Use this for the 1st lesson either for lower 6 (AS) or Upper 6 (A2) to highlight how appropriate business decisions depend on the context/situation. How in some situations one decision is appropriate but in another less so. Use as an Ice-breaker but also set the scene that context/application matter, Can also be used to highlight objectives, strategy, tactics. Can be used to highlight important skills to do well in business... application, analysis and judgment. 2 x survival situations, grids, instructions, ideas for feedback

what facebook right to float (looking backwards as easier to look at the data then..) Data activity powerpoint with visuals / links for depends on arguments then looking at a failed IPO and should their investors be happy with facebooks performance since

whole lesson with multiple questions Including the how to get rich out of a potato

lesson looking at should firms be a sole trader or a limited company based around a decision making of a private school unlimited/limited liability activity with sole-trader vs ltd company then other situations to bring out the depends on arguments

Full Paper 1 style case for the new AQA Business specification Originally created for an internal mock from scratch Useful for revision / exam prep

revision resource that worked really well for the AQA spec focusing on helping students identify the “it depends on” so that students analysis is applied to the context and debates the situations where the concept may be more or less important/effective/a good way. 8 different essays with stem before hand possible depends on arguments on the powerpoint

EDUQAS Business AS PAPER 2 Style paper; mark scheme Original paper created - majority of mark scheme also included on file

Put together as a revision tool for my upper 6. 6 pages of short answer questions on all the bitty bits of the YEAR 2/ALEVEL spec which can be easily forgotten about. each question has a theory which allows student check they know that exact theory. each theory has a context in the question to practice application. if used in class can they be used for evaluation by adding it depends…

Focuses on BREXIT with activit before then looking at a NO-DEAL scenario… links to the the economic actions that could be taken to support the economy - linking to fiscal and monetary policy on the AQA spec. with economic data to help with judgment skills.

all the bits of maths skills that can catch students out.

Designed in 2018 for my year 12 business A level class Full lesson on the measures of HR performance - Labour turnover and Employee Retention starts off labour turnover with a Data for bell work/starter then does into discussion of why does it matter before looking at some data of different industries/sectors then eval q to develop higher order skills and depends on then moves onto employee retention with some data to analyse before comparing sectors/industries then a decision making activity and reading to support.

Great Lesson which worked well for my Upper 6 A level Business Students - not much out there on this topic. Various versions - one which works well if in a private school and the other in a maintained school Starts off with describing a business in terms of important issues in terms of the model before putting students into a decision making situation where they can also analyse and evaluate, compare and contrast Draw the model out of this Then there is a active matrix use activity before looking at a case study with questions…

CONSOLIDATION PLACE MATS / REVISION FILL IN THE BLANKS SHEETS covering AQA YEAR 1 content Created for my students to help them consolidate the whole of year 1 content over the summer holidays but would be useful at anypoint before exams Questions that help cover theory, evaluations and some context 6 x SHEETS which will need enlarging up to A3 via photocopy Covering: 1. What is business including legal structures, 2. Markets inc Market Research and STP, 3. Marketing decisions including 7p’s, 4. Operational decisions including lean production and network diagrams, 5. Finance decisions including B/E, budgets, cashflow and balance sheets. 6.Human resource decisions including motivation, management styles, HR strategies and organisational structures PDF and WORD format

Full lesson focusing on an integrated marketing mix with an Introduction of analysis of beer industry to start the conversation before moving onto looking at different types of Beer (normally I bring in props) and Beer market data with different usage habits... then a decision making activity on designing a beer for a target market which is quite good as it shows what Carlsberg actually did (which is normally very different to what the students normally come up with).

Greiner's Growth Model into an active lesson: There is a structured role-play activity They can do this in groups and discuss their similarities in answers and differences this then links to some real-life airline problems where they can discuss where they fit on the model (if they do or not) There is a video link explaining the theory and then you can get them to discuss the implications. Before an evaluation question to help them critique the model

Brand new activity designed for my A Level Business class for revision but also would work for skill building at end of year 1: 52 contexts (slips/boxes) and 32 Slides of the main theory/contexts in the Year 1 of the AQA specification (one theory per slide) on each slide students are asked to identify two contexts - one that could be useful / important / an issue for and one less so... they then need to explain why - so building contextualised analysis skills for short answers and compare and contrast judgment skills for essays. 52 compare and contrast contexts are thought of - which can be cut out so students can have a kinaesthetic activity or printed onto one A3 sheet of paper for quicker identification. fully editable revision or skills building resource

Designed for AQA A level business students for revision 10 different essay titles covering the 2 years of course. Then cut out cards with all the major theories from the 2 years so they can sort and choose the best theory for their arguments - then explain why editable resource

useful lesson for Lean production and also allows coverage of Mass Customisation. Use of lego game to see how they many they can make before splitting them into Kaisan groups...and look to be more innovative in your production techniques…. asked to formulate plans Ideas might include JIT, Capital intensive / CELL Production, Flow production Line, pre-fabrication of supplies, TQM/quality assurance. Mass customisation reference to the 7/8 S's. Then Q&A adv/disadv etc

Lesson on Porters Generic - all activities on the powerpoint easily transferable to word or printable as is Video clip opening look at business failure market mapping activity Analysis of industry and then decision making activity comparison to actual business decision...

Student feedback “great”, “very useful”, the whole of year 2 in small chunks… awesome!", “not more revision!” Designed for the Year 2 of the business AQA specification 4 x revision fill in sheets to help students consolidate their knowledge running through the spec of year 2 - including strategy and tactics, internal environment, external environment and strategic choices Focuses on all the key areas / theories - focusing on specifics