AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: Influences on the mission of a business Internal and external influences on corporate objectives and decisions Influences on corporate objectives should include the pressures for short termism, business ownership, the external and internal environment. The links between mission, corporate objectives and strategy The distinction between strategy and tactics The impact of strategic decision making on functional decision making Internal and external influences on functional objectives and decisions The value of SWOT analysis This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: Porter’s five forces, how and why these might change, and the implications of these forces for strategic and functional decision making and profits An understanding of the five forces to include: entry threat (barriers to entry) buyer power supplier power rivalry substitute threat This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Ethics of strategic decisions: o trade-offs between profit and ethics b) Pay and rewards c) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental) b) The changing competitive environment c) Porter’s Five Forces Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a Powerpoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Development of corporate objectives from mission statement/corporate aims b) Critical appraisal of mission statements/corporate aims Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) The effects on businesses of: o consumer protection o employee protection o environmental protection o competition policy o health and safety Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.5.1 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES (COMPLETE LESSON) 251 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Different organisational structures and when each are appropriate: Hierarchical and flat Centralised and decentralised The importance of effective communication: The impact of insufficient or excessive communication on efficiency and motivation Barriers to effective communication Different ways of working: Part time, full time and flexible hours Permanent, temporary, and freelance contracts The impact of technology on ways of working: efficiency remote working Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.2.4 PLACE (COMPLETE LESSON) 224 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Place: Methods of distribution: retailers and e-tailers (e-commerce) Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.1.2 RISK AND REWARD (COMPLETE LESSON) 112 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The role of business enterprise and the purpose of business activity: •To produce goods or services •To meet customer needs •To add value: convenience, branding, quality, design, unique selling points The role of entrepreneurship: •An entrepreneur: organises resources, makes business decisions, takes risks Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.2.3 MARKET SEGMENTATION (COMPLETE LESSON) 123 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: How businesses use market segmentation to target customers: ● identifying market segments: location, demographics, lifestyle, income, age ● market mapping to identify a gap in the market and the competition. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Sole trader, partnership and private limited company b) Franchising, social enterprise, lifestyle businesses, online businesses c) Growth to PLC and stock market flotation Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet a) SWOT analysis o internal considerations: strengths and weaknesses o external considerations: opportunities and threats Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Exports and imports b) The link between business specialisation and competitive advantage c) Foreign direct investment (FDI) and link to business growth This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Reduction of international trade barriers/trade liberalisation b) Political change c) Reduced cost of transport and communication d) Increased significance of global (transnational) companies e) Increased investment flows (FDI) f) Migration (within and between economies) g) Growth of the global labour force h) Structural change This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Expansion of trading blocs: o EU and the single market o ASEAN o NAFTA (ON THE SYLLABUS but no longer in existence) b) Impact on businesses of trading blocs This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business 1.2.2 Characteristics relating to size 1.2.2 Characteristics relating to size: • concepts of risk, ownership and limited liability • public corporations – reasons for and against public ownership • ownership, control, sources of finance, use of profits, stakeholders and shareholders • appropriateness of different forms of ownership. This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet. Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a)The interaction of supply and demand b) The drawing and interpretation of supply and demand diagrams to show the causes and consequences of price changes Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

1.1.1 The market a) Mass markets and niche markets: o characteristics o market size and market share o brands b) Dynamic markets: o online retailing o how markets change o innovation and market growth o adapting to change c) How competition affects the market d) The difference between risk and uncertainty 1.1.2 Market research a) Product and market orientation b) Primary and secondary market research data (quantitative and qualitative) used to: o identify and anticipate customer needs and wants o quantify likely demand o gain insight into consumer behaviour c) Limitations of market research, sample size and bias d) Use of ICT to support market research: o websites o social networking o databases e) Market segmentation 1.1.3 Market positioning a) Market mapping b) Competitive advantage of a product or service c) The purpose of product differentiation

This is a PPT and a learning mat It covers the A1 of the BTEC business level 3 national Unit 18 creative promotion A1 The purposes of marketing communcations Written by Sarah Hilton For Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business (iGCSE) 1.5.2 The importance and growth of multinationals: • benefits of a business becoming a multinational • benefits to a country and/or economy where a multinational company is located • possible drawbacks to a country and/or economy where a multinational is located. This is a complete lesson with a PPT and a worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton by Revisionstation