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AQA A Level Business - Year 12 Complete Course (Units 4, 5 and 6)
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AQA A Level Business - Year 12 Complete Course (Units 4, 5 and 6)

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A 14 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering Units 4, 5 and 6 of the Year 12 element of the A Level Business course. This represents tremendous value for high quality resources and offers a significant saving against other commercial options. PowerPoints include: UNIT 4 Decision Making to Improve Operational Performance •Setting operational objectives •Analysing operational performance •Increasing efficiency and productivity •Improving quality •Managing inventory and supply chains UNIT 5 Decision Making to Improve Financial Performance •Setting financial objectives •Analysing financial performance •Sources of finance •Improving cash flow and profits UNIT 6 Decision Making to Improve Human Resource Performance •Setting human resource objectives •Analysing human resource performance •Improving organisational design and human resource flow •Improving motivation and engagement •Improving employer-employee relations Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions). In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
AQA Business - Complete Year 13 Course
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AQA Business - Complete Year 13 Course

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An 18 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering the entire Year 13 element of the A Level Business course. This represents tremendous value for high quality resources and offers a significant saving against other commercial options. PowerPoints include: UNIT 7 Analysing the Strategic Position of a Business •Mission, corporate objectives and strategy •Analysing internal position: financial ratio analysis •Analysing internal position: overall position •Analysing external environment: political & legal change •Analysing external environment: economic change •Analysing external environment: social and technological change •Analysing external environment: the competitive environment •Analysing strategic options: investment appraisal UNIT 8 Choosing Strategic Direction •Strategic direction: choosing which markets to compete in and what products to offer •Strategic direction: choosing how to compete UNIT 9 Strategic Methods: How to Pursue Strategies •Assessing a change in scale •Assessing innovation •Assessing internationalisation •Assessing greater use of digital technology UNIT 10 Managing Strategic Change •Managing change •Managing organisational culture •Managing strategic implementation •Problems with strategy and why strategies fail Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions). In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
Financial Ratio Analysis Revision Pack
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Financial Ratio Analysis Revision Pack

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Another revision pack in the new series aimed at supplementing a student's understanding of common mathematical concepts seen in most A Level Business courses. This focus of this pack is that of financial ratio analysis. It considers profitability, gearing, financial efficiency and liquidity and provides students with a detailed series of questions that build their core knowledge skills. Detailed answer sheets are included, along with a mind map revision activity sheet and a set of revision notes about financial ratio analysis.
AQA A Level Business - Year 12 Complete Course (Units 1, 2 and 3)
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AQA A Level Business - Year 12 Complete Course (Units 1, 2 and 3)

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A 10 part resource that includes detailed teacher PowerPoint resources covering the first 3 units of the Year 12 AQA A Level Business course. This represents tremendous value for high quality resources and offers a significant saving against other commercial options. PowerPoints include: UNIT 1 What is a Business? •Understanding the nature and purpose of business •Understanding different business forms •Understanding that businesses operate within an external environment UNIT 2 Managers, Leadership and Decision Making •Understanding management, leadership and decision making •Understanding management decision making •Understanding the role and importance of stakeholders UNIT 3 Decision Making to Improve Marketing Performance •Setting marketing objectives •Understanding markets and customers •Segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) •Using the marketing mix Each presentation contains extensive, detailed notes that are specific to the exam requirements of the AQA. These resources are designed to be engaging and accessible and all contain the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test or calculation questions and an essay practice (all with suggested solutions). In addition, each presentation is accompanied with a FREE student revision notes handout to assist with the delivery of the material.
AQA Business - UNIT 10 Managing Strategic Change
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AQA Business - UNIT 10 Managing Strategic Change

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This bundle of four PowerPoint and revision note topics, provides students with an indepth understanding of core areas relating to the AQA A Level Business specification. The pack contains notes abouts managing change, managing organisational culture, managing strategic implementation and concludes with the problems of strategy and why strategies fail. Specific topic areas include: The causes of and pressures for change Disruptive change Incremental change Lewin’s Force Field Analysis The value of change The value of a flexible organisational model Restructuring Delayering Organic v mechanistic structures Knowledge and information management Barriers to change Kotter and Schlesinger’s models The importance of organisational culture Handy’s cultural models Hofstede’s national culture models Influences on organisational culture Problems of changing culture How to implement strategic change Leadership and strategic change Communication and strategic change Network analysis Critical path analysis Strategic drift Planned and emergent strategies Divorce of ownership and control The value of strategic planning Contingency planning Given the inclusion of student revision notes, this pack represents excellent value for money and saves teachers hours of time in preparing notes.
Investment Appraisal Revision and Activity Pack
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Investment Appraisal Revision and Activity Pack

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A series of questions that assess a variety of assessment objective skills about the three main investment appraisal techniques of payback, ARR and net present value. This pack includes knowledge, application and analysis style tasks and also contains a mind map activity and answers to the questions. I have also thrown in a copy of my investment appraisal revision notes and my brand new PowerPoint lesson about Investment Appraisal alongside a PDF hand out of the notes. This represents excellent value.
AQA Business - Using the Marketing Mix
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AQA Business - Using the Marketing Mix

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A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of using the marketing mix. The presentation considers the elements of the marketing mix (7Ps), the influences on elements of the 7Ps, the differences between consumer and industrial markets, convenience, speciality and shopping goods, the implications of the product life cycle and the Boston Matrix in marketing decisions, the influences on pricing decisions, analysing the promotional mix, branding, distribution decisions, analysis of people, process and the physical environment, the importance of an integrated marketing mix and finally the value of digital marketing and e-commerce. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
AQA Business - Analysing Financial Performance
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AQA Business - Analysing Financial Performance

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A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This is a substantial presentation of over 100 slides designed to cover the topic of analysing financial performance. It starts with a look at how to construct and analyse both budgets and cash flow forecasts. It then analyses budgets including a consideration of variance analysis (favourable and adverse). It then looks at the timings of cash inflows and outflows and examines the role of the cash flow cycle, including an understanding of payables and receivables. It proceeds to then look at how to construct and interpret break-even charts, including an analysis of break-even output, margin of safety, contribution per unit and total contribution. The effects of a change in price, output and cost are then examined and how to calculate this and illustrate this on a break-even chart. The next topic is that of profitability and includes an examination of gross profit, profit from operations and profit for the year. The presentation concludes with an examination of the use of data for financial decision making and planning. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test, several practise questions and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
PEST Analysis: Economic
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PEST Analysis: Economic

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The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification (but are suitable for all boards). These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component Three topic of PEST Analysis. They explain the main economic factors that affect business activity and the impact of economic policy upon stakeholders. They examine the meaning and measurement of economic growth (GDP), the different phases of the business cycle, the measurement, causes and effects of inflation (cost-push and demand-pull), the impact of interest rates and the role of the Bank of England, exchange rates and their link with interest rates and finally the different types, measurements and impacts of unemployment (structural, frictional, cyclical and seasonal). The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions). The pack also contains a FREE set of student revision notes.
The European Union
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The European Union

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The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification but is suitable for all boards. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component Three topic of the European Union. A colourful, detailed and accessible resource that is tailored to meeting the academic demands of most A Level specifications. They consider the history of the EU since 1993 and the creation of both the single market and the Euro. The slides consider the benefits and drawbacks to membership of the single market and the Euro and assess the UK’s position following Brexit in 2019. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with suggested solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.
A Level Business Maths Skills Workbook
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A Level Business Maths Skills Workbook

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This latest publication from Teaching Business provides an invaluable resource to support the delivery of many of the quantitative skills required. This 100+ page booklet contains extensive practice exercises, solutions and additional supporting notes. This should help to consolidate student understanding within the classroom and provides much needed additional practice of quantitative skills. Specific topics covered include, cash flow forecasting, break-even analysis, decision trees, critical path analysis, special order decisions, sales forecasting (moving averages), investment appraisal, balance sheets, income statements, financial ratios, price and income elasticity, straight line depreciation and budgeting variances. This updated version has added supplementary theory notes and has now added cash flow, extended coverage of financial ratios to incorporate financial efficiency and break-even analysis.
AQA Business - Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP)
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AQA Business - Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP)

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A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of segmentation, targeting and positioning. The presentation considers the process and value of market segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP), the different methods of segmentation, the influences on choosing a target market and positioning and the value of niche and mass marketing. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
Eduqas Teacher PowerPoint Pack (Component 3: Business in a Changing World)
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Eduqas Teacher PowerPoint Pack (Component 3: Business in a Changing World)

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A complete and comprehensive series of teacher PowerPoint resources designed to complement the second year teaching of Component Three (Business in a Changing World) which forms the basis for Paper 3 of the A Level Business qualification. These slides have been designed from the ground-up with a specific focus upon the specification requirements of the WJEC/Eduqas A Level in Business. With a limited textbook offering from the main publishing houses, these resources provide teachers with time-saving quality materials in one single easy to use PowerPoint that include detailed notes, videos, practice calculations, Quick Fire Five knowledge and essay practice questions, all with suggested solutions. They are designed to offer quality and excellent value for money. The 424 slides cover the following areas: Business Change; Risk Management; PEST (Political); PEST (Economic); PEST (Social); PEST (Technological); Legal Issues Facing a Firm; Business Ethics; Business and the Environment; International Trade; Globalisation; The European Union.
AQA Business - Managing Inventory and Supply Chains
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AQA Business - Managing Inventory and Supply Chains

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A new range of materials aimed at supporting teachers of the AQA A Level in Business. This presentation is designed to cover the topic of managing inventory and supply chains. The presentation considers ways and value of improving flexibility, speed of response and dependability and focuses upon the concept of mass customisation. It then considers how best to manage supply so that it matches up with levels of demand for goods and examines outsourcing, the use of temporary and part-time employees and producing goods to order. The presentation also examines the key influences acting upon the inventory levels of a firm and includes an interpretation of inventory control charts (stock control charts), lead times, re-order levels and buffer stocks. It concludes with an assessment of the influences on the choices of suppliers and how to manage the supply chain effectively and the value of this to a business. The pack contains the Quick Fire Five knowledge questions, a short objective test, a practice calculation activity and an essay question all complete with suggested answers. This pack also includes a FREE copy of the student revision notes for this section of the course.
Market Research & Business Enterprise Workbook
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Market Research & Business Enterprise Workbook

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A new workbook aimed at developing A Level Business students' understanding of enterprise, market research and sampling methods. Primarily written to support teachers and students following the WJEC/Eduqas specification it is relevant to all boards. The work provides a variety of case studies, tasks, presentations and assignments for students to complete and finishes with a self-assessment and review of progress. It starts with an enterprise element that builds upon booklet 1 (Business Enterprise and Business Plans) and this is to help incorporate an element of practical business into the course. I tend to use the Tycoon in Schools programme by Peter Jones for this. It also examines sampling in more detail than is strictly required but this is meant as a resource from which teachers can pick and choose.
Cost Benefit Analysis
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Cost Benefit Analysis

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The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification but this material is suitable for all boards. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component Two topic of cost benefit analysis (CBA) and the introduction of new technology into a business. They explain the nature and purpose of cost benefit analysis (CBA), commenting on the benefits and limitations of the technique. They then show how to carry out a cost benefit analysis, and how to interpret and evaluate the results. Finally the presentation explains the key role played by information technology in business decision-making. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, an exam style calculation question with solution and also a practice essay (with suggested solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.
Globalisation
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Globalisation

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The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification but is suitable for all boards. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component Three topic of globalisation. A colourful, detailed and accessible resource that is tailored to meeting the academic demands of most A Level specifications. They consider nature of globalisation and global markets, and look at their impact upon developing/emerging economies. The presentation then considers market deregulation, the internet, improved communications and cheaper transportation as contributing reasons for the rise of globalisation during the past few decades. It then considers the role of the WTO and examines global branding, how firms target new markets and the impact of glocalisation, before evaluating the overall effects of globalisation upon the UK economy and businesses. It finally considers the reasons for the development of MNCs and the benefits and drawbacks of multinational corporations for host nations. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with suggested solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.
Business Ethics
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Business Ethics

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The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification (but are suitable for all boards). These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component Three topic of business ethics. They explore the meaning of ethics with a consideration of the main ethical themes facing business before evaluating the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically the slides focus upon environmental issues facing business, animal rights, the treatment of customers, employees and suppliers, the benefits and drawbacks of CSR, the conflict between profit and ethics and Carroll’s CSR pyramid, before concluding with a look at the wider impact of ethics upon a business and its stakeholders. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions). The pack also contains a FREE set of student revision notes.
Eduqas A Level Business Exam Pack
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Eduqas A Level Business Exam Pack

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This is a pack of collated CPD materials from the WJEC/Eduqas board. The pack includes a variety of additional practice questions and materials that are useful when revising with students, as well as plenty of additional exam answer exemplars with commentary. Teaching Business has a wide range of teaching materials to help with the support of the WJEC/Eduqas specification, each pack focusing upon a core topic area with time saving theory notes, practice questions and essay questions and mark schemes at a much more competitive rate than many of the more commercially available options.
Markets Workbook (Supply and Demand, Segmentation Analysis, Consumer Protection and Elasticity)
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Markets Workbook (Supply and Demand, Segmentation Analysis, Consumer Protection and Elasticity)

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A new workbook aimed at developing A Level Business students' understanding of supply and demand, segmentation analysis, consumer protection and price and income elasticity. This is of particular relevance to the OCR, WJEC/Eduqas and Excel examination boards that all still cover these areas. The work provides a variety of case studies, tasks, presentations and assignments for students to complete and finishes with a self-assessment and review of progress. Please note that this series is meant as a resource from which teachers can select various activities. I have not provided a mark scheme for the given questions as they are fairly generic style questions.