This unit looks at what it takes for businesses to build a brand and what a business has to consider when planning brand development. You will investigate and review brands, promotional methods as well as the role of promotion and its place in the marketing mix. Finally, you will select an appropriate promotional mix and justify the choices you make when planning a promotional campaign for a brand.
Enterprise unit designed to help students prepared to study
IG Enterprise in year 10.
1 hour weekly lessons with a final project at the end of 6 weeks.
Topic 1: Skills of Entrepreneur / Enterprising People
Topic 2: Setting up a new Enterprise
Topic 3: Market Research – Primary / Secondary
Topic 4: Business Planning
Topic 5: Purchasing / Budgets
Topic 6: Marketing: Adverting / Promotion
Topic 7: Run the Business
2 Setting up a new enterprise
2.1 The enterprise process
Topic
Six stages of the enterprise process:
1 identifying the problem or need or want
2 exploring creative solutions
3 action planning
4 implementing the plan
5 monitoring progress
6 evaluation of successes and failures.
2.2 Types of business organisation
Topic
Different kinds of organisation, including:
• sole trader
• partnership
• limited company
• co-operative
• franchise
• social enterprise: charities, not-for-profit
organisations.
1.1 What is meant by enterprise
Topic
What enterprise is
Who stakeholders are
Including:
• enterprise capability (being innovative, creative,
taking and managing risks, positive attitude)
• business enterprise
• social enterprise.
1.2 Ways for students to be enterprising in everyday life
Topic
Ways of being enterprising:
• at school
• at home.
7.1 Business objectives
Topic
Different enterprises have different aims and
objectives
7.2 Action plans
Topic
The purpose and importance of action plans
Contents of action plans
Methods of monitoring action plans
The importance of updating action plans
7.3 Business plans
Topic
The purpose and importance of business plans
Contents of business plans
Methods of monitoring business plans
Reasons for updating business plans