Whole lesson missions (not mission statements) as per the new AQA A level specification simple mix and match activity then looking at different missions and why important then discussion & to what extent q's then a flip task

as it says whole lesson on B/E and contrubution including powerpoints and activity sheets

would you invest in this IPO (snapchat)? - after asking them what information matters.. (could be 2 lessons here) first set of slides is basically building up to an overall q... Structured Activity: Also put onto different sheets of paper and at the end of each ask them would they buy shares/invest in Snapchat if they could.. or could use just as powerpoint slides) . could break up around the class (one per pair get them to read out and discuss why it matters; if they would or would not invest because of X and why) then link this to depends on which type of shareholder you are.. link to Short term and long term investors. then look at why shareholders matter (sports-direct page has them influencing decisions) before leading onto so shareholders are interested in share prices.. so what affects these..(ipo and now share price activity and then famous companies with changing share prices)

what facebook right to float (looking backwards as easier to look at the data then..) Data activity powerpoint with visuals / links for depends on arguments then looking at a failed IPO and should their investors be happy with facebooks performance since

lesson looking at should firms be a sole trader or a limited company based around a decision making of a private school unlimited/limited liability activity with sole-trader vs ltd company then other situations to bring out the depends on arguments

Use this for the 1st lesson either for lower 6 (AS) or Upper 6 (A2) to highlight how appropriate business decisions depend on the context/situation. How in some situations one decision is appropriate but in another less so. Use as an Ice-breaker but also set the scene that context/application matter, Can also be used to highlight objectives, strategy, tactics. Can be used to highlight important skills to do well in business... application, analysis and judgment. 2 x survival situations, grids, instructions, ideas for feedback

CONSOLIDATION PLACE MATS / REVISION FILL IN THE BLANKS SHEETS covering AQA YEAR 1 content Created for my students to help them consolidate the whole of year 1 content over the summer holidays but would be useful at anypoint before exams Questions that help cover theory, evaluations and some context 6 x SHEETS which will need enlarging up to A3 via photocopy Covering: 1. What is business including legal structures, 2. Markets inc Market Research and STP, 3. Marketing decisions including 7p’s, 4. Operational decisions including lean production and network diagrams, 5. Finance decisions including B/E, budgets, cashflow and balance sheets. 6.Human resource decisions including motivation, management styles, HR strategies and organisational structures PDF and WORD format

Activity / lesson for revision..

A powerpoint full of roles and questions...fully editable to add you own visuals Scenarios for decisions as different kind of managers why is a leader different Mintzberg videos on management

Lesson designed for AQA business students Year 1. Starts off with video clip then what kind of manager would you be activity / questionairre then Grid theory with questions to stimulate discussion Then scenarios -which is right style to bring out the higher learning discussion, debate and depends on factors

Designed for Paper 1 short answer sections to help my students revise key theories but in context to help answer the question Theories drawn from the whole 2 years...

Management Style: Tannenbaum and Schmidt lesson: planned for Year 1 AQA business spec Scenario opener - asking students to come up with how they would make decisions in 6 x scenarios then link to Tannenbaum and Schmidt theory. Then another scenario to build analysis and eval skills & eval depends on arguments. finally a mix and match activity to develop judgement skills. notes on depends on factors Visual Plenary.

Brand new activity designed for my A Level Business class for revision but also would work for skill building at end of year 1: 52 contexts (slips/boxes) and 32 Slides of the main theory/contexts in the Year 1 of the AQA specification (one theory per slide) on each slide students are asked to identify two contexts - one that could be useful / important / an issue for and one less so... they then need to explain why - so building contextualised analysis skills for short answers and compare and contrast judgment skills for essays. 52 compare and contrast contexts are thought of - which can be cut out so students can have a kinaesthetic activity or printed onto one A3 sheet of paper for quicker identification. fully editable revision or skills building resource

Revision Test with 10 q's on the AQA Alevel Specification Useful for consolidation / recap

Quick revision calcs for AQA business specification - simple and quick revision

Student feedback “great”, “very useful”, the whole of year 2 in small chunks… awesome!", “not more revision!” Designed for the Year 2 of the business AQA specification 4 x revision fill in sheets to help students consolidate their knowledge running through the spec of year 2 - including strategy and tactics, internal environment, external environment and strategic choices Focuses on all the key areas / theories - focusing on specifics

All the concepts for the Year 2 of AQA business spec blank so definitions can be filled in… Then a box for contexts to help students with contexualised analysis. Students to fill in in which situations / cases very important or useful vs less so. Simple design but fully editable