A full lesson covering Recruitment and Selection within a business. This lesson is delivered in a clear and straightforward manner with appropriate examples to ensure student clarity. This lesson looks at the following topics: Internal / External recruitment Stages in the recruitment process such as: Job Analysis / Job Description / Person Specification Benefits of an effective recruitment process Contract types such as Full/Part-Time, Zero hour and Job Share. BONUS worksheet activity included

A full lesson covering the topic of Training. This lesson is delivered in a clear and straightforward manner with appropriate examples to ensure student clarity. This lesson looks at the following topics: Benefits for a business of training its staff Induction training On-the-job training Off-the-job training Discussion points Extension Activity BONUS worksheet activity included.

Expanding a Business This resource is split into three lessons covering the following topics: Organic Growth including Opening new stores, E-Commerce, Outsourcing and Franchising. Inorganic Growth including Takeovers and Mergers with examples of each. Economies of Scale - Economies and Dis-economies All lessons are delivered in a straight forward manner to ensure student comprehension.

A full lesson delivered in a way to ensure student understanding. This lesson will meet the following learning objectives: To understand the main aims and objectives for businesses including: survival, profit maximisation, growth (domestic and international), market share, customer satisfaction, social and ethical objectives and shareholder value. Understand the role of objectives in running a business and they are used Understand how and why the objectives set will differ between businesses (reasons include the size of the business, level of competition faced and type of business (not-for-profit organisations)) Understand how and why the objectives set may change as businesses evolve. Students should consider how the objectives of larger more established businesses might differ from smaller start-up businesses, e.g. becoming the dominant business in the market, international expansion, increasing shareholder value and ethical / environmental considerations Understand that the success of a business can be measured in other ways than profit.

A full lesson delivered in a way to ensure student understanding. This lesson will meet the following learning objectives: Students should be able to: analyse the benefits and drawbacks of business planning understand the reasons why businesses create plans, including importance in setting up a new business, raising finance, setting objectives and detailing - - how functions of a business will be organised understand the main sections of a business plan understand the difference between variable costs, fixed costs and total costs understand the concept of revenue, costs, profit and loss.

Lesson 1&2 - Learning Objectives Students should be able to: Understand how and why cash flow forecasts are constructed Understand the consequences of cash flow problems and the effect of positive cash flow Complete and interpret sections of a cash flow forecast (this includes an understanding of cash inflows and outflows, net cash flow and the opening and closing balance.) Evaluate possible solutions to cash flow problems, including re-scheduling payments, overdrafts, reducing cash outflow, increasing cash inflow and finding new sources of finance.

Learning Objectives Students should be able to understand: the methods of good service. the benefits of good customer service the dangers of poor customer service the ways in which ICT has helped develop customer service

Lesson Objectives: Students should be able to understand: Gross Profit Margin and how to calculate it. Net Profit Margin and how to calculate it. Be able to apply both formulas to a business to aid decision making.

A full lesson looking at the purpose and nature of businesses. To understand what a business is and the reasons for starting a business. To understand the difference between goods and services, needs and wants and the four factors of production. To understand the definition of opportunity cost and what the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors are. To understand what an enterprise and entrepreneur is. To learn about the characteristics of an entrepreneur and the objectives of entrepreneurs.

By the end of this lesson students should be able to: Students should be able to identify and analyse where there may be a possible trade off between ethics and profit. Ethical behaviour requires businesses to act in ways that stakeholders consider to be both fair and honest. Students are expected to know relevant examples of ways in which a business can behave ethically and the benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour.

Learning objectives for this lesson: Students should be able to: Understand how businesses can be affected by legislation. Understand the some of the different laws that could affect business including: Employment Law Health and Safety Law Consumer Protection Laws

Learning Objectives Students should be able to understand: Job and flow production methods and understand when each is appropriate within a business context. Students should consider how production might be made more efficient by the use of lean production techniques.

Lesson Objectives Students should be able to: Understand the meaning of a market and competition Analyse potential impacts of competition on businesses and identify situations when businesses face minimal or no competition Understand the risks businesses face and the reasons why all businesses face uncertainty Understand the reason why entrepreneurs embark on running businesses and the activities businesses can undertake to minimise risks.

This lesson will be looking at the following areas: To understand the benefits and risks of developing new products. To understand the importance of product design, image and the needs of the target market when designing new products. To learn about the product life cycle and Boston Matrix.

A full lesson covering Organisational Structure of a business. This lesson is delivered in a clear and straightforward manner with appropriate examples to ensure student clarity. This lesson looks at the following topics: Chain of Command Delayering Delegation Tall / Flat Structures Decentralisation / Centralisation BONUS worksheet activity included that follows and example shown in the lesson.

Segmentation This lesson looks at the following learning objectives: To understand how and why different businesses use segmentation. To learn about the various methods businesses may use to target customers. Specifically looking at: - gender - age - location - income.

A full lesson covering Motivating Employees. This lesson is delivered in a clear and straightforward manner with appropriate examples to ensure student clarity. This lesson looks at the following topics: Benefits of a motivated workforce Financial Motivators Non-Financial Motivators Styles of Management BONUS worksheet activity included…