Work Sheet: Topic: The purpose and nature of business activity, Importance of specialization, and Added Value. ‘MS Word.’ IGCSE Business Studies. Syudies syllabus. Engage your pupils, relax, and simply guide them. All you need to do is print out the part you want to use, Explain and/or discuss the sub topic for 5 - 10 minutes and watch them learn by themselves, as they work on the tasks. Answers provided. Content •• Concepts of needs, wants, scarcity and opportunity cost •• Importance of specialization •• Purpose of business activity •• The concept of adding value and how added value can be increased.

Topic: Price Elasticity of Supply (PES) Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- 'ppt’ doc. 'Use these materials to engage your students, and relax. You can consistently produce A*s, As, and Bs. User guidelines: Duplicate the file. Delete the answers to the activities in one file and share to students before or during the class. Project the file. Teach and / or discuss the content within 5 to 15 minutes of lesson time. Let students work on the activities provided. Watch and guide them individually or collectively as the needs arise, such that they understand and do the needful. Use the activities as you find fit. Project the answers. Let students exchange and mark their own scripts for short and direct responses questions. Mark the detailed responses yourself. Best regards. Lesson Objectives At the completion of the lesson, all students should be able to; Define price elasticity of supply (PES). Calculate PES using the formula and interpreting the significance of the result. Draw and interpret supply curve diagrams to show different PES. Determinants of PES - The key influences on whether supply is elastic or inelastic. Significance of PES - The implications for decision making by consumers, producers and government. Define price elasticity of supply (PES). Calculate PES using the formula and interpreting the significance of the result. Draw and interpret supply curve diagrams to show different PES. Determinants of PES - The key influences on whether supply is elastic or inelastic. Significance of PES - The implications for decision making by consumers, producers and government.

Price Changes * ’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 end of the lesson, the students should be able to; Identify and explain causes of price changes - Changing market conditions as causes of price changes. Identify and explain consequences of price changes - Demand and supply diagrams to be used to illustrate these changes in market conditions and their consequences for equilibrium price and sales. • ‘Class Activities’ Solutions at the end of the presentation.

Lesson Plan Topic: Classification of businesses - ‘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; Classify 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. Classify business enterprises between private sector and public sector in a mixed economy. 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.

Lesson Plan Topic: Production of goods and services - Lean production, etc. ‘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; Explain the meaning of production: •• Managing resources effectively to produce goods and services •• Difference between production and productivity •• Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour Skills •• Why businesses hold inventories •• The concept of lean production: how to achieve it, e.g. just-in-time inventory control and Kaizen; benefits of lean production The main methods of production: •• Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch and flow production •• Recommend and justify an appropriate production method for a given situation How technology has changed production methods, e.g. using computers in design and Manufacturing. 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.

Lesson Plan Topic: Recruitment, selection and training of employees - ‘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; Explain the 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 employees. 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 Why reducing the size of the workforce might be necessary: •• Difference between dismissal and redundancy with examples •• Understand situations in which downsizing the workforce might be necessary, e.g. automation or reduced demand for products •• Recommend and justify which employees to make redundant in given circumstances. Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees. •• Legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage 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 the topics and objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Organisational charts and The role of management - ‘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; Draw, interpret and understand simple organisational charts: •• Simple hierarchical structures: span of control, levels of hierarchy, chain of command •• Roles and responsibilities of directors, managers, supervisors, other employees in an organization and inter-relationships between them. The role of management: •• Functions of management, e.g. planning, organising, coordinating, commanding and controlling •• Importance of delegation; trust versus control. 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 topic by adjusting up the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Foreign exchange rates Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Define foreign exchange rate - Floating and fixed systems. Explain the determination of foreign exchange rate in foreign exchange market - The demand for and supply of a currency in the foreign exchange market and the determination of the equilibrium foreign exchange rate. Causes of foreign 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 foreign exchange rate fluctuations - The effects of foreign 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 foreign exchange rate and a fixed foreign exchange rate system. 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Inflation and deflation Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Define inflation and deflation. Measurement of inflation and deflation using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). Causes of inflation and deflation - Causes of inflation: demand-pull and cost-push. Causes of deflation: demand-side and supply-side. Consequences of inflation and deflation - The consequences of inflation and deflation for consumers, workers, savers, lenders, firms and the economy as a whole. Policies to control inflation and deflation. The range of policies available to control inflation and deflation and how effective they might be. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic:Population Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Describe the factors that affect population growth. Reasons for different rates of population growth in different countries. The effects of changes in the size and structure of population on different countries. 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Topic: Differences in economic development between countries Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; describe economic development, explain the differences in economic development between countries - Causes and impacts of differences in income; productivity; population growth; size of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors; saving and investment; education; and healthcare. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Living standards Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; State and describe indicators of living standards; Real GDP per head and the Human Development Index (HDI). The components of real GDP and HDI. The advantages and disadvantages of real GDP and HDI. Comparing living standards and income Distribution; Reasons for differences in living standards and income distribution within and between countries. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Market Failure Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Define market failure - 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: demand and supply diagrams relating to market failure are not required. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Factors of Production Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Identify and define the factors of production and their rewards - Give examples of land, labour, capital and enterprise and the nature of each factor of production. Mobility of the factors of production - The influences on the mobility of the various factors. Quantity and quality of the factors of production - The causes of changes in the quantity and quality of the various factors. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Lesson Plan Topic: Demand Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Define demand draw and interpret appropriate diagrams. Price and demand - A demand curve to be drawn and used to illustrate movements along a demand curve with appropriate terminology, for example extensions and contractions in demand. Individual and market demand - The link between individual and market demand in terms of aggregation. Conditions of demand - The causes of shifts in a demand curve with appropriate terminology, for example increase and decrease in demand. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Topic: Micro and Macroeconomics The Role of Markets Resources Allocation Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Describe microeconomics and macroeconomics - The difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics and the decision makers involved in each. The market system - How a market system works; including buyers, sellers, allocation of scarce resources, market equilibrium, and market disequilibrium. Key resources allocation decisions - Establishing that the economic problem creates three key questions about determining resource allocation. – What to produce, how, and for whom. - Introduction to the price mechanism - How the price mechanism provides answers to these key allocation questions. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Topic: Money and Banking Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Define money, the forms, functions and characteristics of money. Banking - The role and importance of central banks and commercial banks for government, producers and consumers. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.

Topic: Market Economic Systems Lesson Plan IGCSE Economics- ‘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; Define market economic system - Including the roles of the private sector (firms and consumers) and the public sector (government) in a market economy. Advantages and disadvantages of the market economic system - Including examples of how it works in a variety of different countries. NB: You can add your school’s 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 topic by editing the objectives, Plenary and lesson starter etc.