Business Studies Work Sheet on Needs and sources of finance, Cambridge IGCSE: This Work Sheet will help your students to practice, study and revise as they work towards getting ready for the school and for the IGCSE Business Studies examinations on syllabus 2017 - 2019. It is good to help Teachers engage Students’ for meaning learning. Teachers can guide students in the use of this worksheet alone or in pairs. They can also consult their text books while you enjoy a relatively free and easy learning environment in your class room.

Business finance needs and sources micro finance Crowd funding ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies & Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify the need for business finance: • The main reasons why businesses need finance, e.g. start-up capital, capital for expansion and additional working capital • Understand the difference between short-term and long-term finance needs. The main sources of finance: • Internal sources and external sources with examples • Short-term and long-term sources with examples, e.g. overdraft for short-term and debt or equity for long-term finance. • Importance of alternative sources of capital, e.g. micro-finance, crowd-funding • The main factors considered in making the financial choice, e.g. size and legal form of business, amount required, length of time, existing loans.• Recommend and justify appropriate source(s) of finance in given circumstances. ‘Class Activities.’ with 'solution.’

Business Studies 0450/1 Paper 1 Mock Examination Questions and answers series also double as a revision Work sheet of IGCSE questions covering the most recent years running. It is a must have paper to assure you peace of mind that you have indeed prepared your students for the coming examination. Each of the paper options A - D draws questions from the years as specified For use as a preset exam question for your school, all you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. The original file will serve as question paper and mark scheme. For use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

Business Studies 0450/1 Paper 1 Mock Examination Questions and answers series also double as a revision Work sheet of IGCSE questions covering the most recent years running. It is a must have paper to assure you peace of mind that you have indeed prepared your students for the coming examination. Each of the paper options A - D draws questions from the years specified For use as a preset exam question for your school, all you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. The original file will serve as question paper and mark scheme. For use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

Business Studies 0450/2 Paper 2 Mock Examination Case Study Questions/Work Sheet / Answers also double as a revision Work sheet for IGCSE 2018. It will save you valuable time and the trouble of searching for answers as you prepare your students for the coming examination. The option draws questions from recent years. Use as a preset exam question for your school. All you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. You can use the original file as question paper and mark scheme. Use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply shift the questions and answers to another page(s) within the file, print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

**A complete lesson. Recruitment Selection and Training of Workers, ‘ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. .I have consistently produced As, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Class Activities, with Answers Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; Lesson ObjectivesAt the end of the lesson, Students should be able to: Explain Recruitment and selecting employees: • Recruitment and selection methods • Difference between internal recruitment and external recruitment • Main stages in recruitment and selection of employees • Recommend and justify who to employ in given circumstances • Benefits and limitations of part-time employees and full-time employee. The importance of training and the methods of training: • Importance of training to a business and to employees • Benefits and limitations of induction training, on-the-job training and off-the-job training.‘Class Activity and Answers’

Business Studies 0450/1 Paper 1 Mock Examination Questions and answers series also double as a revision Work sheet of IGCSE questions covering the most recent years running. It is a must have paper to assure you peace of mind that you have indeed prepared your students for the coming examination. Each of the paper options A - D draws questions from the 4 years as specified For use as a preset exam question for your school, all you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. The original file will serve as question paper and mark scheme. For use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

Business Studies 0450/1 Paper 1 Mock Examination Questions and answers series also double as a revision Work sheet of IGCSE questions covering the most recent years running. It is a must have paper to assure you peace of mind that you have indeed prepared your students for the coming examination. Each of the paper options A - D draws questions from the years specified For use as a preset exam question for your school, all you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. The original file will serve as question paper and mark scheme. For use as an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

Business Studies 0450/2 Paper 2 Mock Examination Case Study Questions/Work Sheet and answers also double as a revision Work sheet for IGCSE 2018. It will save you valuable time and the trouble of searching for answers as you prepare your students for the coming examination. The option draws questions from recent years Use as a preset exam question for your school All you have to do is copy the file, replace the cover page, delete the Mark Scheme and you have a ready to use question paper. You can use the original file as question paper and mark scheme. As an Interactive Work sheet for your students, simply separate the questions and answers that you need to another page(s), print them out and give to student to work with. Alternatively, project the required questions for student to work on and when they are done expose to them, the mark scheme.

**A complete lesson. ** Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees, ‘ppt’ ** IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; • Demonstrate awareness of the Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees:• Identify legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage. Do the ‘Test Yourself Questions‘ and the ‘Business Case Study Question’ at the end of the slide. ‘Answer provided’.

Complete Lesson Why Downing sizing the workforce might be necessary * ’ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Class Activities, with Answers Lesson Objectives:At the end of the lesson, students should be able to,Identify and explain why reducing the size of the workforce might be necessary:• Difference between dismissal and redundancy with examples to illustrate the difference• Understand situations in which downsizing the workforce might be necessary, e.g. automation or reduced demand for products• Recommend and justify which workers to recruit/make redundant in given circumstances‘Test yourself‘ and ‘Exam Questions.’ ‘Answers provided’

**A complete lesson. ** Marketing Competition and the Customer. , ‘ppt’ IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *.Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Answers at the end. Lesson Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; 3.1 Define marketing, describe competition and the customer 3.1.1 Identify and explain the role of marketing such as: • Identifying customer needs / • Satisfying customer needs • Maintaining customer loyalty; building customer relationships 3.1.2 Identify and explain why customer/consumer spending patterns  may change / • The power and importance of changing customer needs • Why some markets have become more competitive • How business can respond to changing spending patterns and increased competition.

A Work Sheet tailored to meet the IGCSE Business Studies 0450 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022 exam requirements. The activities in it should cover more than one or two lessons. Assuredly, it will help you to fully engage your key stage 4 students during lessons as well prepare them for the ‘A and A* grades’ in the final examinations. All you need to do is print out the part of the work sheet you want to use, explain and/or discuss the sub topic for no more than 5 - 10 minutes and guide the students as they work on the tasks. They would scarcely need to consult with their text books and they will learn by themselves. Content: 1.2 Classification of businesses 1.2.1 Business activity in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors: • 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.

Complete Lesson. Topic: Place - Marketing Mix ‘ppt’ * IGCSE Business Studies syllabus. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. Test Yourself Questions ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Explain the term Place (distribution channels): • Advantages and disadvantages of different channels, e.g. use of wholesalers, retailers or direct to consumers • Recommend and justify an appropriate distribution channel in given circumstances‘Test Yourself Questions.’ Class Activities’ with ‘Answers.’

A Work Sheet tailored to meet the IGCSE Business Studies 0450 syllabus for 2020, 2021 and 2022 exam requirements. The activities in it should cover more than one or two lessons. Assuredly, it will help you to fully engage your key stage 4 students during lessons as well prepare them for the ‘A and A* grades’ in the final examinations. All you need to do is print out the part of the work sheet you want to use, explain and/or discuss the sub topic for no more than 5 - 10 minutes and guide the students as they work on the tasks. They would scarcely need to consult with their text books and they will learn by themselves. Content: 1.3.3 Why some businesses grow and others remain small: • Why the owners of a business may want to expand the business • Different ways in which businesses can grow • Problems linked to business growth and how these might be overcome • Why some businesses remain small. 1.3.4 Why some (new or established) businesses fail: • Causes of business failure, e.g. lack of management skills, changes in the business environment, liquidity problems • Why new businesses are at a greater risk of failing.

Costs Revenue Economies Diseconomies of scale Break-even Analysis* ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; • Identify and classify costs using examples, e.g. fixed, variable, average, total • Use cost data to help make simple cost-based decisions, e.g. to stop production or continue. • Explain economies of scale with examples, e.g. purchasing, marketing, financial, managerial, technical.• Explain diseconomies of scale with examples, e.g. poor communication, lack of commitment from employees, weak coordination. External economies of Scale. • Break-even analysis • Construct, complete or amend a simple break-even chart • Interpret a given chart and use it to analyse a situation • Calculate break-even output from given data • Define, calculate and interpret the margin of safety • Use break-even analysis to help make simple decisions, e.g. impact of higher price • Understand the limitations of break-even analysis Class Activity Questions. Solutions included.

Complete Lesson. Market Failure. Private & Social Costs & Benefits Public and Private Spending * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. ‘Class Activities.’ with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define market failure and the key terms associated with market failure: public good, merit good, demerit good, social benefits, external benefits, private benefits, social costs, external costs, private costs. Causes of market failure - With respect to public goods, merit and demerit goods, external costs and external benefits, abuse of monopoly power and factor immobility. Examples of market failure with respect to these areas only. Consequences of market failure - The implications of misallocation of resources in respect of the over consumption of demerit goods and goods with external costs, and the under consumption of merit goods and goods with external benefits. Note: diagrams of demand and supply relating to market failure are not required.

Lesson Plan Topic: Location decisions - ‘MS word doc.’ Lesson Objective: are shared with the students for awareness and expectation of lesson outcome. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to; •• Factors relevant to the location decision of manufacturing businesses and service businesses. •• Factors that a business could consider when deciding which country to locate operations in. •• The role of legal controls on location decisions •• Recommend and justify an appropriate location for a business in given circumstances. NB: You can add your school name, and logo on top, you own name, date, and class year, term and week. Also, you can rejig it for more than a lesson by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Complete Lesson. **Topic: ** Economic issues; Business cycle, Government control, Effects and Business response. ‘ppt’, ** IGCSE Bus Studies & Economics syllabus. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. * Lesson Objectives At the end of the lesson, students should be; Identify and explain the Business cycle: • Main stages of the business cycle, e.g. growth, boom, recession, slump.• Impact on businesses of changes in employment levels, inflation and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)How government control over the economy affects business activity and how businesses may respond. • Identify government economic objectives, e.g. increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) • Impact of changes in taxes and government spending. • Impact of changes in interest rates • How businesses might respond to these changes‘Class Activtiy with Answers’

Complete Lesson. Foreign exchange rate - Meaning, Types, Difference, Merits and Demerits Determination, etc * ’ppt’ IGCSE Economics & Business Studies. I have consistently produced A*s, As, and Bs. You can replicate my results with my up-to-date notes, *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn. Questions at the end. Answers provided. *Engage your students, relax, and simply guide them as they work and learn to excel. 'Class Activities. ‘Keyword(s) Search, with Answers.’ Lesson Objectives; At the completion of the lesson, the students should be able to; Define foreign exchange rate - Floating and fixed systems. Determine foreign exchange rate in exchange market - by the demand for and supply of a currency in the exchange market and determine the equilibrium foreign exchange rate. Causes of exchange rate fluctuations - including changes in demand for exports and imports, changes in the rate of interest, speculation, and the entry or departure of MNCs. Consequences of exchange rate fluctuations - effects of exchange rate fluctuations on export and import prices and spending on imports and exports via the PED. Floating and fixed foreign exchange rates - the difference between, and the advantages and disadvantages of, a floating exchange rate and a fixed foreign exchange rate system. ‘Class Activities, 'Keyword(s) Search, with Answers.’