The “1.4 Business Objectives” resource provides an in-depth look at how businesses set and evaluate their goals. It covers the different objectives for private and public sector businesses, exploring key concepts like profit maximisation, survival, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Students are encouraged to reflect on real-life business decisions and how objectives can conflict, such as balancing profit with customer satisfaction or ethical considerations. Through practical activities, students will also learn to apply frameworks like SMART objectives and the decision-making process. This resource is ideal for fostering critical thinking, helping students understand how business goals drive decisions and influence stakeholders. It offers engaging, hands-on learning tools that make complex ideas accessible and relevant to real-world business challenges.

The “1.3 Size of Business” resource helps students explore different ways to measure and understand the size of a business, and why it matters. It covers six methods of measuring business size, from revenue and number of employees to market share and profit, while highlighting the limitations of each method. Through activities and real-world examples, students learn to evaluate which method is best for comparing businesses, both within and across industries. The resource also delves into the significance of small businesses and the benefits and challenges they face. Ideal for sparking critical thinking, this resource encourages students to reflect on how businesses grow, the differences between organic and external growth, and the impact of growth on stakeholders. It’s a great tool for making business concepts relatable and easy to grasp.

The “1.1 Enterprise” resource is a great way to introduce students to key business ideas like entrepreneurship, business activity, and planning. It uses practical examples, such as Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Sauce and Sami’s pottery business, to make these concepts easy to understand. With interactive tasks and real-life case studies, students get the chance to think critically and work through real business challenges. The mix of theory and hands-on activities helps them apply what they learn in a fun and engaging way. This resource is perfect for encouraging creativity and entrepreneurial thinking, giving teachers everything they need to teach the basics of business in an exciting and relatable way.

The “1.2 Business Structure” resource is designed to help students understand the different types of business ownership and economic sectors. Through practical examples and tasks, it covers topics like sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies, along with sectors such as primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. Students are encouraged to think critically about how businesses operate in various economic sectors and ownership structures. Activities include analysing real-world businesses like McDonald’s, exploring economic changes in different countries, and assessing the pros and cons of franchising and joint ventures. This resource is great for sparking discussions and engaging students in understanding how business structures impact operations and growth. It provides everything teachers need to guide students through these important concepts in a straightforward and interactive way.

Included in this resource pack is a complete teaching resource for the CIE A2 Business topic "6.1 External influences on business activity" , which is also suitable for many other examination boards. This resource is created using Microsoft Powerpoint, but is not intended for a PowerPoint style lesson. Instead, these resources are fully customisable workbooks that have been created in PowerPoint to utilise its flexibility and simplicity. When I teach with these resources I often write directly on these PowerPoints with my stylus. My students either use these resources as printed workbooks, or as electronic workbooks, depending on their preference.

To add a bit of colour to your classroom walls! This bundle includes a fully editable Ansoff’s Matrix poster, centered around Netflix, showing how they have executed each strategy. I printed this in A3, but the images are high resolution and can be upscaled! Enjoy! J

I use this sheet with my groups every year to prepare them for the caclulation style questions within the A Level Examination. I have colour-coded the questions in terms of their difficulty, allowing for natural differentiation. The A3 document is fully editable, in .docx format. I have currently not included a mark scheme with this document, as I tend to modify and ammend it often and would recommend working through these questions yourself before rolling it out with a group. Please let me know how it goes with your group! J

This pack includes fully editable versions of: * An A3 worksheet for students to make calculations and write a 16 mark question. A presentation which contains all answers. I’m using this in an observation lesson next term, so please let me know how this works for you!

I designed this resource to take a different look at Management and Leadership theory through the lens of the NBA (National Basketball Association). I have provided original unprotected copies of the documents, so you can make any adjustments to suit your style/lesson. *Note: Don’t be scared off by the .doc preview, the TES previewer plays havoc with previews sometimes! * Content covered: Functions of Management Blake Mouton Grid Tannenbaum Schmidt Continuum Leadership Styles I hope it’s a valuable resource! Please review and provide me with any feedback if you’ve used this in a lesson! J

This resource bundle includes: * An A3 activity sheet * A high definition PowerPoint presentation. The aim of this presentation is to use the sensational success of Fortnite (a massively multiplayer online game where players drop in to a battlefield and only the best survives) to communicate the theory behind Ansoff’s Matrix and immerse students in the strategic decision making of Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite.

This resource is an A3 sheet that can be used to teach Porters 5 Forces to AS/A2 students. Personally, I take my students through this, just projecting the sheet on to my screen and discussing each of the forces and the factors within them. This could also be used as an independent or revision activity, allowing students to discuss or reflect on how each factor would contribute to the force.

Note: TES's preview function may not show the layouts of both worksheets correctly. Rest assured, they download correctly! These two colourful worksheets are designed to be used in A3 formats. I have used them with my A2 class, however they are both in Microsoft Word (.docx) format, so you can edit these to suit yourself! These work very well as a revision resource and students can use these both in class, or for a homework activity. Concepts covered in these resources include: - Inflation - Interest Rates - Exchange Rates - Monetary and Fiscal Policy - Types of and Reasons for Government Spending - International Trade

In this bundle you will receive: - A starter activity, allowing students to identify strengths and weaknesses of a small business. - A SWOT lesson activity, relating to Primark. All content notes included. - A lesson activity linking vision statements and corporate objectives, using IKEA as a case study. - A PowerPoint that goes with the IKEA lesson. I have used these lessons with both GCSE and A level classes.

This teaching/revision resource is suitable for any level (GCSE, AS and A Level) studying sources of finance. It has been designed with the AQA AS specification in mind, however can easily be used for any other version of the course. Lesson objectives - Understand sources of finance available to start businesses. The following resources are included with this pack: 1 x A3 Worksheet - Sources of Finance and Ownership structures. Worksheet flows logically through describe, analyse and evaluate tasks. 1 x PowerPoint - Features cards that can be laminated, cut up and handed out to students for question time. Also features individual slides for each ownership structure and source of finance for class discussion. Finally, the last slide of the PowerPoint has 3 x 4 mark questions to test student learning and grasp of the topic. Note: this is a revision resource, so does not include notes about each structure or source of finance.

In this lesson students will: - Engage in a competitive production line activity - Identify methods of improving productivity in a production process - Explain the benefits and drawbacks of Division of Labour - Analyse the wider impacts of Quality Control on a business.

THIS LESSON IS MY FAVOURITE LESSON OF THE YEAR - A LESSON OBSERVATION FAVOURITE. This lesson is suitable for GCSE students learning about lean production. It uses a game I have named "Pizza Chef" to teach Kanban and Kaizen techniques. Students will discover how reducing waste both makes them more productive and lowers the cost of production. This pack includes: 1. A PowerPoint presentation with the activity and the linked notes about Kanban. 2. A word document with the "Orders" that students will have to fill as part of their production process.

This resource is suitable for both GCSE and A Level Business Studies. This pack contains: 1. A PowerPoint presentation that contains all notes and exercises needed for the Stock Control topic for both A Level Students and GCSE Students, 2. A PDF version of the PowerPoint so that students can be provided with the exercises on an A4 page, if the teacher wishes to do so.

In this activity bundle you receive a lesson activity that can be used to teach (or as revision) the GCSE Finance topic. The PDF (and modifiable XLS) includes the summarised income statement and balance sheet for Apple PLC for 5 years. The worksheet provides descriptions, formulae and space for workings for each the: - Gross Profit Margin - Net Profit Margin - Return on Capital Employed

In this lesson students will: - Identify the factors that combine to create a successful product. - Identify how a business can monetise a product. - Explain why it is important for a business to diversify their product portfolio. - Explain possible “barriers to entry” for a new product.

This bundle includes a variety of lesson and homework resources to teach the GCSE Business Growth topic. When teaching this topic, I personally use the A3 sheet as feature lesson, and use the worksheets as introduction and revision lessons in order to reinforce learning.