Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
This is a worksheet and an answer sheet lesson for extra support with the tricky topic of capacity utilisation / utilization.
It will suit students studying Edexcel A level business and Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business.
This includes a worksheet and a separate answer booklet in Word and PDF format
It is written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation
This complete lesson covers:
To be able to describe different ways of communicating in a business context
To be able to discuss the importance of business communications
To be able to discuss the influence of digital communication on business activity
This lesson has been written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet
a) SWOT analysis
o internal considerations: strengths and weaknesses
o external considerations: opportunities and threats
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Capacity utilisation:
o current output (divided by) maximum possible output (x 100)
b) Implications of under- and over-utilisation of capacity
c) Ways of improving capacity utilisation
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.5.3 LEGISLATION AND BUSINESS (COMPLETE LESSON) 153
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
The purpose of legislation:
Principles of consumer law: quality and consumer rights
Principles of employment law: recruitment, pay, discrimination, and health and safety
The impact of legislation on businesses:
Cost
Consequences of meeting and not meeting these obligations
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint
These are the topics covered in this lesson:
a) Identifying key risks through risk assessment:
• natural disasters
• IT systems failure
• loss of key staff
b) Planning for risk mitigation:
• business continuity
• succession planning
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Importance of motivation in the workforce
Benefits of a motivated workforce
Staff retention
High productivity
Methods to motivate staff
Financial methods of motivation
Non-financial methods of motivation
1.5.1
Role of an
entrepreneur
a) Creating and setting up a business
b) Running and expanding/developing a business
c) Innovation within a business (intrapreneurship)
d) Barriers to entrepreneurship
e) Anticipating risk and uncertainty in the business
environment
1.5.2
Entrepreneurial
motives and
characteristics
a) Characteristics and skills required
b) Reasons why people set up businesses:
o financial motives: profit maximisation and profit
satisficing
o non-financial motives: ethical stance, social
entrepreneurship, independence and home working
1.5.3
Business objectives
a) Survival
b) Profit maximisation
c) Other objectives:
o sales maximisation
o market share
o cost efficiency
o employee welfare
o customer satisfaction
o social objectives
1.5.4
Forms of business
a) Sole trader, partnership and private limited company
b) Franchising, social enterprise, lifestyle businesses, online
businesses
c) Growth to PLC and stock market flotation
1.5.5
Business choices
a) Opportunity cost
b) Choices and potential trade-offs
1.5.6
Moving from
entrepreneur to
leader
a) The difficulties in developing from an entrepreneur to a leader
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business (iGCSE)
1.5.4 The impact of exchange rate changes:
• on international competitiveness
• on importers and exporters.
This is a complete lesson with a PPT and a worksheet written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of Profit Calculations
It is written for students studying Edexcel A level Business but would also suit students on the Pearson International Edexcel A level business course.
This includes a worksheet and a separate answer booklet in Word and PDF format
Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation
This complete lesson covers:
The impact of consumer law on business
Reputation of the business, safety and satisfactory quality of goods
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson covers:
Different production processes and their impact on business
Job, batch, flow
The influence of technology on production and the impact on business
Automation, computers and robotics
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson covers:
To be able to identify various methods of selling
To be able to describe the influence of e-commerce on business activity
To be able to discuss the importance to a business of good customer service, including after-sales service
To be able to evaluate the contribution of product knowledge and customer engagement to good customer service
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0
This lesson covers:
Influences on the extent and methods of employee involvement in decision making
Employee representation methods to include trade unions and works council
How to manage and improve employer – employee communications and relations
Value of good employer – employee relations
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton from Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Internal and external causes of business failure:
o financial factors
o non-financial factors
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
The need for recruitment
Internal recruitment
External recruitment
Methods of recruitment and selection of employees
Job analysis
Job description
Person specification
Selection methods
Benefits of recruitment
Contracts of employment
Part time
Full time
Job share
Zero hours
This is a complete lesson which includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
The importance of identifying and satisfying customer needs, in order to:
provide a product or service that customers will buy
increase sales
select the correct marketing mix
avoid costly mistakes
be competitive
This is a genuine Revisionstation resource written by Sarah Hilton
This is the blue front slide version
This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and student worksheet
This lesson covers:
a) The product life cycle
b) Extension strategies:
product
promotion
c) Boston Matrix and the product portfolio
d) Marketing strategies appropriate for different types of market:
mass markets
niche markets
business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) marketing
e) Consumer behaviour – how businesses develop customer loyalty
This lesson covers:
Factors influencing business location
Costs, the proximity to market, labour and materials
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0
This lesson covers:
Methods to improve cash flow
Assess ways of improving cash flow
Methods to improve profits and profitability
Assess ways of improving profits and profitability
Difficulties improving cash flow and profit
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation