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 covers the following areas;
Workforce planning (reasons why businesses recruit)
Job centers and agencies
Internal and external job advertisements
Online recruitment (with links to psychometric testing)
Traditional methods
Recruitment and business success
Successful staff integration.
This lesson contains a variety of activities for learners to engage with.
This lesson covers A.3 - Current Accounts for Learning Aim A of Unit 3, Personal and Business Finance. Topics covered includes;
Current Accounts
Basic Accounts
Premium/Packaged accounts
Student Accounts
A group activity that involves research, analysis and peer assessment.
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This full lesson, with companion worksheet, covers Measuring Liquidity for Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance. The lesson covers;
Current Ratio (purpose, formula and examples)
Liquid Capital/Acid Test Ratio (purpose, formula and examples)
Limitations of Ratio analysis.
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This full lesson covers the all content for Learning Aim D for Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance, including;
Retained profit
New current assets
Sale of assets
Owner’s capital
Loans
Crowd funding
Mortgages
Venture capital
Debt factoring
Hire purchase
Leasing
Trade credit
Grants
Donations
Peer-to-peer lending
Invoice discounting
The lesson contains tasks, examples and links to external media.
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This full lesson, with two companion handouts, covers Break-Even analysis for Learning Aim E for Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance. The lesson covers:
Calculating break-even using contribution per unit
Drawing a break-even chart (stage by stage)
Understanding the limitations and benefits of using break-even
A practice exam question for learners to prepare for assessment.
This full lesson covers the following areas of Learning Aim A:
Internal factors
External factors (PESTLE)
Ethical considerations
The lesson contains tasks, videos and graphics to engage learners. The lesson is focused around developing knowledge, skills and behaviour.
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This full lesson covers the following areas of Learning Aim B:
The purpose of market research
Rationales
Identifying target markets
Identifying size, structure and trends
Identifying competition
Learners will be able to demonstrate their knowledge and skills through a series of tasks. The lesson focuses on application of theory to real-life situations.
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This full lesson covers, as part of Learning Aim A:
Types of market
Market segmentation
Branding
Brand personality
Brand image
USP
Implication of business size on marketing activity
Budgetary constraints
Availability of specialist staff
The lesson contains videos and tasks to engage students.
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This full lesson covers A1 of Unit 17: Digital Marketing. Areas covered include;
What is digital marketing?
Digital marketing and objectives
Digital marketing as an extension of the marketing/promotional mix
Current trends in digital marketing
Targeting specific market segments
Development of customer databases
Lead generation
The lesson contains several tasks and links to external media to engage learners and to bring theory to life.
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This full lesson covers A2 of Learning Aim A of Unit 17: Digital Marketing. The lesson (how digital communications are delivered) includes;
Types of digital marketing (digital advertising, pop-ups, banners, text ads, floating ads, interstitial ads)
Search engine marketing
Search engine optimisation (SEO)
Sponsored/paid search results
Email marketing
Social media marketing
The lesson contains several tasks and links to external media to engage learners.
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This full lesson covers C3 Value of the Information for Unit 22: Market Research. This lesson includes;
Limitations of the research:
o sufficiency
o accuracy
o bias
o subjectivity
o reliability of sample.
Recommend improvements to the process.
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This full lesson covers C2 Presentation of Research Results for Unit 22: Market Research. The session includes;
• Reports, tables, graphs.
• Presentation of conclusions and recommendations.
• Awareness of audience type
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This bundle covers Learning Aim C for Unit 7: Business Decision Making, including;
C1 - Types of research
C2 - Competitor Analysis
C3 - Trends
C4 - Marketing Plan
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This lesson, with companion worksheets, covers G1 of Unit 7: Business Decision Making. The lesson covers;
Liquidity ratio
Gross profit margin
Net profit margin
Mark-up
Return on capital employed
Fixed asset turnover
Sales revenue per employee
The handouts provided allow learners to practice these calculations and interpret the results.
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 A3 Building Customer Relationships for BTEC Level 3 Business Unit 14: Investigating Customer Service, including;
Enhanced reputation of the business
Repeat business
Customer confidence in the business
Job satisfaction of employees
This bundle of resources covers Unit B9 of the Level 1 Business specification. This bundle contains several PowerPoints.
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This bundle fully covers Learning Aims A/B/C for Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign. The lessons are packed with activities, examples and links to external media such as videos and news articles to engage your learners.
This whole lesson covers E2 of Learning Aim E for Unit 1: Exploring Business.
Topics covered include;
Improvements to products, processes, services and customer experience
Business growth
Development of new and niche markets
Offering a USP
Improved reputation and recognition
Smarter working
Risks - Failing to meet operational and commercial requirements
Failing to achieve a return on investment
Cultural problems (resistance to change, unsupportive processes and systems, insufficient support from leadership and management)
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