The resource links you to a The Apprentice episode and provides questions which students should answer as you watch the video. You should then discuss their answers. There is enough content to last up to 90 minutes. Topics covered include: objectives, marketing mix, production methods, team work, pricing methods, customer service and analysing mistakes made. A really enjoyable resource ideal for revision before an exam or end of year lessons.

A range of stakeholder lesson resources. You could teach this across 2 lessons. It is planned out on the PowerPoints, or you can take the bits you like and incorporate into your own resources.

4 Lessons worth of resources to teach critical path analysis to A-Level standard. Lesson 1: Introduction to the idea of CPA, how nodes are structures, calculating EST and LFT, and total float time. Includes theory and practice of simple critical paths. Lesson 2: A number of practice critical path tasks, gradually increasing in difficulty. Lesson 3: Theory to discuss or take notes from on the benefits and problems of CPA. Lesson 4: A medium difficulty critical path for students to create, followed by a much more challenging example. Constructive feedback welcome.

3 Lessons worth of resources to teach Investment Appraisal Lesson 1: Introduction to the topic, information on payback period and practice calculation Lesson 2: Average rate of return, information and practice calculations. Lesson 3: Net present value, information and practice calculations. Constructive feedback welcome.

Presentations to teach the topic of labour effectiveness measurements. Includes theory, pro's/con's of the measures/how to improve them and importantly x2 practice calculations for each measurement. Some tasks included as well as content to teach and discuss. Also includes a revision template. Could last between 2 - 4 lessons depending on how fast you go and how much you discuss the issues. Even if it isn't exactly how you want to teach them lesson it will certainly save you time and give you ideas. Constructive feedback welcome.

Resources to teach the topic of moving averages. Lesson plan: (rough timings) 0-10 Introduce the idea of moving average and the benefit of forecasting using moving average (see slides 1-4) 10-20 Discuss with students how to calculate moving average (see slides 5-6) 20-50 Students to calculate moving average using guidance of slides 5-6 and complete answers on tmplate. 50-60 Recap the purpose of moving average and check answers from previous task (set HW if applicable) ANSWER is also provided. I hope you find it useful in teaching the topic - by demonstrating students how to calculate the forecast it helps them understand it much better.

A selection of resources to teach business objectives at GCSE level. Should get pupils thinking about such an important but difficult topic to teach. This could be taught in one or two lessons, depending on how long you spend on the activities.

A full example of a covering letter for a teaching role. This has been tried and tested and never failed to get an interview. All you will need to do is amend various sections and change the skills and experience’s to suit you. It will need tailoring to the job you are applying for but that is always the case. The will save you a lot of time and almost guarantee you an interview. There are also guidance notes at the end providing further advice when applying for a job and writing a covering letter to help you out and to represent better value. Good luck! Constructive feedback welcome, please rate 5* if you get the job!!!

This resource breaks down the two year course into week by week outline, specifying what topics to teach each week in order to complete the course in time. It also suggests formal assessments that you could complete, we used the textbook for these. There is also a space to plan out homework tasks. Overall should help to organise your department! PLEASE ALSO SEE DETAILS SCHEME OF LEARNING AVAILABE SEPARATELY. Constructive feedback welcome.

One lessons worth of resources to teach financial growth, assumes students have some knowledge of the sources if finance. The lesson plan would be: 0-10: Revising the sources of finance by matching up sources of definitions and feedback 10-30: Students to fill out the table on paper or on the computer analysing finance based on cost, risk and analysis. Put up the help sheets around the room for support. 30-40: Whole class feedback 40-55: Students come up with their own mini business pitch, they pitch to individuals, groups or class and they suggest and analyse which source might be best for their idea. 55-60: Review learning and set homework if appropriate.

All resources needed to teach one lesson of communication to Business or IT students. Lesson plan: 0-10: Word search to identify key terms. 0-15: Discuss the "communication model" and key terms (write in books if you work this way) 15-35: Students to complete "communication at a football club" which is used to show that students understand they key terms. Time allocation includes 5 mins feedback. 35-50: Students to complete the communication breakdown worksheet - use the "notes" document to help students complete the task, either make available to all in small groups or use a differentiation support document. 50-60: Crossword to be used as a plenary, or used as a starter for next lesson. Hope this saves you lots of time with resources. Constructive feedback welcome.

A wide range of resources to teach sources of finance at GCSE level. PowerPoints, starters, activities, worksheet all included. Enough for 3 lessons, teach as its set up or pick and mix the bits you like best. Include a very interesting link to a Dragons Den pitch, including follow up questions for students to complete.

A range of resources to teach Exchange rates, designed for GCSE level but might be of use at A-Level. Enough content for up to two lessons.

A range of resources to teach the topic of Business Cycle at GCSE level. Enough content for one to two lessons. Includes theory, research and activities. Designed for GCSE level but might be some use at A-Level. The best part of the lesson is where students draw a graph showing the business cycle with data provided, they then add to the graph images (provided) of industries/products that will do well in boom or bust which really makes them think and underlines that not all businesses do badly in a recession.

A range of resources to help teach the theory behind recruitment followed by a range of resources to to actively engage students in the recruitment process. Please see preview of resources - I hope they save you lots of time!

One lesson to teach organisational charts, using a cut and stick activity, two versions of the cut and stick are available so that they can not copy, give lower ability the flat structure. 0-10: Go through PowerPoint slides to explain the principles of organisational charts. 10-35: Students to create organisational chart. 35-50: Students to answer questions on the chart they have created. 50-60: Crossword to check understanding or use as starter for next lesson.

This may not be fully up to date, designed for the AQA GCSE from Sept 2012 **Please read before purchase** This resources breaks down the AQA GCSE Business Studies course down into lessons for both Unit 1 and Unit 2, making planning and organisation much easier. It include lesson objectives, learning outcomes and suggested teaching activities for Unit 1. For Unit 2 there are learning outcomes, some objectives and some suggested teaching activities, it is not as complete as Unit 1 but it is all set up ready to use. I have made a range of resources available on TES that go with the scheme of learning. It is fully editable if you wish to change or add elements and ideas. There is space to add different lesson approaches, so that you can take a different approach depending on the class or teacher preference. There are hyperlinks to key online resources as well as to other places in the document to save time. You can then use the resources space to hyperlink resources for specific lessons. You will find that resources I have shared go with the lessons on the scheme of learning. The purpose of this document as well as organising a department is to encourage people to share ideas on the document and to record approaches that work to save time in the long term. Hope you find it useful in organising the course and saves you time!

Presentation to use to teach Promotion. Suitable for GCSE level. Contains theory, activities and video links for use as a plenary. One full lessons worth of content.

A revision resource for students to work through. Includes topics: sources of finance, business ownership, production, revenue and profit, recruitment and cash flow. Depending on the speed students work could last up to one hour with discussion of answers and corrections. 5 pages of activities in total. Designed for AQA Business Unit 1, but would equally be useful for other exam boards.