This set of resources includes 2x PPTs and 4x word documents consisting of exam practice and activities - this can be delivered over at least 4 lessons. In the first double lesson, we start off by looking at an overview of developing and implementing strategy, including ways to implement strategy effective. We then look at the importance of leadership and communication in implementing strategy. Learners are then introduced to key concepts in organisational structures such as span of control and chain of command in engaging ways i.e chinese whispers to demonstrate the negatives of a long chain of command. We look at the pros and cons of tall, flat and matrix structures, then we move on onto centralised and decentralised structures. A short case study based on cartoon characters who have switched to decentralised - a few questions to contextualize the knowledge. Students acknowledge that orgnaisations can be strcutured in different ways such as by function, product or region. In the second lesson, students have the opportunity to learn about the supermarket industry, in particular Morrisons struggle with the budget supermarkets which led to restructuring - a 16 mark question with structure guidance and a detailed model answer to help students with peer assessments, as well as making improvements to WWW and EBI. To spice it up a bit, a group matching task, where students have to create an organisational structure - answer sheet provided so teacher can look around whilst students work on it. In the second double lesson, learners are introduced to critical path analysis, quite a tricky concept to understand at first for a lot of students - but not with this powerpoint. We start with an engaging starter to contextualise the topic, then we break down the elements of the critical path such as node, EST LFT, activities and durations so that we can see how it is built. Guidance is displayed step by step how to work out EST and LFT. Students have opportunities to practice completing and calculating critical path analysis, including working out the EST and LFTs, float times and the critical path. We then look at the advantages and disadvantages of CPA, followed by a concise case study on the usefulness of using CPA. Structure guidance and a concise model answer is given to help students improve their exam technique. A group task to construct a more challenging CPA and a kahoot quiz + box plenary to end with. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you

This set of resources can be delivered over 2-3 lessons and includes 1x ppt and 5 word files. The best way to bring this topic to life is to play a hotel game where students are hotel owners and try to make the most profit by changing their prices over a period of months - students can see their live profit after each month. We start by introducing the concepts of revenue, cost and profit through step by step animated examples before playing the hotel game. A few calculation activities to consolidate the formulas learnt by students with answers provided on the board for students to peer assess with. A 4 mark exam style calculation question with answers provided, 2 student answers are also provided for students to see how marks are given in these types of questions. A group presentation task with links to two kahoots and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x ppt and 4x word files which can be delivered over 2-3 lessons. We start by looking at what contribution is before understanding break even and margin of safety. Lots of calculation practice to consolidate the formula, we then look at the pros and cons of using break even analysis, this is used for the exam style question which is based on a concise case study of a cake manufacturer. Structure guidance and model answer is provided for students to peer assess and improve their own answers. Students have an opportunity to draw the BE chart with step by step instructions (not required to draw the BE chart in exam but it will help with understanding the chart). Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson is the second part of ‘The market’ and learners first consolidate knowledge from last lesson on market size and share through a group activity, students are in pairs representing a businesss within a market and must calculate their own market shares as well as the whole market. We then go on to looking at mass and niche markets, with real life examples that students are familiar with. Students have the opportunity to apply this knowledge to a case study on a high end luxury manufacturer - an 8 mark question with structure guidance and a concise model answer for students to look at before peer assessing with marking grids. We look at risk vs uncertainty before finishing with a box plenary. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson introduces learners to the interaction of supply and demand and consolidated on the previous lessons of supply and demand. We start by looking at how to construct a fully labelled diagram - animated so students can see how to draw it in their exam. We look at a few different examples where the supply and demand shifts to a new market equilibrium. A selection of short activities to consolidate the knowledge Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to supply and the factors which influence it. We start by looking at why suppliers supply, once students grasp it is for the incentive of profit we look at examples which can affect supply. We then go on to illustrate these impacts on diagrams with shifts in the supply curve - all broken down so students can grasp it quickly. We then have two four mark questions, both with concise case studies on a car manufacturer and the supply of houses, guidance on the assessment objectives required and concise model answers for students to look at when peer assessing. Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This 7 lesson bundle covers: 1.5.1 + 1.5.2 The role and characteristics of an entrepreneur - 2 lessons 1.5.3 Business objectives 1.5.4 Forms of business 1.5.5 Business choices 1.5.6 Moving from entrepreneur to leader Filled with real life examples, case studies, questions, concise model answers to improve exam practice and kahoot quizzes to consolidate learning in an engaging way. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you Note: This 1.5 bundle has individual lessons uploaded too - the purpose of this upload is to bundle it with the rest of theme 1 (due to 20 file limit)

This lesson introduces learners to different methods of making payments. There are quite a few methods to remember, so an engaging activity here which can be used in two ways - a kinaesthetic matching activity where students match the payment method to their definitions, pros and cons OR the information can be placed around the class and students can be in grous focusing on for example, just finding advantages of certain payment systems or just definitions (for differentiation too). A 6 mark question with a model answer and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPT, 6x word files and can be delivered over 3-4 lessons. We start by looking what a balance sheet is and what it is made up of including the key terms. Once this is consolidated, we break down a balance sheet into 3 stages to simplify understanding this. Plenty of practice for students to make their own balance sheets as well as with a template first - answers for all questions provided on the powerpoint. In the second powerpoint, there is an emphasis on depreciation, and showing depreciated assets within the balance sheet, calculation practice and answers provided. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson builds on the previous lesson on stakeholders, now the focus is on resolving conflicts between stakeholders, we look at the influence of different types of stakeholders, some activities to engage students to consolidate this. A 12 mark quetsion on meeting stakeholders needs, structure guidance and a concise model answer is provided to get students use to writing 12 mark essays in prepration for the x3 they will get in the unit 1 exam. We also look at the consequences of not listening to stakeholders with a task on the controversial HS2 railway. A link to a kahoot quiz and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x ppt, 4x word files and can be delivered over 2-3 lessons and introduces learners to the importance of business planning. We start by looking at what’s included in a business plan and the purpose of creating one, a group matching cards activity to consolidate the contents of the business plan. This is consolidated with activities. Students then have the opportunity to develop a business plan, a template is provided which can be shared with them on the computers. Extra structure for this activity can be given with the different businesses provided so students have a particular focus. a 12 mark question on business planning, with structure guidance and a concise model answer is provided. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x ppts, 3 words files and can be delivered over 3-4 lessons. Learners are introduced to ways of raising capital from within and outside the business. We look at the various types of finance (for this spec) with their pros and cons. We then look at a concise case study of a firm that requires capital but wants to only use internal finance - a 12 mark question on this with structure guidance and a concise model answer for students to use when peer assessing. A peer assessment grid and how it is used by examiners is provided for students to make improves on WWW and EBI. We then go on to consolidating the knowledge with some matching and recall activities before a group activity, students are put into groups and given scenarios that require finance, students decide which sources of finance are most appropriate for scenario and present ideas back to class. Class then decides who the weakest link is (encouraging application and evaluation skills) A case study and 12 mark question on venture capital is included, structure guidance and a concise model answer is provided to help students develop their exam technique. A link to a kahoot quiz and box plenary to finish off with. I have found this to be a very engaging set of lessons personally. Thank you

NEW UNIT ASSESSMENT FOR 2021-22 Designed to build confidence, this assessment comes with: A 30 minute/30 mark assessment with a range of question types A full mark scheme with model answers Interactive PDF and standard version so it can be completed digitally or printed out A PowerPoint with model answer for the essay context questions (to go through with class) Concise case study like the real exam so students can focus on extracting the context and applying it in their answers Written by an experienced examiner for Edexcel GCSE Business