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 International A Level Business YBS11 (433) 2 / 4332 niche markets
Complete lesson including a student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson covers:
a) Cultural diversity: recognition that groups of people across the globe have different interests and values.
b) Features of global niche markets.
c) Application and adaptation of the marketing mix (4Ps) to suit global niches.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business YBS11 (433) 1 / 4331 marketing
Complete lesson including a student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
a) Global marketing strategy and global localisation (glocalisation)
b) Different marketing approaches:
domestic/ethnocentric
mixed/geocentric
international/polycentric.
c) Application and adaptation of the marketing mix (4Ps) and Ansoff’s Matrix to global markets
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business YBS11 (432) 4 / 4324 global mergers
Complete lesson including a student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Reasons for global mergers, takeovers and joint ventures
a) Spreading risk and economies of scale.
b) Entering new markets/trade blocs.
c) Acquiring national/international brand names/patents.
d) Securing resources/supplies.
e) Maintaining/increasing global competitiveness.
f) Reducing competition.
g) Making use of local knowledge.
h) Government or legal requirement.
i) Accessing supply chains/distribution networks.
j) Sharing costs/risks.
Complete lesson including a student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business YBS11 (432) 2 / 4322 assessment market
ASSESSMENT OF A COUNTRY AS A MARKET
a) Factors to consider:
• levels and growth of disposable income
• ease of doing business
• infrastructure
• political stability
• exchange rates.
b) Application of Porter’s five forces in assessing potential markets.
Complete lesson including a PowerPoint and a worksheet, written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation:
a) Push factors:
• saturated markets
• competition.
b) Pull factors:
• increased sales and profitability
• risk spreading and economies of scale.
c) Cost competitiveness by off-shoring and outsourcing.
d) Extending the product life cycle.
Complete lesson including a student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business YBS11 (432) 3 / 4323 assessment production
ASSESSMENT OF A COUNTRY AS A PRODUCTION LOCATION
a) Factors to consider:
• costs of production
• skills and availability of labour force
• infrastructure
• location in trade bloc
• government incentives
• ease of doing business
• political stability
• natural resources
• likely return on investment.
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and is for the unit 4315 Trading Blocs
It’s up to date with trading bloc changes since UCMCA and Brexit. It includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet and is all fully editable. It covers the following topics:
a) Expansion of trading blocs:
• EU and the single market
• ASEAN
• NAFTA (USMCA).
b) The impact on businesses of trading blocs.
This is a complete lesson for unit 4314 protectionism on the International A level Business syllabus. It includes a PowerPoint and student worksheet and covers the following topics:
a) Reasons for protectionism
b) Tariffs
c) Import quotas
d) Other trade barriers:
• government legislation
• domestic subsidies.
e) Impact on businesses of protectionism.
This complete lesson includes everything you need to teach this unit. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation, it covers these topics:
a) Trade liberalisation, the reduction of trade barriers and the role of the WTO.
b) Political change.
c) Reduced cost of transport and communication.
d) Increased significance of global (multinational) corporations (MNCs).
e) Increased investment flows (FDI).
f) Migration within and between economies.
g) Growth of the global labour force.
h) Structural change.
i) Impact on businesses of increased globalisation.
It includes a Teacher PowerPoint with all the answers in the slide notes and a student workbook which is fully editable.
This is a complete lesson that includes a Teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet. All the answers are on the slide notes. This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and includes the following topics:
a) Exports and imports.
b) Implications of increasing specialisation by countries and businesses.
c) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and link to business growth.
This is a complete lesson which includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
The importance of identifying and satisfying customer needs, in order to:
provide a product or service that customers will buy
increase sales
select the correct marketing mix
avoid costly mistakes
be competitive
This is a complete lesson which includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Types of segmentation including:
gender
age
location
income
This is a complete lesson which includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Purpose of market research
To collect information
Why businesses conduct market research
Methods of market research to include primary and secondary
Uses of market research information that may help decision making
Qualitative and quantitative market research
manipulate and interpret data from tables and charts
identify market size and market share
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Managing stock:
Just in time (JIT)
Just in case (JIC)
Factors affecting choice of suppliers including:
price
quality
Reliability
The effects of procurement and logistics on a business, including:
efficiency
lower unit costs
The value of effective supply chain management, including:
working with suppliers to ensure that
key processes are running efficiently and cost effectively
getting goods and services for the best price and value
cutting any waste and unnecessary costs to create a streamlined process and fast production times
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
The need for recruitment
Internal recruitment
External recruitment
Methods of recruitment and selection of employees
Job analysis
Job description
Person specification
Selection methods
Benefits of recruitment
Contracts of employment
Part time
Full time
Job share
Zero hours
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Organisational structures
Appropriateness of organisational structures
Span of control
Chain of command
Delayering
Delegation
Tall or flat structures
Communication
Centralisation and decentralisation
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Importance of motivation in the workforce
Benefits of a motivated workforce
Staff retention
High productivity
Methods to motivate staff
Financial methods of motivation
Non-financial methods of motivation
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Importance of training the workforce
Benefits of training employees
Types of training undertaken by businesses
Benefits of induction training
Benefits and drawbacks of off the job and on the job training
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Methods of production:
Job
Flow
Efficiency in production:
Lean production
Just in time (JIT)
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Methods of good service:
product knowledge
customer engagement (creating a
positive experience for the customer)
post sales services (e.g. user training, help lines, servicing)
Benefits of good customer service, including:
increase in customer satisfaction
customer loyalty
increased spend
profitability
Dangers of poor customer service, including:
dissatisfied customers
poor reputation via word of mouth
reduction in revenue
The ways in which advances in ICT have allowed customer services to develop:
websites
e-commerce
social media