A selection of resources to teach business objectives at GCSE level. Should get pupils thinking about such an important but difficult topic to teach. This could be taught in one or two lessons, depending on how long you spend on the activities.

The resource links you to a The Apprentice episode and provides questions which students should answer as you watch the video. You should then discuss their answers. There is enough content to last up to 90 minutes. Topics covered include: objectives, marketing mix, production methods, team work, pricing methods, customer service and analysing mistakes made. A really enjoyable resource ideal for revision before an exam or end of year lessons.

A range of stakeholder lesson resources. You could teach this across 2 lessons. It is planned out on the PowerPoints, or you can take the bits you like and incorporate into your own resources.

4 Lessons worth of resources to teach critical path analysis to A-Level standard. Lesson 1: Introduction to the idea of CPA, how nodes are structures, calculating EST and LFT, and total float time. Includes theory and practice of simple critical paths. Lesson 2: A number of practice critical path tasks, gradually increasing in difficulty. Lesson 3: Theory to discuss or take notes from on the benefits and problems of CPA. Lesson 4: A medium difficulty critical path for students to create, followed by a much more challenging example. Constructive feedback welcome.

3 Lessons worth of resources to teach Investment Appraisal Lesson 1: Introduction to the topic, information on payback period and practice calculation Lesson 2: Average rate of return, information and practice calculations. Lesson 3: Net present value, information and practice calculations. Constructive feedback welcome.

A detailed minute by minute lesson plan and worksheet on net present value. There is an interesting case study and net present value calculation to complete with answer sheet for the calculations. You could also extent the lesson or set homework to research whether the company has made a good investment as it was a couple of years ago now and more evidence will be available.

Two PowerPoints to teach two lessons worth of PED, includes what it is, how to calculate and interpret it. Also includes lots of application to real world product to keep it interesting. Hope this is useful to save you time in planning for a difficult topic to teach some students. Constructive feedback welcome.

This resource breaks down the two year course into week by week outline, specifying what topics to teach each week in order to complete the course in time. It also suggests formal assessments that you could complete, we used the textbook for these. There is also a space to plan out homework tasks. Overall should help to organise your department! PLEASE ALSO SEE DETAILS SCHEME OF LEARNING AVAILABE SEPARATELY. Constructive feedback welcome.

This task involves students creating organisational structures based on the development of a business over the period of 5 years. Each time they need to design an organisational chart, during class feedback you can discuss they choices made. Could also be set for homework. Comes with an answer sheet to make life easy! Lasts around 10 to 20 minutes to create charts, followed by feedback of around ten minutes. Constructive feedback welcome.

Presentations to teach the topic of labour effectiveness measurements. Includes theory, pro's/con's of the measures/how to improve them and importantly x2 practice calculations for each measurement. Some tasks included as well as content to teach and discuss. Also includes a revision template. Could last between 2 - 4 lessons depending on how fast you go and how much you discuss the issues. Even if it isn't exactly how you want to teach them lesson it will certainly save you time and give you ideas. Constructive feedback welcome.

All resources needed to teach one lesson of communication to Business or IT students. Lesson plan: 0-10: Word search to identify key terms. 0-15: Discuss the "communication model" and key terms (write in books if you work this way) 15-35: Students to complete "communication at a football club" which is used to show that students understand they key terms. Time allocation includes 5 mins feedback. 35-50: Students to complete the communication breakdown worksheet - use the "notes" document to help students complete the task, either make available to all in small groups or use a differentiation support document. 50-60: Crossword to be used as a plenary, or used as a starter for next lesson. Hope this saves you lots of time with resources. Constructive feedback welcome.

This is a fun game to play with KS4 or KS5 students. It teaches them about fixed and variable costs, sales, revenue profit and loss - as well as competition. It is currently set up as Christmas Tree Shop as I used it before Christmas, however the scenario could easily be updated. Student tend to get really competitive over who is winning - and curious about how the sales data is worked out, its basically low price high sales volume, high price low sales volume. You can give house points or prizes for each round to encourage competition. Also can link into break even. Includes instructions on the PowerPoint for students and scoring guidance for teacher, do not explain the scoring system to students as it keeps the mystery - they won't work it out as it depends on what price the rest of the class/groups select.

A wide range of resources to teach GCSE Business Franchises. You can follow the structure in the PowerPoints or use the resources in your own way. There is enough to teach up to 3 lessons.

A range of resources to teach Business Plans at GCSE level.

Range of resources to teach marketing mix at GCSE level and could be used at A-level. Enough to cover 2-3 lessons. A "wow" factor idea involving Top Gear, the lads will love this one.

A range of resources to teach Exchange rates, designed for GCSE level but might be of use at A-Level. Enough content for up to two lessons.

Resources to teach the topic of moving averages. Lesson plan: (rough timings) 0-10 Introduce the idea of moving average and the benefit of forecasting using moving average (see slides 1-4) 10-20 Discuss with students how to calculate moving average (see slides 5-6) 20-50 Students to calculate moving average using guidance of slides 5-6 and complete answers on tmplate. 50-60 Recap the purpose of moving average and check answers from previous task (set HW if applicable) ANSWER is also provided. I hope you find it useful in teaching the topic - by demonstrating students how to calculate the forecast it helps them understand it much better.

Resources to teach the Boston Matrix, designed for GCSE level but might also be of use at A-Level. Includes theory and independent learning activities.

A range of resources to teach the topic of Business Cycle at GCSE level. Enough content for one to two lessons. Includes theory, research and activities. Designed for GCSE level but might be some use at A-Level. The best part of the lesson is where students draw a graph showing the business cycle with data provided, they then add to the graph images (provided) of industries/products that will do well in boom or bust which really makes them think and underlines that not all businesses do badly in a recession.