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Details the constituents of an income statement and balance sheet. Cash statements are not covered. 7 ratios. Worksheet allows for practice with solution.

Calculation method rather than graph as more relevant to our exam. Tried to keep it as simple as possible. Use titles and sub-titles as prompts to enable class discussions and encourage a deeper learning. You will need to find a previous exam question for the assessment at the end of the session. Thanks for taking the time to view.

The forms, functions and characteristics of money. The role and importance of central banks and commercial banks for government, producers and consumers. Questions and suggested solutions

Covering the objectives of the syllabus Finite resources and unlimited wants Economic and free goods Questions and proposed solutions

Including income, the rate of interest and confidence between different households and over time. Questions with suggested solutions

The difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics and the decision makers involved in each.

5.2.1 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 5.2.2 Working capital: • The concept and importance of working capital *questions and suggested answers"

PPT covering: Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs Contents of a business plan and how business plans assist entrepreneurs Why and how governments support business start-ups, e.g. grants, training schemes

PPT covering: Methods of measuring business size, e.g. number of people employed, value of output, capital employed (profit is not a method of measuring business size) Limitations of methods of measuring business size

2.3.3 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 2.3.4 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

Definition of PPC points under, on and beyond a PPC movements along a PPC shifts of a PPC Questions and proposed solutions

**Definition of opportunity cost The influence of opportunity cost on decision making** Questions and proposed solutions

Definitions of the factors of production and their rewards Mobility of the factors of production Quantity and quality of the factors of production Questions and proposed solutions

PPT covering: • 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

PPT covering the following: • Concepts of needs, wants, scarcity and opportunity cost • Importance of specialisation • Purpose of business activity • The concept of adding value and how added value can be increased

2.3 Demand 2.4 Supply 2.5 Price determination 2.7 PED 2.8 PES 2.10 Market failure Question format

Definition, drawing and interpretation of demand and supply schedules and curves used to establish equilibrium price and sales in a market. Definition, drawing and interpretation of demand and supply schedules and curves used to identify disequilibrium prices and shortages (demand exceeding supply) and surpluses (supply exceeding demand). Supply and demand review doc Questions and suggested solutions

Definition, drawing and interpretation of appropriate diagrams. A demand curve to be drawn and used to illustrate movements along a demand curve with appropriate terminology, for example extensions and contractions in demand. The link between individual and market demand in terms of aggregation. The causes of shifts in a demand curve with appropriate terminology, for example increase and decrease in demand Supply and demand review doc Questions and suggested solutions