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.
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Ethical considerations
Trade off between ethics and profit
Environmental considerations
Impact of traffic congestion
Recycling
Disposing of waste
Noise and air pollution
Sustainability
Global warming
Using scarce resources
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Impact of the changing use of ICT and how it influences business activity
E-commerce
To access wider markets
Digital communication
Changing the way that business communicates with stakeholders
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Impact on business of operating in competitive markets
Meaning of market and competition
Situations when businesses face minimal or no competition
Uncertainty and risks that businesses face
Why entrepreneurs start a business
Activities businesses can take to minimise risks
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:
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:
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:
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 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
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Consequences of quality issues
Methods of maintaining consistent quality (TQM)
Costs and benefits of maintaining quality
additional sales
image/reputation
higher price
inspection costs
staff training
product recalls
the provision of services
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 lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint
These are the topics covered in this lesson:
a) Strong and weak cultures
b) Classification of company cultures:
power
role
task
person
c) How corporate culture is formed
d) Difficulties in changing an established culture
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint
These are the topics covered in this lesson:
a) Construct and interpret simple decision-tree diagrams
b) Calculations and interpretations of figures generated by these techniques
c) Limitations of using decision trees
This is a complete lesson to introduce unit 4 of the International Business syllabus. Includes lots of interactive activities and questions for the students to answer.
Includes a teacher PPT and a student worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation
Covers these topics:
a) Characteristics of developed, developing and emerging economies
b) Growing economic power of countries within Asia, Africa and other
parts of the world
c) Implications of economic growth for individuals and businesses:
• trade opportunities for businesses
• employment patterns.
d) Indicators of growth:
• gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per capita
• human development index (HDI).
These resources are written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and cover ALL of learning aim A for unit 8 recruitment and selection.
There are only PowerPoints which should be printed out 3 per page format and sued as the worksheets,
This lesson format assumes that the students have access to computers.
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 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 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.