This Revision Notes on Unit 5 Financial information and decisions will help your students to practice, study and revise as they work towards getting ready for the school and for the IGCSE Business Studies examinations on the current. Teachers can use it to engage Students’ for meaningful learning. And to guide students as they study this topic. It covers all aspects of this topic in the syllabus with class activities, questions and answers to practice the principles revised. It will instill a good knowledge and understanding of this topic.

Business finance needs and sources micro finance Crowd funding ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies & Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify the need for business finance: • The main reasons why businesses need finance, e.g. start-up capital, capital for expansion and additional working capital • Understand the difference between short-term and long-term finance needs. The main sources of finance: • Internal sources and external sources with examples • Short-term and long-term sources with examples, e.g. overdraft for short-term and debt or equity for long-term finance. • Importance of alternative sources of capital, e.g. micro-finance, crowd-funding • The main factors considered in making the financial choice, e.g. size and legal form of business, amount required, length of time, existing loans.• Recommend and justify appropriate source(s) of finance in given circumstances. ‘Class Activities.’ with 'solution.’

Economics 0455/1 Paper 1 Mock Examination Questions and answers series also double as a revision Work sheet of IGCSE questions covering the most recent years running. It is a must have paper to assure you peace of mind that you have indeed prepared your students for the coming examination. Each of the paper options A - B draws questions from the years specified For use as a preset exam question for your school, all you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the marks and you have a ready to use question paper. The original file will serve as question paper and mark scheme. For use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose the mark scheme.

**A complete lesson. ** Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees, ‘ppt’ ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; • Demonstrate awareness of the Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees:• Identify legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage.

Analysis of Accounts, Profitability Measures, & Acid Test Ratios. * ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studiess. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Profitability: • The concept and importance of profitability. Liquidity: • The concept and importance of liquidity. How to interpret the financial performance of a business by calculating and analyzing profitability ratios and liquidity ratios: • Gross profit margin • Profit margin • Return on Capital Employed • Current ratio • Acid test ratio Why and how accounts are used: • Needs of different users of accounts and ratio analysis • How users of accounts and ratio results might use information to help make decisions, e.g. whether to lend to or invest in the business. ‘Class Activities with Answers.’

Business Studies 0450/2 Paper 2 Mock Examination Case Study Questions/Work Sheet / Answers also double as a revision Work sheet for IGCSE 2018. It will save you valuable time and the trouble of searching for answers as you prepare your students for the coming examination. The option draws questions from recent years. Use as a preset exam question for your school. All you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. You can use the original file as question paper and mark scheme. Use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply shift the questions and answers to another page(s) within the file, print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

Economics 0455/11 Paper 1 Mock Examination Questions and answers series also double as a revision Work sheet of IGCSE 2014 – 2017 questions covering the most recent 4 years running. It is a must have paper to assure you peace of mind that you have indeed prepared your students for the coming examination. Each of the paper options A - B draws questions from the 4 years as specified For use as a preset exam question for your school, all you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the marks and you have a ready to use question paper. The original file will serve as question paper and mark scheme. For use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose the mark scheme.

Whole Lesson: A whole lesson on this topic as stated. It is all you need to teach on this topic for IGCSE Business Studies syllabus 2017 - 2019. It is good for Teaching and Students’ note taking and class works. Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: explain why businesses hold inventories (stocks) explain the concept of lean production; how to achieve it, e.g. Kaizen, Just-in-time inventory control and Cell production. benefits of lean production. Do the **Class Activity and Exam Practice Questions.

Business Studies 0450/2 Paper 2 Mock Examination Case Study Questions/Work Sheet and answers also double as a revision Work sheet for IGCSE 2018. It will save you valuable time and the trouble of searching for answers as you prepare your students for the coming examination. The option draws questions from recent years Use as a preset exam question for your school All you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. You can use the original file as question paper and mark scheme. As an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

Whole Lesson: A whole lesson and this is all you need to teach on this topic for IGCSE Economic syllabus 2017 - 2019. It is good for Teachers and Students and adequate as a note for student to copy in the class or at home. Parents can also use to help their children to improve on their performance. Lesson Objectives :At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: • Unit 6.2 a. describe the allocation of resources in market and mixed economic systems; describe the terms primary, secondary and service (tertiary) sector in an economy • Answer the ‘Interactive Questions’ and do the ‘Class Activities 1, 2, & 3.’ provided at the end of the presentation.

Complete Lesson. Opportunity Cost and the Production Possibility Curve PPC * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define opportunity cost and give examples of opportunity cost in different contexts. explain the influence of opportunity cost on decision making by consumers, workers, producers and governments when allocating their resources.Define the Production possibility curve diagrams (PPC), draw and interpret appropriate diagrams. Points under, on and beyond a PPC describe the significance of the location of production points. Describe movements along a PPC and opportunity cost. Shifts in a PPC - The causes and consequences of shifts in a PPC in terms of an economy’s growth.

Complete Lesson. **Topic: ** Marketing Strategy Legal Control & Marketing Budget ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Class Activities with Answers . Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Explain the meaning of Marketing strategy. Justify marketing strategies appropriate to a given situation. • Importance of different elements of the marketing mix in influencing consumer decisions in given circumstances. • Recommend and justify an appropriate marketing strategy in given circumstances. Identify and explain the nature and impact of legal controls related to marketing. • Impact of legal controls on marketing strategy, e.g. misleading promotion, faulty and dangerous goods. • The Marketing budget. ‘Class Activities with Answers.’

Complete Lesson. Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Define and measure economic growth - Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how it can be used to measure economic growth. GDP per head (capita). Causes and consequences of recession. Recession and how it moves the economy within its PPC. Causes of economic growth - How changes in total demand may increase the utilisation of resources and GDP – leading to a movement from inside toward the PPC. How economic growth shifts the economy’s PPC to the right and is caused by changes in investment, technology, and the quantity and quality of the factors of production. Consequences of economic growth - The costs and benefits of economic growth in the context of different economies. The range of policies available to promote economic growth and how effective they might be. ‘Class Activities’ and ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’

Complete Lesson. Employment and Unemployment ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. With these resources, I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define employment, unemployment and full employment. Describe the changing patterns and level of employment: the nature and causes of it - e.g. increase in proportion of workers employed in the tertiary sector and formal economy as an economy develops; a greater proportion of women in the labour force due to changes in social attitudes; decline in the proportion employed in the public sector as a country moves towards a market economy. How unemployment is measured - claimant count and labour force survey - and the formula for unemployment rate. Causes/types of unemployment - Frictional, structural and cyclical unemployment. The consequences of unemployment for the individual, firms and the economy. Identify and explain - the range of policies available to reduce unemployment and their effectiveness. • ‘Class Activities’ and ‘Multiple Choice Questions.’

A whole lesson on this topic as stated. It is all you need to teach on this topic for IGCSE Business Studies syllabus 2017 - 2019. It is good for Teaching and Students’ note taking and class works. Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 4.1.3 describe how technology has changed production methods, e.g. using computers in manufacturing and design • Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour skills. • Do the ‘Test Yourself Questions and Exam Practice Questions’.

Complete Lesson. Achieving Quality Production * ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Why quality is important and how quality production might be achieved: • What quality means and why it is important for all businesses. • The concept of quality control and how businesses implement quality control. • The concept of quality assurance and how this can be implemented. ‘Class Activities’ with ‘Answers.’

The Role of Governments - Macroeconomic Aims, Policies & the Conflicts* ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Describe the role of government - Locally, nationally and internationally. The macroeconomic aims of government - Economic growth, full employment/low unemployment, stable prices/low inflation, balance of payments stability, redistribution of income.Reasons behind the choice of aims and the criteria that governments set for each aim. Possible conflicts between macroeconomic aims - Possible conflicts between aims: full employment versus stable prices; economic growth versus balance of payments stability; and full employment versus balance of payments stability.‘Class Activity - Key word(s) Search. Multiple Choice Questions, Answers.’

Complete Lesson. Topic: Government Budget, Taxation and Fiscal policy ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Economics and Bus Studies syllabus. With these resources, I have consistently produced As, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ ‘Questions with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; Objectives; Definition of the government budget. Reasons for government spending: The main areas of government spending. Reasons for taxation: reasons for and effects of spending in these areas. Taxation as the main source of government revenue and the reasons for levying taxation. Classification of taxes: progressive, regressive, proportional; and direct, indirect. Principles of taxation: The qualities of a good tax. Impact of taxation: on consumers, producers, government and economy as a whole. Definition of fiscal policy. Fiscal policy measures: The tax and spending changes, in the form of fiscal policy, that cause budget balance or imbalance. Including calculations of the size of a budget deficit or surplus. Effects of fiscal policy on government on macroeconomic aims. How fiscal policy measures may enable the government to achieve its macroeconomic aims. Note: aggregate demand and aggregate supply are not required. ‘Class Activities’ and ‘Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.’

**A complete lesson. ** Workforce Down-sizing, ‘ppt’ ** IGCSE Business Studies. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify and explain why reducing the size of the workforce might be necessary:• Difference between dismissal and redundancy with  examples to illustrate the difference• Understand situations in which downsizing the workforce might be necessary, e.g. automation or reduced demand for products• Recommend and justify which workers to recruit/make redundant in given circumstances

Complete Lesson. Topic: Place - Marketing Mix ‘ppt’ * IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Test Yourself Questions ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Explain the term Place (distribution channels): • Advantages and disadvantages of different channels, e.g. use of wholesalers, retailers or direct to consumers • Recommend and justify an appropriate distribution channel in given circumstances‘Test Yourself Questions.’ Class Activities’ with ‘Answers.’