A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on Porter’s Five Forces used with my Year 13s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter on strategic analysis techniques Porter’s Five Forces explained Porter’s Five Forces detailed example (McDonald’s) Porter’s Five Forces student task Strategic management glossary / worksheet Previous lessons: SWOT & PEST: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621941 Boston Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621952 More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) covering R&D (research and development) and new product development used with my Year 13s. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) R&D mind map Links to videos (R&D at Microsoft; TED Talk) Links to relevant news articles (on UK govt funding for R&D) Question worksheet Essay homework question (with differentiated help grid) The whole lot takes about 3 hours lesson time to complete. Previous lesson on Elasticities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12605612 More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

IGCSE Business Studies lesson on income statements (Unit 5, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with student activities & practice questions) Practice income statement Link to revision video Related resources: 8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

Lesson 5 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - environmental and ethical issues PowerPoint looks at sustainable development and then asks students to think of the reasons how and why businesses ‘go green’ (pressure groups, consumer boycotts, change in law). Also attached is a worksheet with key terms table to fill in, questions to answer and loads of examples of consumer boycotts past and present. Easily filled a 1-hour class. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

Lesson 8 covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity - Exchange rates. PowerPoint introduces exchange rates and explains how changing money from one currency to another works (using holidays abroad as an example). Students are then shown how appreciating or depreciating exchange rates affect the cost of raw materials for businesses. Also attached is a worksheet - in which students must fill in the key terms, research exchange rates (explaining why they are important for a business), and then say why other factors (other than exchange rates) might be more important for business success. 8-lesson bundle (£4) here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395

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

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on monopolies and price discrimination. Includes: PowerPoint (covering pure monopolies, near-pure monopolies, natural monopolies, price discrimination and monopsony) Starter task (on market structures) Practice questions and activities for students Practice 30-mark mini assessment (on everything covered in the PowerPoint) Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering externalities, used with my Year 12 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities) Starter (Microeconomic definitions) Welfare loss graph practice worksheet Practice essay question (with mark scheme) Essay planning template Link to related FT article and documentary (YouTube) with task for students to apply their knowledge Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m). 15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on contestability. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter task (on sunk costs) Lots of examples of contestable markets and what makes them contestable Practice questions Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

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

Privatisation versus Nationalisation A-level Business Studies (Cambridge) lesson used with my Year 13s. Includes: -Starter quiz (refresh from some previous topics) -Link to video on privatisation and nationalisation -Debate task (privatise the NHS?) -Homework: TEDTalk video review (with worksheet) Other lessons from this unit: Business strategy pack (SWOT, PEST, Porter’s etc): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742325 Corporate culture: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650698 Labour productivity and absenteeism: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12580712

A-level Business Studies (Cambridge) lesson on social and environmental audits (and how/why businesses use them) used with my Year 13s. Includes: -Starter -Social audits explained (plus activity) -Why social/environmental audits are important (pressure groups; ethical business practice; sustainability etc.) -Greenwashing -Corporate social responsibility practice questions -Worksheet for students to create their own environmental audit Other lessons from this unit: Business strategy pack (SWOT, PEST, Porter’s etc): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12742325 Corporate culture: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650698 Privatisation & nationalisation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12743838

75-slide Marketing (Cambridge; Unit 3) mega PowerPoint used with my Year 11 IGCSE Business Studies students. Topics covered in the PowerPoint include: Product life cycle R&D Pricing strategies (cost-plus; penetration; price skimming, promotional) Price elasticity of demand Promotion methods Distribution methods (direct distribution; retail distribution; wholesale distribution etc) E-commerce (B2B; B2C; C2C) Entering foreign markets The PPT has learner activities and practice questions throughout and there are also 5 worksheets to complete (plus a short assessment I made using marketing questions from past papers). More Economics, Politics and Business Studies material uploaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael

For previous lesson on payback period see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12796450 Quick average / accounting rate of return lesson used with my Year 13 Business students. PPT includes: Choice of starter quizzes Quick recap (payback period) Average rate of return (explanation and worked example) Student practice questions (and answers)

A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on determination of wage rates used with my Y13 students. Includes: PowerPoint (with learner activities) Starter (quick refresh on some previous Y13 content) Explanations of perfectly competitive labour markets and non-competitive labour markets Practice questions Diagram explanations & practice Full shop for more Economics, Business & Politics resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael