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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Business and finance
Delayering & organisation structure (A-level Business)
Part 2 of my A-level Business Studies lessons on Organisation Structure (Cambridge, Unit 2) - used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers delayering (advantages and disadvantages of), growing a business’ formal structure and informal organisation structures.
Part one of this lesson can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590907
4-lesson bundle for teaching earlier chapter on Further Human Resource Management (Unit 2, Cambridge) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Organisation structure (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson on Organisation Structure (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers hierarchical and matrix structures (advantages and disadvantages of), span of control, chain of command, delegation, and pros and cons of centralised and decentralised structures.
Part two on delayering here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12592361
4-lesson bundle for teaching earlier chapter on Further Human Resource Management (Unit 2, Cambridge) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland on motivation (AS-level Business)
AS-level Business Studies lesson on Motivation (Herzberg, Vroom & McClelland) used with my Year 12 students (Cambridge, Unit 2).
Includes:
Starter task (on Taylor, Mayo, Maslow)
PowerPoint (with learning tasks)
Practice questions
Worksheet
Link to relevant short video
Previous lesson on Taylor, Mayo and Maslow is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12585435
Internal economies & diseconomies of scale (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on internal economies & diseconomies of scale
Lesson covers: internal sources of economies & diseconomies of scale (marketing; purchasing; financial; managerial; technical), drawing the LRAC curve and minimum efficient scale.
Includes:
PowerPoint (with student tasks throughout)
Starter task (short-run cost curves)
Worksheet (with questions, case studies and graphs to complete)
Homework question (with planning sheet)
Previous lesson on short-run cost curves is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12587168
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Maslow, Mayo & Taylor on motivation (AS-level Business)
1-hour AS-level Business Studies lesson on Motivation (Maslow, Mayo & Taylor) used with my Year 12 students (Cambridge, Unit 2).
Includes:
Starter task (on Goleman, McGregor, Mintzberg)
PowerPoint (with learning tasks)
Practice questions
Link to relevant 7-min Ted Talk
Previous lesson on Theory X & Theory Y and emotional intelligence is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12583931
Earlier lesson on leadership styles (autocratic, democratic etc) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579237
Earlier lesson on Mintzberg here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229
Theory X & Theory Y; emotional intelligence (AS-level Business)
1-hour AS-level Business Studies lesson on McGregor’s Theory X & Theory Y and Emotional Intelligence (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 12 students.
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with learning tasks)
Practice questions
Link to relevant 12-min video
Homework essay question
Previous lesson on leadership styles (autocratic, democratic etc) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579237
Earlier lesson on Mintzberg here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229
Bundle
A-level Business Studies: Further Human Resource Management (4 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 4 A-level Business Studies lessons covering Further Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2, Chapter 13) used with my Year 13 students
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities)
Lesson 1: Hard & soft HRM (2 hours)
Lesson 2: Labour productivity, absenteeism (1 hour)
Lesson 3: Labour laws & workforce planning (1 hour)
Lesson 4: Trade unions (2 hours)
Buying the bundle saves 50% on buying individually
Full shop for more Business, Economics and Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Trade unions (A-level Business)
2-hour A-level Business Studies lesson on Trade Unions (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Labour laws & workplace planning (A-level Business)
1 hour A-level Business Studies lesson on labour laws and workplace planning (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice exam question (with insert and mark scheme)
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Full shop for other Business resources (as well as Economics and Politics): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Market research: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market research (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various and varied learning activities throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative data etc. and filled a full 2-hour lesson with my Year 11s.
Full shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Labour productivity, absenteeism (A-level Business)
1 hour A-level Business Studies lesson on labour productivity, absenteeism and employee performance (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Full shop for other Business resources (as well as Economics and Politics): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Market segments: IGCSE Business
Quck (1 hour-ish) IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market segments (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with learning activities)
Card sort task (some cutting up required)
Practice questions
Students also have to guess which market segments might have been targeted during a Super Bowl advert break (and then watch a YouTube video to find out how many they guessed correctly)
Revenue curves (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Revenue & revenue curves.
Lesson covers total revenue, average revenue, marginal revenue, revenue curves and relationship between revenue and price elasticity.
PowerPoint
Starter task
Worksheet to fill in
Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson)
Took my Y13s about 1.5 hours to complete - but could be done in an hour (or stretched to 2)
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Business objectives (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Business objectives.
Lesson covers profit maximisation, revenue maximisation, sales volume maximisation, divorce of ownership from control.
PowerPoint
Starter task on business size
Worksheet to fill in
Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson)
Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete all told.
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Types of leadership (AS-level Business)
AS-level Business Studies lesson on leadership styles (Cambridge, Unit 2) covering Autocratic, Democratic, Paternalistic and Laissez-faire used with my Year 12 students.
Includes:
Starter task (on Mintzberg so some previous knowledge required)
PowerPoint (with learning tasks throughout)
Practice questions / worksheet
Homework task
Took my Year 12s about 1.5 hours all told.
Previous lesson here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229
Mintzberg & intro to management (AS-level Business)
AS-level Business Studies lesson introducing Management & Leadership and Henry Mintzberg (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 12 students.
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint
Card sort task (some cutting up involved)
Practice questions / worksheet
Size of Business (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Size of Business.
Lesson covers backward vertical integration, horizontal integration, mergers/takeovers etc. and includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint
Group work
Relevant graph (economies and diseconomies of scale)
Individual worksheet
Related past paper question / exam practice
Essay planner sheet
Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete.
Previous lesson on types of business can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12578132
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Types of Business (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering Types of Business.
Lesson covers sole traders, partnerships, joint ventures, state-owned enterprises and includes:
Starter worksheet
PowerPoint
Worksheet
Homework task
Took my Y13s about 2 hours to complete.
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Hard & soft HRM (A-level Business)
2-hour Business Studies lesson on Hard and Soft Human Resource Management (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Three learning activities during the PowerPoint
Case study (with 12-mark question)
Application task at the end of the presentation
Students learn about the role of HR, differences between hard & soft HRM, the different types of contracts (zero hours, temporary etc.), the advantages/disadvantages to the business and worker of these contracts.
4-lesson bundle (£3) for teaching further human resource management (Unit 2, Cambridge): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
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AS-level Microeconomics bundle: Consumer behaviour, demand & supply (7 lessons + worksheets)
Bundle of 7 lessons covering chapters 6-10 (Consumer Behaviour, Demand and Supply) of Edexcel AS-level Economics (Markets in Action).
Each lesson includes a PowerPoint (plus worksheets/activities) and are comfortably 1-hour long:
Lesson 1: Rational decision making
Lesson 2: Demand
Lesson 3: Price elasticity of demand (PED)
Lesson 4: Income elasticity of demand (YED)
Lesson 5: Cross elasticity of demand (XED)
Lesson 6: Supply & the supply curve
Lesson 7: Price elasticity of supply (PES)
Also includes:
1-hour assessment on all material taught so far
Reading diary
Selection of multiple choice questions from recent past papers (with answers)
Graph practice worksheet
Essay planner template
Introductory concepts bundle here (chapters 1-5) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890