The main features of different forms of business organisation: Sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies, franchises and joint ventures Differences between unincorporated businesses and limited companies Concepts of risk, ownership and limited liability Recommend and justify a suitable form of business organisation to owners/management in a given situation Business organisations in the public sector, e.g. public corporations

In this lesson I cover: Business activity in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors: Basis of business classification, using examples to illustrate the classification Reasons for the changing importance of business classification, e.g. in developed and developing economies business enterprises between private sector and public sector in a mixed economy

In this lesson I cover: Enterprise and entrepreneurship Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs Contents of a business plan and how business plans assist entrepreneurs Why and how governments support business start-ups, e.g. grants, training schemes

In this lesson I cover: The purpose and nature of business activity Concepts of needs, wants, scarcity and opportunity cost Importance of specialisation Purpose of business activity The concept of adding value and how added value can be increased

In this lesson I cover: Identify and classify costs: Classifying costs using examples, e.g. fixed, variable, average, total Use cost data to help make simple cost-based decisions, e.g. to stop production or continue Economics and diseconomies of scale: The concept of economies of scale with examples, e.g. purchasing, marketing, financial, managerial, technical The concept of diseconomies of scale with examples, e.g. poor communication, lack of commitment from employees, weak coordination Break-even analysis: The concept of break-even Construct, complete or amend a simple break-even chart Interpret a given chart and use it to analyse a situation Calculate break-even output from given data Define, calculate and interpret the margin of safety Use break-even analysis to help make simple decisions, e.g. impact of higher price Understand the limitations of break-even analysis

This power point presentation breaks down the assignment criteria to help you understand what you need to write, research, explain, analyse or evaluate to get the desired grade in your BTEC Business Level 3. The presentation starts with some information about the unit - then states the assignment – then explanation/ breaking down of the assignment to help you get an idea of what to write – followed by an example. Some of my presentations also contain: How much you need to write to pass a certain piece of work. Tells you the ideal format of the assignment– PowerPoint presentation, report, and spreadsheet or design software’s.

In this PowerPoint presentation I cover: dentifying and understanding customer needs: ● what customer needs are: price, quality, choice, convenience ● the importance of identifying and understanding customers: generating sales, business survival. There are also 3 exam style questions to help student prepare for the exam.

In this PowerPoint presentation I cover: The purpose of market research: Methods of market research: primary research: survey, questionnaire, focus group, observation secondary research: internet, market reports, government reports. The use of data in market research: qualitative and quantitative data the role of social media in collecting market research data the importance of the reliability of market research data. There are 5 exam style question at the end; to help you further.

Ansoff Matrix Explained

Measuring Profit Margin

Operational Targets

Cash flow activity

Porter 5 Forces

Business studies - Mergers and Takeovers

Investment appraisal Explained

In this PowerPoint presentation I cover: Who business stakeholders are and their different objectives: shareholders (owners), employees, customers, managers, suppliers, local community, pressure groups, the government. Stakeholders and businesses: how stakeholders are affected by business activity how stakeholders impact business activity possible conflicts between stakeholder groups. I have also added one extra lesson starter PowerPoint which talks and helps students understand conflict of between different stakeholders. At the end of the presentation, there is an activity for students to put their learning into effect.

Stakeholder objectives and Business growth complete revision covering: what is Stakeholders What is Objectives in business Different Stakeholder objectives Conflict between different stakeholder objectives Business growth and how business size is measured there is also 7 questions to practice.

This is a powerpoint which can be used as a complete lesson or a revision session with students. Topics covered: What is recruitment The process of recruitment and selection Job advertisement places CV and application forms Employment contract and whats included some Questions to help remember the key points of the powerpoint.

in this powerpoint I cover the following key aspects of GCSE/ IGCSE business studies. What is training Why businesses train their employees? What is Induction training Different ways of training staff/ employee I have also prepared some Questions to help students remember the key point of the revision session/ lesson.