This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Structure: o hierarchy o chain of command o span of control o centralised and decentralised b) Types of structure: o tall o flat o matrix c) Impact of different organisational structures on business efficiency and motivation Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Sources of finance: o family and friends o banks o peer-to-peer funding o business angels o crowd funding o other businesses b) Methods of finance: o loans o share capital o venture capital o overdrafts o leasing o trade credit o grants Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Owner’s capital: personal savings b) Retained profit c) Sale of assets Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.3.1 BUSINESS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES (COMPLETE LESSONS) 131 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: What business aims and business objectives are Business aims and objectives when starting up: • Financial aims and objectives: survival, profit, sales, market share, financial security • Non-financial aims and objectives: social objectives, personal satisfaction, challenge, independence and control Why business aims and objectives differ between businesses Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.4.3 THE MARKETING MIX (COMPLETE LESSON) 143 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: What the marketing mix is and the importance of each element: ● price, product, promotion, place. How the elements of the marketing mix work together: ● balancing the marketing mix based on the competitive environment ● the impact of changing consumer needs on the marketing mix ● the impact of technology on the marketing mix: e-commerce, digital communication. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCES BUSINESS 1.4.4 BUSINESS PLANS (COMPLETE LESSON) 144 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The role and importance of a business plan: ● to identify: the business idea; business aims and objectives; target market (market research); forecast revenue, cost and profit; cash-flow forecast; sources of finance; location; marketing mix. The purpose of planning business activity: ● the role and importance of a business plan in minimising risk and obtaining finance. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This complete lesson includes a teacher PowerPoint with all the answers and a comprehensive student worksheet and covers all of these topics: a) PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental) b) The changing competitive environment c) Porter’s Five Forces This resources has been written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This complete lesson includes a teacher PowerPoint with all the answers and a comprehensive student worksheet and covers all of these topics: a) SWOT analysis • internal considerations: strengths and weaknesses • external considerations: opportunities and threats This resources has been written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Mergers and takeovers: • reasons for mergers and takeovers • distinction between mergers and takeovers • horizontal and vertical integration • conglomerates • financial risks and rewards b) Advantages and disadvantages of inorganic growth

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Methods of growing organically b) Advantages and disadvantages of organic growth

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Simple payback. b) Average (accounting) rate of return. c) Discounted cash flow (net present value only). d) Calculations and interpretations of figures generated by these techniques. e) Limitations of these techniques.

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Nature and purpose of critical path analysis. b) Complete and interpret simple networks to identify the critical path. c) Calculate: • earliest start time • latest finish time • total float. d) Limitations of using critical path analysis.

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Calculate and interpret the following to help make business decisions: • labour productivity • labour turnover and retention • absenteeism b) Limitations of these calculations c) Human resource strategies to increase productivity and retention and to reduce turnover and absenteeism: • financial rewards • employee share ownership • consultation strategies • empowerment strategies

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Organisational culture b) Size of organisation c) Time/speed of change d) Managing resistance to change e) Transformative leadership

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Ethics of strategic decisions: trade-offs between profit and ethics b) Pay and rewards c) Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Internal and external stakeholders. b) Stakeholder objectives. c) Stakeholder and shareholder influences: • stakeholder: that the business considers all of its stakeholders in its business decisions/objectives • shareholder: that the business should focus purely on shareholder returns (increasing share price and dividends) in its business decisions/objectives. d) The potential for conflict between profit-based (shareholder) and wider objectives (stakeholder).

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: The purpose of business Reasons for starting a business Basic functions and types of business Goods and services Needs and wants Factors of production Opportunity cost Three main business sectors Business enterprise and entrepreneurship Characteristics of am entrepreneur Objectives of an entrepreneur Dynamic nature of business

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: Understand the methods used by businesses when expanding Organic growth through franchising Opening new stores Expanding through e-commerce Outsourcing External growth though mergers and takeovers Discuss the benefits of expansion Unit cost advantages due to economies of scale Discuss the drawbacks of expansion Diseconomies of scale Understand the meaning of purchasing and technical economies of scale Understand that with growth businesses increase the risk of diseconomies of scale occurring Due to poor communication Coordination issues Reduced staff motivation Calculate and interpret average unit costs

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: Students should be able to understand the factors that influence where a business is located, including: proximity to the market availability of raw materials labour competition costs

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: Ethical considerations Trade off between ethics and profit Environmental considerations Impact of traffic congestion Recycling Disposing of waste Noise and air pollution Sustainability Global warming Using scarce resources