concepts of labour and capital intensive; the main operational objectives of costs, quality, dependability, speed of response and flexibility, environmental objectives and added value. It also looks at some of the key internal and external influences acting upon the objectives.

NEW AQA 2015 Business Specification A revision sheet that analyses the purpose and role of a manager/leader and how they make decisions. It considers what a manager does and looks at different management and leadership styles and the influences that act upon them. It focuses also upon the Tannenbaum Schimdt Continuum and the Blake Mouton Grid, as well as looking at the relative effectiveness of each management style.

A revision resource for the new AQA Business specification. The handout covers an outline of how to improve labour productivity and the general efficiency of an organisation. It considers the impact of improving efficiency and how it can be the source of competitive advantage. It also examines the important concept of lean production (including JIT), labour and capital intensity and the role of technology upon operations.

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 balance sheets and has been adapted to meet the specific requirements of the AQA specification. The presentation considers the basic purpose of balance sheets before examining how the statement is structured and how stakeholders are interested in this key financial account. It then examines the concepts of depreciation and window dressing. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a practice calculation question, 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.

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.

NEW AQA Business Spec 2015 This revision hand out examines the impact that stakeholders have upon a modern business. It starts by analysing what is a stakeholder and their divergent needs before assessing their conflicting and overlapping interests. It then considers the importance of stakeholder mapping in analysing the power and interest of stakeholder groups, before concluding with an assessment of how stakeholder engagement enables a firm to manage their stakeholder relationships more effectively.

NEW AQA Business Spec 2015. A revision sheet that considers the concepts of sole traders, private and public limited companies and not-for-profit organisations as a starting point. It then analyses the impact of incorporation in more depth, assessing dividends, market capitalisation and ordinary share capital before assessing the impact of shareholders and share prices upon a company.

Another revised series of revision notes specifically designed to support students of A Level Business. This revision sheet focuses specifically upon employee engagement; the benefits of an engaged workforce; motivational theorists (Taylor; Maslow; Herzberg and Mayo); financial and non-financial methods of motivation and finally influences on the choice and assessment of financial and non-financial motivational methods.

A detailed series of notes aimed at encouraging independent learning and helping current Year 11 pupils to gain a better insight into Economics. This lesson looks specifically at the Economic Problem and introduces students to the concepts of micro and macro economics; opportunity costs; PPF curves; positive and normative statements and the basic concept of an economic model.

NEW AQA 2015 Spec This revision hand out considers the role of marketing and the setting of marketing objectives. It examines the various types of objective set by the marketing function and includes market share, sales growth, market growth and market size calculations. It also looks at some of the key internal and external influences acting upon marketing objectives.

NEW AQA 2015 Business Specification This revision handout considers the importance of decision making within a business, looking in particular at scientific and intuitive decisions. It also examines the role of decision making models and techniques such as decision tree analysis and the main influences acting upon management decisions.

A revision resource for students studying the new AQA Business specification. This mammoth chapter looks at each of the 7P’s; product life cycle; extension strategies; the boston matrix; digital marketing; e-commerce; the need for an integrated marketing mix; influences acting upon the marketing mix; consumer and business-to-business marketing; new product development; pricing decisions; the promotional mix; multi-channel distribution channels; people, process and the physical environment. Phew!