I provide resources ranging from full lessons to full unit bundles for BTEC Business Studies alongside GCSE Computing. I currently work as a Further Education Business Lecturer, Standards Verifier and Examiner for a large awarding body.
I provide resources ranging from full lessons to full unit bundles for BTEC Business Studies alongside GCSE Computing. I currently work as a Further Education Business Lecturer, Standards Verifier and Examiner for a large awarding body.
This full lesson, with supporting handout covers how to calculate Straight Line and Reducing Balance Depreciation. This is found within F1 of Learning Aim F for Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance. However, this lesson on depreciation can be adapted to use with alternative courses.
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This full lesson covers A3 of Unit 1: Exploring Business.
Topics covered include;
Written Communication
Oral Communication
Importance of Communication
This lesson also contains two large tasks for learners to complete that allows them to demonstrate their understanding.
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This whole lesson with supporting Action Plan template covers C2 of Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process. Please note, this lesson is a continuation of the work completed by learners in previous lessons, which are also available in my TES store. I recommend purchasing this resource as a bundle or alongside Learning Aim B and C resources.
This lesson includes several evaluative tasks, including a SWOT analysis and Action Plan. This lesson acts as a summary of the entire unit and previous activities, ensuring your learners are fully prepared to complete Assignment 2.
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This full lesson covers B2 of Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance and includes;
Branch
Online banking
Telephone banking
Mobile banking
Postal banking
A group task where learners must write exam questions based on the above topic areas and get their classmates to answer their questions to facilitate peer assessment.
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This full lesson covers B4 of Learning Aim B of Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance. Areas covered include;
Citizens Advice
Independent Financial Advisors
Price Comparison Websites
Debt Counsellors
Individual Voluntary Agreements
Bankruptcy
The lesson contains many links to useful websites and videos. There are several tasks within this lesson that relate to exam preparation, where learners collaborate on answering exam questions related to the topics covered.
This full lesson covers the following areas of the specification for the BTEC Level 3 in eSports;
Motivation for starting a new esports enterprise:
o autonomy, mastery and purpose: freedom, flexibility, self-improvement, better
working conditions, potential for success
o challenge: personal challenge, fulfilling a vision, to use and enhance existing skills,
enhance personal reputation, fame
o financial motives: financial security, larger income, bonuses and wealth.
• The impact of motivation on enterprise performance, maintaining personal motivation
and motivating team.
• Teamwork: need to belong, creating relationships through membership, need for power,
member attributes, member motivation and participation, team process, coordination,
communication, cohesion, dynamics, collective and cognitive intelligence, sense of
belonging.
• Creativity: stimulating creativity, e.g. imagination, visualisation, crystallising the vision
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This full lesson covers B1 of Unit 17: Digital Marketing. The lesson follows a case study based on a eco-friendly wedding business. Learners will apply the knowledge presented to the given case study throughout the lesson through a series of tasks. Areas covered include;
Lead generation
Brand awareness
Customer retention
The lesson contains mini tasks and large tasks, working in groups. This includes creating an Instagram account for a business and designing content.
This full lesson, with companion handout, covers Marketing Plans as part of Learning Aim C for Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign.
Areas covered include;
Planning a marketing campaign
Marketing aims and objectives
SMART objectives
Marketing Plans (includes template for learners)
Learners are given a variety of tasks in this lesson to consolidate learning.
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This full lesson covers D2 and D3 of Learning Aim D for Unit 1: Exploring Business. Areas covered include;
Demand
Supply
Influences on supply and demand
Price elasticity of demand
Pricing and output decisions
Response to competitor activity
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This full lesson covers the following areas of Learning Aim B of Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign;
Market research methods and usage
Primary/secondary research
Validity/reliability/appropriateness/currency/cost
Quantitative/qualitative data
Sufficiency and focus of the research
Selection and extraction
The lesson contains a selection of tasks to engage learners.
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This lesson covers B2 Implementation Skills for Unit 22: Market Research. The session covers;
• Review of pilot primary research.
• Final questionnaire design.
• Final sampling plan.
• Data collection, primary and secondary
Please note, this lesson continues on from my B1 lesson named Plan Stage. I recommend that this lesson is purchased as part of a bundle for continuity.
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This resource provides a practice exam scenario for learners studying to undertake the Unit 7: Business Decision Making examination. The subject of the case study is a horticulture business facing a choice between EU and UK suppliers following the Brexit vote. Learners must produce a report and presentation based on key data provided. Learners will be required to calculate Gross/Net Profit and margins and ROCE.
I am an examiner for this unit and have created this scenario based on my knowledge of the assessment’s marking criteria.
This full lesson covers the following areas;
Corporate culture
Corporate social responsibility
Ethics
Competitive advantage (differentiation, price policies, market leadership/share, reputation, cost control, technology, suppliers, employees
Benefits and importance of establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage.
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This full lesson covers B1 Planning Stage of Unit 22: Market Research. The session includes;
Problem definition.
• Set research objectives.
• Budget.
• Determine what data is to be collected.
• Methods to be used:
o secondary and primary
o quantitative and/or qualitative.
Pilot questionnaire design:
o question type
o sequencing
o length of questionnaire
o avoiding bias
o relevance of questions to objectives.
• Pilot sampling plan.
• Probability sampling:
o random
o systematic
o stratified
o cluster.
• Non-probability sampling:
o quota
o convenience
o observation.
• Sample size and effect on confidence levels.
• Pilot research.
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This full lesson covers A2 of Learning Aim A of Unit 8: Recruitment and Selection Process. This lesson covers;
Job advertisements
Job analysis
Job Description
Person specification
CVs
Application forms
Letters of application
Online recruitment
Selection process - Assessment centers, psychometric testing, interviews
Technology in recruitment
Communication with candidates
Recruitment and business success.
The lesson contains several activities and links to external media.
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This full lesson covers A1 of Unit 6: Principles of Management, including;
Management by objectives.
• Situational and contingency.
• Functional and action centered.
• Transformational and transactional.
• The concept of leadership continuum for management behaviour.
The lesson contains tasks and links to external media to engage learners.
This full lesson covers Learning Aim E of Unit 6: Principles of Management. Content includes;
The need to manage change for business survival and success.
• Factors influencing change:
o internal
o external.
• Stakeholders who influence change:
o owners
o managers
o customers
o regulators
o financial institutions
o government
o employees.
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This full lesson covers the following areas of Learning Aim B of Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign;
Developing the rationale
Interpretation, analysis and use of data
Identification of further sources of information
Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the information gathered
The product life cycle
The lesson has links to Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour and external media to help engage learners. There are a wide range of tasks involved in this lesson to allow your learners to consolidate their learning.
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This full lesson covers A3 Appropriateness of Choice of Research of Unit 22: Market Research. The session covers;
Cost
Accuracy
Time lines
Response rates
The lesson contains links to external media and several tasks to engage learners.
This full lesson covers appropriateness of a marketing campaign, including;
Marketing mix
reinforcing brand values
sustainability of the campaign
flexibility of the campaign
relevance to organisational goals
appropriateness to target market
legal and ethical considerations
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