This lesson introduces learners to the use of digital technology in business. We start off by looking at the pressures to adopt digital technology before going through the different types of digital technology which exists such as e-commerce, data mining, big data and enterprise resource planning (ERP). We look at the impact of these on different functional areas, some true or false questions, a short case study and exam style question, research task, debate, kahoot quiz and box plenary to end with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 3x PPTs which can be delivered over 7 lessons (around 100 slides of engaging and interactive learning throughout the bundle). This bundle consists of lessons on 3.9.3 assessing internationalisation, the lessons are broken down as follows: L1-2 Assessing internationalisation 1 - reasons for targeting international markets and methods of entering i.e export, licensing, alliances and direct investment (free trade and protectionism is looked at too). L3-4 Assessing internationalisation 2 - factors influencing the attractiveness of international markets, we look at off-shoring, re-shoring and what makes a country ideal for business. L5-7 Assessing internationalisation 3 - Bartlett and Ghoshal’s matrix including global strategy, transnational, multi-domestic and international. Impact of internationalisation on functional areas. A large range of activities including case studies with exam style questions, guidance and concise model answers, peer assessment grids, videos, debates, research tasks and more throughout the lessons! Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This resource includes 1x PPT and 1x word document which can be delivered over a double lesson. We start off by discussing what innovation is and the main types of innovation that exist, the pressures that lead to businesses to innovate, the pros and cons of innovation and finally how to protect innovations. We look at how innovation can impact different functional areas. Visual infographics of businesses that spend on R&D to innovate, video clip, debate, true or false questions, a 4 mark and 16 mark exam style question (guidance, concise model answer and peer assessment grid included) before ending with a box plenary. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 4x PPTs which can be delivered over 7 lessons (over 100 slides of engaging and interactive learning throughout the bundle). This bundle consists of lessons on 3.9.1 Assessing a change in scale, the lessons are broken down as follows: L1-2 Assessing a change in scale (an overview with a focus on economies and diseconomies of scale) L3-4 Assessing a change in scale 2 (focus is on organic growth) L5-6 Assessing a change in scale 3 (focus is on mergers, takeovers and joint ventures) L7 Assessing a change in scale 4 (focus is on franchise) A huge range and variety of activities including numerous case studies and exam questions with model answers, peer assessment grids, videos, debates, research tasks and more throughout the lessons! Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT which can be delivered over a double lesson. This lesson introduces learners to different types of strategic positions a business can adopt as demonstrated through Porter’s strategies and Bowman’s strategic clock. This builds on from strategic direction in the previous lesson (deciding which market to operate in, now the emphasis is how to position within the chosen market). We go through the three strategies of Porter before looking at the pros and cons of cost leadership, differentiation and focus. A short exam style question and answer before going onto the second part of the lesson. Some true or false questions to consolidate learning before students are introduced to Bowman’s strategic clock. Tasks, debates, box plenary and two kahoot quizzes to end with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT which can be delivered over a double lesson. This lesson introduces learners to different types of strategy businesses can adopt as demonstrated through Ansoff’s Matrix. We start by looking at Ansoff’s and the four types of strategies involved here, each with their pros and cons and examples. We then go on to read a brief case study on a plumbing company, wth an exam style question and a model answer to self assess with. In the second lesson, a case study on Toyota and their strategy. This case study comes with a 4 and 16 mark style question, both with guidance and concise model answers for peer assessment. Debate questions, box plenary and an interactive kahoot quiz with the link to the game to consolidate the day’s learning. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you 3.8.1 Strategic direction: choosing which markets to compete in and what products to offer

This bundle of lessons is the ultimate resource for investment appraisal and can be delivered over 2-3 lessons. We introduces learners to the three main techniques of investmen appraisal, we go through each one, with step by step, concise, clear and engaging examples before students have a go at practising the calculations. We start with payback, a few examples with answers and then students can practice, we then look at the pros and cons before going on to ARR. A good set of examples and questions for ARR, with answers popping in to see how we get to the end figure. We then go on to look at NPV with a few more examples and questions. Two kahoot quizzes with links to further consolidate knowledge of how to calculate payback, ARR and NPV. We look at what else needs to be taken into consideration when making investment decisions such as non-financial, risk, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. A 24 mark question which requires some calculation is included, with a concise model answer for students to use to develop their own answer. We finish with the box plenary as usual. All you need to deliver investment appraisal - 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 resource includes 1x PPT and 1x word document which can be delivered over a double lesson. We focus on Porter’s five forces by starting with a video outlining the model, then some slides to consolidate the theory on this interesting tool to analyse influences on an industry. A case study on Tesco’s buyer power is looked at before students attempt to carry out a Porter’s five forces analysis on the smartphone industry, this could be carried out as a group activity and findings presented back to class. In the second lesson, we look at a case study which we previously looked at in year 1 (3.1.3) on the gaming market, now that students have studied the external environment in thorough detail in year 2, we attempt this again. Model answer and peer assessment grid provided, debate question, videos, case studies, kahoot quiz and a box plenary to finish with. As we come to the end of external influences, some slides at the end to remind students that PESTLE and SWOT are also useful tools to analyse external influences on businesses together with Porter’s five forces. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPTs which can be delivered over 3 lessons (over 65 slides of engaging and interactive learning throughout the bundle). We start by discussing the different types of social changes that exist before looking at some informative graphs and charts to contextualise understanding. A short exam style question before going on technological changes, again discussion of real life examples for context and a short question. Some true or false questions as a mini plenary and debate. In the second powerpoint, we focus on corporate social responsibility, lots of real life examples. case studies, videos to help students understand the extent to which businesses are socially responsible (or not) i.e Apple and Primark’s suppliers and tax avoidance by many firms. We also have a case study on shareholders vs stakeholders, students prepare arguments to present back to the class on whether the firm should aim to satisfy shareholders or stakeholders, this can be answered as a 24 mark exam style question with a peer assessment grid to follow. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 6x PPTs which can be delivered over 9 lessons (100s of slides of engaging and interactive learning throughout the bundle). This bundle consists of lessons on Economic influences on business, the lessons are broken down as follows: L1-2 GDP and exchange rates L3 Inflation L4 Fiscal policy (taxation and government spending) L5 Monetary policy (interest rates) L6-7 Open trade vs protectionism L8-9 Globalisation A range of activities including case studies, videos, debates, research tasks and more throughout the lessons! Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT which can be delivered over a double lesson (35 slides of engaging and interactive learning). We start by discussing what kinds of external influences on business exist before focusing on political influences, plenty of examples to help students contextualise the political influences before going on to legal changes which can impact on businesses. Again, examples and case studies to contextualise knowledge before a matching task on laws and a 16 mark evaluation question on legal change, model answer and peer assessment grid provided to help students develop exam technique. Some true or false questions, research task and a box plenary to end with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

In this free double lesson, we look at core competencies and other ways to assess the internal performance of a business such as through the use of Kaplan & Norton’s Balanced scorecard and Elkington’s Triple bottom line. Research tasks, exam practice, true or false questions, box plenary, debate and a kahoot quiz included. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPTs which can be delivered over 3 lessons (over 50 slides of engaging and interactive learning). In the first lesson, we start by looking at how marketing, human resources and operations data can be used to assess the internal performance of a business. We look at a variety of ways to assess from each function i.e capacity utilisation for operations, labour turnover for human resources etc. In the second powerpoint, we focus on core competencies and other ways to assess the internal performance of a business such as Kaplan & Norton’s Balanced scorecard and Elkington’s Triple bottom line. Research tasks, exam practice, true or false questions, box plenary, debate and kahoot quiz included. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 3x PPTs which can be delivered over 4 lessons (over 100 slides of engaging and interactive learning) and 5x word files consisting of calculation practice questions and a group ratio analysis activity. We start by looking at how financial statements can help stakeholders make decisions before going into the four categories of ratio analysis (profitability, liquidity, gearing and efficiency ratios). In the first double lesson we focus on profitability and liquidity ratios. ROCE is looked at with broken down examples before recapping the GP and NP margin from Year 1 (so ALL ratios are covered). We then look at the current ratio and although the acid test ratio is not required in the AQA spec, students do have the opportunity to understand it here as it can help with evaluation arguments e.g. stock is not a very liquid asset all the time. In the third lesson we focus on gearing, again with broken downe examples and the interpretation of the figures, finally in the last lesson we focus on efficiency ratios of payables days, receivables days and inventory turnover. Lots of calculation practice in this bundle, two companies, JD and Royal Mail where students have the opportunity to carry out ratio analysis, research tasks, true or false questions, debates, kahoot quizzes and box plenaries included. Students will come out as ratio experts! Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPTs which can be delivered over 3 lessons (over 60 slides of engaging and interactive learning) and 3x word files consisting of exam practice questions and an activity. Learners are introduced to mission statements and how they differ from vision statements, we then focus on corporate objectives, internal and external influences on them before looking at functional objectives. We wrap this up with a nice visual of how the mission flows down to the functional objectives. Difference between strategy and tactics is looked at. The second powerpoint introduces learners to the value of a SWOT analysis. We start by looking at what a SWOT analysis is and the types of questions we need to ask ourselves to find out our SWOT. We then contextualise with a few activities and examples such as Mcdonald’s, Thornton’s and a brief sorting activity with Apples SWOT. We then go on to look at a concise case study on BHP the large mining company, students can work in pairs or a group to assess the companies position using SWOT, the outcomes of this can be used to answer a 9 mark question based on the case study. A concise model answer is included for students to peer assess. We finish with a kahoot quiz! Many real life examples are given throughout the bundle to help students contextualise. A variety of tasks to consolidate this knowledge through discussions, research and case studies and more. Exam questions, with model answers and marking grids so students can self/peer assess to identify WWW and EBI with their answers. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

FREE 60 MIN ASSESSMENT FOR 2022 PAPER 3 This assessment comes with: A 60 minute/50 mark assessment in the same style and standard of paper 3 A full mark scheme Interactive PDF and standard version so it can be completed digitally or printed out Relevant and recent case studies Written by an experienced examiner for Edexcel A Level Business Use as a mock assessment or go through questions in class/homework