Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 3 Promotion and branding
This lesson covers:
a) Types of promotion.
b) Types of branding.
c) The benefits of strong branding:
• added value
• ability to charge premium prices
• reduced price elasticity of demand.
d) Ways to build a brand:
• unique selling points, USPs)/differentiation
• advertising
• sponsorship
• the use of social media.
e) Changes in branding and promotion to reflect social trends:
• viral marketing
• social media
• emotional branding.
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 5 Distribution
This lesson covers:
a) Distribution channels:
• four stage: producer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer
• three stage: producer to retailer to consumer
• two stage: producer to consumer.
b) Changes in distribution methods.
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New Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 1 Approaches to staffing
This lesson covers:
a) Staff as an asset; staff as a cost.
b) Flexible workforce:
• multi-skilling
• part-time and temporary
• zero-hour contracts
• flexible hours and home working
• outsourcing.
c) Distinction between dismissal and redundancy.
d) Employer/employee relationships
• individual approach
• collective bargaining.
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Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 2 Recruitment
This lesson covers:
a) Recruitment and selection process:
• internal versus external recruitment.
b) Costs of recruitment, selection and training
c) Types of training:
• induction
• on-the-job
• off-the-job.
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Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 3 Organisational Design
This lesson covers:
a) Structure:
• hierarchy
• chain of command
• span of control
• centralised and decentralised.
b) Types of structure:
• tall
• flat
• matrix.
c) Impact of different organisational structures on business efficiency and employee motivation.
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New Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 4 Motivation
This lesson covers:
a) The importance of employee motivation to a business
b) Motivation theories:
• Taylor (scientific management)
• Mayo (human relations theory)
• Maslow (hierarchy of needs)
• Herzberg (two-factor theory).
c) Financial methods to improve employee performance:
• piecework
• commission
• bonus
• profit share
• performance-related pay.
d) Non-financial methods to improve employee performance:
• delegation
• consultation
• empowerment
• team working
• flexible working
• job enrichment
• job rotation
• job enlargement.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 5 Leadership
This lesson covers:
a) Leadership:
• the distinction between management and leadership.
b) Types of leadership style:
• autocratic
• paternalistic
• democratic
• laissez-faire.
c) The difficulty of moving from entrepreneur to leader.
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NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 4 PED Price Elasticity of Demand
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a) Calculation of price elasticity of demand.
b) Interpretation of numerical values of price elasticity of demand.
c) The factors influencing price elasticity of demand.
d) The significance of price elasticity of demand to businesses in terms of implications for pricing.
e) Calculation and interpretation of the relationship between price elasticity of demand and total revenue.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 5 YED Income Elasticity of Demand
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a) Calculation of income elasticity of demand.
b) Normal and inferior goods.
c) Interpretation of numerical values of income elasticity of demand.
d) The factors influencing income elasticity of demand.
e) The significance of income elasticity of demand to businesses
NEW Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 1 Marketing objectives
a) Marketing objectives
• increase market share
• increase revenue
• building a brand.
b) The product life cycle and extension strategies.
c) The Boston Matrix and the product portfolio.
d) The concept of ‘marketing mix’.
e) Marketing strategies appropriate for different types of market:
• mass markets
• niche markets
• business to business (B2B)
• business to consumer (B2C).
f) Consumer behaviour – how businesses develop customer loyalty.
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 2 Product service design
This lesson covers:
a) Design mix:
• function
• aesthetics
• cost/economic manufacture.
b) Changes in the elements of the design mix to reflect social trends:
• concern over resource depletion: designing for waste minimisation, re-use and recycling
• ethical sourcing.
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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:
Models of organisational structure
Functional
Product based
Regional
Matrix
Influences on organisational design
authority
span
hierarchy
delegation
centralisation and decentralisation
The value of changing organisational design
How managing the human resource flow helps meet human resource objectives:
human resource plan
recruitment
training
redeployment
redundancy
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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:
Calculating and interpreting human resource data
Students should be able to calculate and interpret:
labour turnover
labour productivity
employee costs as percentage of turnover
labour cost per unit
The use of data for human resource decision making and planning
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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:
The value of setting human resource objectives
employee engagement
talent development
training
diversity
alignment of employee and employer values
number, skills and location of employees
Methods of achieving resource objectives
Soft and hard Human Resource Management (HRM)
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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:
Methods to improve cash flow
Assess ways of improving cash flow
Methods to improve profits and profitability
Assess ways of improving profits and profitability
Difficulties improving cash flow and profit
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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 extent and methods of employee involvement in decision making
Employee representation methods to include trade unions and works council
How to manage and improve employer – employee communications and relations
Value of good employer – employee relations
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton from 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:
The benefits of motivated and engaged employees
Theories of motivation should include Taylor, Maslow and Herzberg.
How to improve employee engagement and motivation
Financial methods of motivation should include:
piece rate
commission
salary schemes
performance-related pay
Non-financial methods of motivating employees
Empowerment
Team working
Flexible working
Job enrichment
Job rotation
Influences on the choice and assessment of the effectiveness of financial and non-financial methods of motivating employees
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
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NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 2 Entrepreneurial motives & characteristic
a) Characteristics and skills required.
b) Reasons why people set up businesses:
• financial motives: profit maximisation and profit satisficing
• non-financial motives: ethical stance, social entrepreneurship, independence and home working.
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 1 Role of an entrepreneur
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a) Creating and setting up a business.
b) Running and expanding/developing a business.
c) Innovation within a business (intrapreneurship).
d) Barriers to entrepreneurship.
e) Anticipating risk and uncertainty in the business environment.