EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.3.1 BUSINESS OPERATIONS (COMPLETE LESSON) 231 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The purpose of business operations: •To produce goods •To provide services Production processes: •Different types: job batch flow •The impact of different types of production processes: keeping productivity up and costs down and allow for competitive prices Impacts of technology on production: •Balancing cost, productivity, quality and flexibility Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.3.4 THE SALES PROCESS (COMPLETE LESSON) 234 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The sales process: Product knowledge, speed and efficiency of service, customer engagement, responses to customer feedback, post-sales service The importance to businesses of providing good customer service Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.5.2 EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT (COMPLETE LESSON) 252 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Different job roles and responsibilities: Key job roles and their responsibilities: directors, senior managers, supervisors/team leaders, operational and support staff How businesses recruit people: Documents: person specification and job description, application form, CV Recruitment methods used to meet different business needs (Internal and external recruitment) Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Recruitment and selection process: o internal versus external recruitment b) Costs of recruitment, selection and training c) Types of training: o induction o on-the-job o off-the-job Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Leadership: o the distinction between management and leadership b) Types of leadership style: o autocratic o paternalistic o democratic o laissez-faire Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Characteristics and skills required b) Reasons why people set up businesses: o financial motives: profit maximisation and profit satisficing o non-financial motives: ethical stance, social entrepreneurship, independence and home working Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Edexcel A Level Business 3.1.2 Theories of Corporate Strategy (complete lesson) This lesson covers: a) Development of corporate strategy: o Ansoff’s Matrix o Porter’s Strategic Matrix b) Aim of portfolio analysis c) Achieving competitive advantage through distinctive capabilities d) Effect of strategic and tactical decisions on human, physical, and financial resources This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Opportunity cost b) Choices and potential trade-offs Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Calculation of sales volume and sales revenue b) Calculation of fixed and variable costs Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Methods of production: o job o batch o flow o cell b) Productivity: o output per unit of input per time period: factors influencing productivity link between productivity and competitiveness c) Efficiency: o production at minimum average cost: factors influencing efficiency distinction between labour and capital intensive production Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Statement of financial position (balance sheet): o measuring liquidity: calculating current ratio and acid test ratio o ways to improve liquidity b) Working capital and its management: the importance of cash 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) Development of corporate strategy: • Ansoff’s Matrix • Porter’s Strategic Matrix b) Aim of portfolio analysis c) Effect of strategic and tactical decisions on human, physical, and financial resources 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) 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: • profitability (gross profit margin and profit for the year* / operating profit margin) • liquidity (current and acid test ratios) • gearing ratio • return on capital employed (ROCE). b) Interpret ratios to make business decisions. c) The limitations of ratio analysis.

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: Main stakeholders of businesses Objectives of stakeholders Impact of business activity on stakeholders Impact and influence stakeholders have on businesses

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: impact of legislation on businesses benefits for providing a safe working environment employment law including: national minimum wage/living wage the Equality Act (2010) Health and safety law including: the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) consumer law including trade descriptions

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: Methods of production: Job Flow Efficiency in production: Lean production Just in time (JIT)

This is a complete lesson which includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: Purpose of market research To collect information Why businesses conduct market research Methods of market research to include primary and secondary Uses of market research information that may help decision making Qualitative and quantitative market research manipulate and interpret data from tables and charts identify market size and market share

a) Push factors: o saturated markets o competition b) Pull factors: o economies of scale o risk spreading c) Possibility of off-shoring and outsourcing d) Extending the product life cycle by selling in multiple markets This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation