Complete Lesson. **Topic: ** Economic issues; Business cycle, Government control, Effects and Business response. ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Bus Studies & Economics syllabus. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. * Lesson Objectives At the end of the lesson, students should be; Identify and explain the Business cycle: • Main stages of the business cycle, e.g. growth, boom, recession, slump.• Impact on businesses of changes in employment levels, inflation and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)How government control over the economy affects business activity and how businesses may respond. • Identify government economic objectives, e.g. increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) • Impact of changes in taxes and government spending. • Impact of changes in interest rates • How businesses might respond to these changes‘Class Activtiy with Answers’

Lesson Plan Topic: Income statements and Statement of Financial Position Lesson Plan - ‘MS word doc.’ IGCSE Business Studies. Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; describe what profit is and why it is important: •• How a profit is made •• Importance of profit to private sector businesses, e.g. reward for risk-taking/enterprise, source of finance. •• Difference between Profit and cash Income statements: •• Main features of an income statement, e.g. revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, profit and retained profit. •• Use simple income statements in decision making based on profit calculations (constructing income statements will not be assessed) The main elements of a statement of financial position: • main classifications of assets and liabilities, using examples. Interpret a simple statement of financial position and make deductions from it, e.g. how a business is financing its activities and what assets it owns, sale of inventories to raise finance. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Complete Lesson. Topic: Organisational Structure, Role of Management and Delegation ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts.  Hierarchical structures: span of control, levels of hierarchy,  chain of command. Identify and describe the role of management - the roles and  responsibilities of directors, managers, supervisors, other employees in an organization. Functions of management, e.g.  planning, organising, coordinating, commanding and controlling. Importance of delegation; trust versus control.

Lesson Plan Topic: Environmental Concerns and ethical issues - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify and explain the environmental concerns and ethical issues as both opportunities and constraints for businesses. •• How business activity can impact on the environment, e.g. global warming. •• The concept of externalities: possible external costs and external benefits of business decisions. •• Sustainable development; how business activity can contribute to this. •• How and why business might respond to environmental pressures and opportunities, e.g. pressure groups •• The role of legal controls over business activity affecting the environment, e.g. pollution controls •• Ethical issues a business might face: conflicts between profits and ethics •• How business might react and respond to ethical issues, e.g. child labour. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Complete Lesson. Environmental concerns and ethical issues ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. With these resources, I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; • Identify and explain how business activity can impact on the environment, e.g. global warming • The concept of externalities: possible external costs and external benefits of business decisions• Sustainable development; how business activity can contribute to this • How and why business might respond to environmental pressures and opportunities, e.g. pressure groups • The role of legal controls over business activity affecting the environment, e.g. pollution controls • Ethical issues a business might face: conflicts between profits and ethics • How business might react and respond to ethical issues, e.g. child labour. Class Activity with Answers.

Complete Lesson. Business and the international economy Globalisation and MNCs* ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Describe the concept and importance of globalization and the reasons for it • Opportunities and threats of globalisation for businesses • Why governments might introduce import tariffs and import quotas. Reasons for the importance and growth of multinational companies (MNCs): - • Benefits to a business of becoming a multinational and the impact on its stakeholders • Potential benefits to a country and/or economy hosting a MNC, e.g. jobs, exports, increased choice, investment • Potential drawbacks to a country and/or economy hosting a MNC, e.g. reduced sales of local businesses, repatriation of profits. ‘Class Activities with Answers.’

Lesson Plan Topic: Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define, identify and classify costs and classify costs using examples. - Use cost data to help make simple cost-based decisions, - Describe the concepts of economies and diseconomies of scale: with examples. - Construct, complete or amend a simple break-even chart • Interpret a given chart and use it to analyse a situation • Calculate break-even output from given data • Define, calculate and interpret the margin of safety • Use break-even analysis to help make simple decisions, e.g. impact of higher price • Understand the limitations of break-even analysis. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Recruitment, selection and training of employees - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Explain the Recruitment and selecting employees: •• Recruitment and selection methods. •• Difference between internal recruitment and external recruitment •• Main stages in recruitment and selection of employees •• Recommend and justify who to employ in given circumstances •• Benefits and limitations of part-time employees and full-time employees. The importance of training and the methods of training: •• Importance of training to a business and to employees •• Benefits and limitations of induction training, on-the-job training and off-the-job training Why reducing the size of the workforce might be necessary: •• Difference between dismissal and redundancy with examples •• Understand situations in which downsizing the workforce might be necessary, e.g. automation or reduced demand for products •• Recommend and justify which employees to make redundant in given circumstances. Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees. •• Legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting the topics and objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Production of goods and services - Lean production, etc. ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Explain the meaning of production: •• Managing resources effectively to produce goods and services •• Difference between production and productivity •• Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour Skills •• Why businesses hold inventories •• The concept of lean production: how to achieve it, e.g. just-in-time inventory control and Kaizen; benefits of lean production The main methods of production: •• Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch and flow production •• Recommend and justify an appropriate production method for a given situation How technology has changed production methods, e.g. using computers in design and Manufacturing. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Statement of financial position - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify the main elements of a statement of financial position: •• The main classifications of assets and liabilities, using examples. Interpret a simple statement of financial position and make deductions from it, e.g. how a business is financing its activities and what assets it owns, sale of inventories to raise finance (constructing statements of financial position will not be assessed) NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Foreign exchange rates Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define foreign exchange rate - Floating and fixed systems. Explain the determination of foreign exchange rate in foreign exchange market - The demand for and supply of a currency in the foreign exchange market and the determination of the equilibrium foreign exchange rate. Causes of foreign exchange rate fluctuations - Including changes in demand for exports and imports, changes in the rate of interest, speculation, and the entry or departure of MNCs. consequences of foreign exchange rate fluctuations - The effects of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on export and import prices and spending on imports and exports via the PED. Floating and fixed foreign exchange rates - The difference between, and the advantages and disadvantages of, a floating foreign exchange rate and a fixed foreign exchange rate system. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Supply-side policy Supply-side policy Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define supply-side policy. describe supply-side policy measures and. effects of supply-side policy measures on government macroeconomic aims NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: International specialisation Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Specialisation at a national level - The basis for Specialisation at national level in broad terms of: superior resource allocation and/or cheaper production methods. Advantages and disadvantages of specialization at a national level - For consumers, firms and the economy. NB: You can add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Complete Lesson. Topic: Monetary Policy and Supply-side Policy ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Economics syllabus. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define money supply and monetary policy Identify and explain the monetary policy measures - Changes in interest rates, money supply and foreign exchange rates. Identify and explain the effects of monetary policy - How monetary policy measures may enable the government to achieve its macroeconomic aims. Define supply -side policy Identify and explain supply-side policy measures - Examples include education and training, labour market reforms, lower direct taxes, deregulation, improving incentives to work and invest, and privatisation. Identify and explain the effects of supply-side policy measures - How supply-side policy measures may enable the government to achieve its macroeconomic aims.

Lesson Plan Topic: Public Limited Companies Lesson Plan ‘MS word doc.’ IGCSE Business Studies & Economics. Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify a Public limited companies, its main features, advantages and disadvantages. •• Concepts of risk, ownership and limited liability •• Recommend and justify a Public limited companies to owners/management in a given situation. NB: Add your school’s name, and logo on top, your name, date, and class year, term and week, etc.