Lesson Plan Topic: Organisational charts and The role of management - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts: •• Simple hierarchical structures: span of control, levels of hierarchy, chain of command •• Roles and responsibilities of directors, managers, supervisors, other employees in an organization and inter-relationships between them. The role of management: •• Functions of management, e.g. planning, organising, coordinating, commanding and controlling •• Importance of delegation; trust versus control. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Statement of financial position - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify the main elements of a statement of financial position: •• The main classifications of assets and liabilities, using examples. Interpret a simple statement of financial position and make deductions from it, e.g. how a business is financing its activities and what assets it owns, sale of inventories to raise finance (constructing statements of financial position will not be assessed) NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Production of goods and services - Lean production, etc. ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Explain the meaning of production: •• Managing resources effectively to produce goods and services •• Difference between production and productivity •• Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour Skills •• Why businesses hold inventories •• The concept of lean production: how to achieve it, e.g. just-in-time inventory control and Kaizen; benefits of lean production The main methods of production: •• Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch and flow production •• Recommend and justify an appropriate production method for a given situation How technology has changed production methods, e.g. using computers in design and Manufacturing. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Recruitment, selection and training of employees - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Explain the Recruitment and selecting employees: •• Recruitment and selection methods. •• Difference between internal recruitment and external recruitment •• Main stages in recruitment and selection of employees •• Recommend and justify who to employ in given circumstances •• Benefits and limitations of part-time employees and full-time employees. The importance of training and the methods of training: •• Importance of training to a business and to employees •• Benefits and limitations of induction training, on-the-job training and off-the-job training Why reducing the size of the workforce might be necessary: •• Difference between dismissal and redundancy with examples •• Understand situations in which downsizing the workforce might be necessary, e.g. automation or reduced demand for products •• Recommend and justify which employees to make redundant in given circumstances. Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees. •• Legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting the topics and objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Private Limited Companies Lesson Plan ‘MS word doc.’ IGCSE Business Studies & Economics. Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify a Private limited companies, its main features, advantages and disadvantages. •• Concepts of risk, ownership and limited liability •• Recommend and justify a Private limited companies to owners/management in a given situation. NB: Add your school’s name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week, etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Classification of businesses - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Classify 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. Classify business enterprises between private sector and public sector in a mixed economy. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Define, identify and classify costs and classify costs using examples. - Use cost data to help make simple cost-based decisions, - Describe the concepts of economies and diseconomies of scale: with examples. - 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. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Complete Lesson. Topic: Organisational Structure, Role of Management and Delegation ‘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; Draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts.  Hierarchical structures: span of control, levels of hierarchy,  chain of command. Identify and describe the role of management - the roles and  responsibilities of directors, managers, supervisors, other employees in an organization. Functions of management, e.g.  planning, organising, coordinating, commanding and controlling. Importance of delegation; trust versus control.

Complete Lesson. Environmental concerns and ethical issues ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. 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; • Identify and explain how business activity can impact on the environment, e.g. global warming • The concept of externalities: possible external costs and external benefits of business decisions• Sustainable development; how business activity can contribute to this • How and why business might respond to environmental pressures and opportunities, e.g. pressure groups • The role of legal controls over business activity affecting the environment, e.g. pollution controls • Ethical issues a business might face: conflicts between profits and ethics • How business might react and respond to ethical issues, e.g. child labour. Class Activity with Answers.

Complete Lesson. Business and the international economy Globalisation and MNCs* ’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. 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; Describe the concept and importance of globalization and the reasons for it • Opportunities and threats of globalisation for businesses • Why governments might introduce import tariffs and import quotas. Reasons for the importance and growth of multinational companies (MNCs): - • Benefits to a business of becoming a multinational and the impact on its stakeholders • Potential benefits to a country and/or economy hosting a MNC, e.g. jobs, exports, increased choice, investment • Potential drawbacks to a country and/or economy hosting a MNC, e.g. reduced sales of local businesses, repatriation of profits. ‘Class Activities with Answers.’

Lesson Plan Topic: Environmental Concerns and ethical issues - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify and explain the environmental concerns and ethical issues as both opportunities and constraints for businesses. •• How business activity can impact on the environment, e.g. global warming. •• The concept of externalities: possible external costs and external benefits of business decisions. •• Sustainable development; how business activity can contribute to this. •• How and why business might respond to environmental pressures and opportunities, e.g. pressure groups •• The role of legal controls over business activity affecting the environment, e.g. pollution controls •• Ethical issues a business might face: conflicts between profits and ethics •• How business might react and respond to ethical issues, e.g. child labour. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

LESSON PLAN 6.1 Economic issues - IGCSE BUSINESS STUDIES. OBJECTIVE: are shared with the student for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; 6.1.1 Business cycle: •• Main stages of the business cycle, e.g. growth, boom, recession, slump. •• Impact on businesses of changes in employment levels, inflation and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 6.1.2 How government control over the economy affects business activity and how businesses may respond: •• Identify government economic objectives, e.g. increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) •• Impact of changes in taxes and government spending •• Impact of changes in interest rates •• How businesses might respond to these changes. NB: You can add your school logo and name on top or rejig it for more than a lesson period or as you require.

Lesson Plan Topic: Analysis of accounts - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Explain 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 or not to lend or invest in the business

Lesson Plan Topic: Income statements and Statement of Financial Position Lesson Plan - ‘MS word doc.’ IGCSE Business Studies. Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; describe what profit is and why it is important: •• How a profit is made •• Importance of profit to private sector businesses, e.g. reward for risk-taking/enterprise, source of finance. •• Difference between Profit and cash Income statements: •• Main features of an income statement, e.g. revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, profit and retained profit. •• Use simple income statements in decision making based on profit calculations (constructing income statements will not be assessed) The main elements of a statement of financial position: • main classifications of assets and liabilities, using examples. Interpret a simple statement of financial position and make deductions from it, e.g. how a business is financing its activities and what assets it owns, sale of inventories to raise finance. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Cash-flow forecasting and working capital - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; Identify and explain the importance of cash and of cash-flow forecasting: •• Why cash is important to a business. •• What a cash-flow forecast is, how a simple one is constructed and the importance of it. •• Amend or complete a simple cash-flow forecast •• How to interpret a simple cash-flow forecast. •• How a short-term cash-flow problem might be overcome, e.g. increasing loans, delaying payments, asking debtors to pay more quickly. Working capital: •• The concept and importance of working capital. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Business finance needs and sources - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will 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 finance 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. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Location decisions - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; •• Factors relevant to the location decision of manufacturing businesses and service businesses. •• Factors that a business could consider when deciding which country to locate operations in. •• The role of legal controls on location decisions •• Recommend and justify an appropriate location for a business in given circumstances. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.