This lesson introduces learners to the various financial institutions that exist. We start by going through each one briefly to get some understanding of what it is before going onto a group task where students have cut out cards of the institutitons and a selection of statements to match to each one. Answers provided and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 5x PPTs, 4x word files and can be delivered over 8-10 lessons. There is quite a lot of theory in LO6, in the first powerpoint, we run through each category of influences briefly, and in the next 4 ppts we focus more on economic, legal and ethical influences as these are larger areas. For economic influences, we start by looking at some shocking (for students) price changes in the last few decades before looking at how inflation is calculated and the implications on businesses and concumsers. We then go onto looking at interest rates and again, implications on consumers and businesses. Two essay exam style questions included on each topic - both with structure guidance and concise model answers to help students with peer assessments. The second part to economic influences introduces learners to the stages in the business cycle and how each affects businesses and consumers, we also look at different types of tax and their implcications. Finally we look at exchange rates and their impacts. Two guided research tasks, a link to a kahoot quiz and box plenary to finish off with. For legal factors, we start by watching a clip on discrimination at work before looking at the various types of legislation that exists to protect consumers and employees. A matching consolidation activity followed by a case study on an electronics manufacturer, students have the opportunity to consider whether complying with law outweighs not complying with law - 12 mark question with structure guidance and a model answer. Students can self or peer assess with the marking grids before engaging in a kahoot, finally ending with a box plenary. For ethical factors, learners engage in provoking discussions. We start by looking at what ethics involves, we look at some real thought provoking case studies with Primark and Bangladesh’s factories, Apple and Foxconn’s sweatshops. A 12 mark question with a concise model answer to peer assess with and a debate task acting for and against firms that are unethical. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPT, 6x word files and can be delivered over 3-4 lessons. We start by looking what a balance sheet is and what it is made up of including the key terms. Once this is consolidated, we break down a balance sheet into 3 stages to simplify understanding this. Plenty of practice for students to make their own balance sheets as well as with a template first - answers for all questions provided on the powerpoint. In the second powerpoint, there is an emphasis on depreciation, and showing depreciated assets within the balance sheet, calculation practice and answers provided. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 3x PPT, 7x word files and can be delivered over around 3 double lessons. We start by introducing learners to the four profitability ratios, completely broken down, step by step on the powerpoint so it is easy for students to see the logical steps and for the teacher to deliver. Plenty of calculation practice throughout the resource as can be seen on the main thumbnail, answers are provided for all questions on the powerpoint. In the second powerpoint, we look at the two liquidity ratios, again broken down, examples and practice questions with answers. We do similar activities for the final 3 efficiency ratios in the third powerpoint before finishing with the limitations of using ratio analysis to measure a businesses performance. Two links to kahoot quizzes, one for learning aim F and one is a more general unit 3 quiz, we finish the unit with none other than Mr. Zee’s personal favourite box plenary! Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to what motivation is, students reflect on what motivates them. Financial and non financial methods are discussed. Two case studies, two 9 mark questions, one with guidance to help write a model answer. I have included Maslow’s hierarchy of needs although they do not need to know this for this particular course, however it helps with understanding motivation and extend their knowledge on the topic. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This bundle of lessons covers the first assignment of unit 19 including P1, P2, M1 and D1. We start by getting the students inspired to come up with business ideas, a range of activities included to enthuse them for what is going to be a very creative and entrepreneurial unit. Plenty of resources to help structure their way around coming up with business ideas, feeding back to class, considering risks and a lot of structure to ensure they have the best opportunity of achieving Distinctions. Colourful, concise and engaging slides with an adapted assignment brief to follow! Thank you

This resource can be used as a revision lesson for GCSE Business. The aim is to help consolidate key terms by playing a game. This could be used for remote learning if the document is sent out to players but ideally it would be in class with the cards cut out in a deck. 1 In pairs or teams - have at least one describer and one or more guessers 2 Roll the dice and look at the colour the dice lands on 3 The describer picks a card from the deck and demonstrates the key term to the guesser 4 The guesser has 30 seconds to guess the word 5 If correct, team goes again, if not, the next team rolls the dice 6 First team round the board three times wins (Note: the game can be adapted i.e. if no dice, you can just go in order i.e. first card marketing, then external influences etc.) This is an editable version so it can be adapted if you would like to map it to a different specification or course. Thank you

This bundle of lessons is the ultimate resource for investment appraisal and can be delivered over 2-3 lessons. We introduce learners to the three main techniques of investment appraisal, we go through each one, with step by step, concise, clear and engaging examples before students have a go at practising the calculations. We start with payback, a few examples with answers and then students can practice, we then look at the advantages before going on to ARR. A good set of examples and questions for ARR, with answers popping in to see how we get to the end figure. We then go on to look at NPV with a few more examples and questions. Two kahoot quizzes with links to further consolidate knowledge of how to calculate payback, ARR and NPV. A 20 mark question which requires some calculation is included, with a concise model answer for students to use to develop their own answer. We finish with the box plenary as usual. All you need to deliver investment appraisal - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you

This bundle of 5 lessons introduces learners to various key fundamental topics. We start by looking at entrepnreneurs to excite and engage the new student cohort. Followed by a lesson on taking risks - exciting activities here for students to weigh up the upsides and downsides of various predicaments they may find themselves in. A third lesson on adding value, we look at key concepts in adding value, students then add value to their t shirts. A fourth lesson on aims and objectives and finally opportunity cost. Quite large bundle for the first part of the spec, however all key stuff to get the students engaged from the very beginning and familiar with exam technique. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT and 3x word files and can be delivered over 2-3 lessons. Learners are introduced to various pricing strategies that are used by businesses with their pros and cons. Statements are shown on screen and students must recall the strategy identified to consolidate knowledge. We then look at what influences the setting of prices before embarking on an engaging group activity where students are given scenarios, in these scenarios they must identify a suitable pricing strategy for the situation. In the next part of the lesson, students have the opportunity to read a case study on the most profitable company, Apple and the launch of one of their new iPhones - a 12 mark question, structure guidance and a model answer is provided for students to look at before peer assessing and making improvements to WWW and EBI. Two links to kahoot quizzes, a homework question and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This 9-10 lesson bundle covers: 1.3.1 Product design 1.3.2 Branding and promotion - double lesson 1.3.3 Pricing strategies - 2-3 lessons 1.3.4 Distribution (free) 1.3.5 Marketing strategy - 3 lessons Filled with real life examples, case studies, questions, concise model answers to improve exam practice and kahoot quizzes to consolidate learning in an engaging way. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Please visit mrzeesresources.com and have a browse for the highest quality resources and latest updates. Thank you Note: 1.3 has been uploaded as a bundle with individual lessons and previews too - the purpose of this upload is to bundle it with the rest of theme 1 (due to 20 file restriction)

This lesson introduces learners to the various stakeholders and how they can conflict with shareholders priorities. We start by looking at the different types of stakeholders involved in a business, we then look at their key interests, followed by evaluating the most important interest for each stakeholders. Once students know the interests well, we can start to look at how stakeholders might conflict with each other - a few examples given here. We read a case study on Unilever, students prepare presentations on whether they should focus on shareholders or stakeholders, this is in the form of a 20 mark question so students could answer it after the presentation, or for homework. Structure guidance and concise points that would be the main focus of the answer is provided. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to market positioning, we start by looking at positioning and differenation is before looking at market maps. Students have the opportunity to become familiar with market maps with a set of structured activities to design their own, examples of different axes are given with ideas for markets to use. We move on to read a concise case study on a hotel chain that is quite different from normal hotel chains, a 4 and 12 mark question, both with structure guidance and model answers for students to use when self or peer assessing, marking grid for the 12 marker included. We finish off with a research task on the rebranding of Emirates airline. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This three lesson bundle introduces learners to gross and net profit, gross and net profit margin and how they make up the income statement. All topics are broken down so that it is very easy for students to see the logic behind calculations and for the teacher to explain. An activity to draw up the income statement for Ian Beale’s fish and chip shop with answers to go through. Lots of calculation practice for all three topic areas with answers to self or peer assess. The statement of financial position is slightly detailed so this could be watered down as students just need to know the basics of the balance sheet. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to the concept of capacity utilisation, we begin with some interesting and thought provoking questions to hook learners into the topic. We then look at the formula and an example of calculations. We look at how to improve the utilisation rates for business before looking at a case study of an airline business and their capacity utilisation rates - a 12 mark question with guidance and a model answer provided for students to look at when peer assessing and making improvements. A research task and box plenary to finish off with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson is the first part of ‘The market’ and learners are introduces to what a market actually is, market leaders such as Walkers and Nescafe are discussed. We start by looking at market size and growth before reading a concise case study on which market a mobile phone app should be created for. An activity where students consider the importance of market size over market growth. We then go onto looking at how markets have become dynamic along with online retailing. As it is the first lesson of theme 1, students are gently introduced to the assessment objectives with a basic question requiring all 4 assessment objectives - a model answer is provided to help students understand the AOs. We finish with a box plenary and homework task. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to resistance to change, we start by looking at a real example in Kodak, before looking at how we can overcome the resistance to change. I have included some popular business models such as McKinsey 7s and Kotters 8 steps as these are change management models followed by businesses around the world, however students are not required to learn these, although it can help greatly in understanding how to manage change and overcome resistance. We go on to read a case study on a company that is looking to drive major change, students have the opportunity to roleplay a board meeting, each student is a different stakeholder explaining their views on the change. In groups, students are to feedback on the whole case study about the reasons for the change and how to overcome it. A few consolidation tasks and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x ppt and 4x word files which can be delivered over 2-3 lessons. We start by looking at what contribution is before understanding break even and margin of safety. Lots of calculation practice to consolidate the formula, we then look at the pros and cons of using break even analysis, this is used for the exam style question which is based on a concise case study of a cake manufacturer. Structure guidance and model answer is provided for students to peer assess and improve their own answers. Students have an opportunity to draw the BE chart with step by step instructions (not required to draw the BE chart in exam but it will help with understanding the chart). Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to ethics and corporate social responsibility - this is also covered in theme 4, although with some differences such as the focus on pay and rewards. We start by looking at what is involved in ethics, with real examples of a number of unethical actions, for example the Primark factory in Bangladesh which collapsed and killed many workers, or the suicides that were committed in Foxconn in Shezhen due to the horrid working conditions. We look at the advantages of being a socially responsible company before looking at some facts into CEOs pay. A case study on CEOs salaries and bonus makes for an interesting discussion where students can prepare arguments for and against the very high bonus’ CEOs receive. Students can present their findings back in groups, and then answer a 12 mark question on the case study in class or for homework. Structure guidance and a concise model answer provided for students to identify WWW and EBI with their response.A box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to competition, competitive advantage and what makes a market competitive. We go through each way a business can gain advantage, then we contextualise each of these ways. Real examples of how businesses compete with each other, rather than competing on price. SWOT analysis task included where students use one of the businesses given and look at their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Two 3 mark questions with model answers to build exam technique. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you