Students should be able to identify and analyse where there may be a possible trade off between ethics and profit understand that ethical behaviour requires businesses to act in ways that stakeholders consider to be both fair and honest demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how business and consumers accept greater environmental responsibility in their decision making and the costs and benefits of businesses behaving this way identify and analyse where there may be a possible trade-off between sustainability and profit Students are expected to know relevant examples of ways in which a business can behave ethically and the benefits and drawbacks of ethical behaviour. This complete lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should be able to: demonstrate and understand how businesses might be affected by changes in the rate of interest how fluctuating interest rates can affect businesses that rely on overdrafts and loans for finance how fluctuating interest rates can affect consumer and business spending. identify how and why businesses might be affected by changes in levels of employment discuss how demand for products and services may change as incomes fluctuate This complete lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should: have an understanding of customer expectations of quality in terms of production of goods and the provision of services have an understanding of how businesses identify quality problems and how businesses measure quality and the consequences of these issues be aware of the methods of maintaining consistent quality and be able to identify the advantages to a business of using TQM be aware of the possible quality issues as businesses grow, particularly if outsourcing and franchising is used This complete lesson is made by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should: understand the sales process be able to understand the importance of providing good service to customers be able to analyse the techniques businesses use to provide good customer service Complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should be able to: understand the difference between internal and external recruitment and the benefits and drawbacks of each approach outline the main stages in the recruitment and selection process, including an understanding of job analysis, job description, person specification, and selection methods analyse the benefits of having an effective recruitment and selection process for a business, including high productivity, high quality output or customer service and staff retention understand the difference between part time and full time contracts, job share and zero hour contracts understand the benefits of full and part time employment Complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: Organic growth Increasing output, gaining new customers, developing new products, increasing market share External growth Mergers, takeovers – including horizontal and vertical, diversification This lesson is 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

New Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 1 Approaches to staffing This lesson covers: a) Staff as an asset; staff as a cost. b) Flexible workforce: • multi-skilling • part-time and temporary • zero-hour contracts • flexible hours and home working • outsourcing. c) Distinction between dismissal and redundancy. d) Employer/employee relationships • individual approach • collective bargaining. 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: Models of organisational structure Functional Product based Regional Matrix Influences on organisational design authority span hierarchy delegation centralisation and decentralisation The value of changing organisational design How managing the human resource flow helps meet human resource objectives: human resource plan recruitment training redeployment redundancy 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: The benefits of motivated and engaged employees Theories of motivation should include Taylor, Maslow and Herzberg. How to improve employee engagement and motivation Financial methods of motivation should include: piece rate commission salary schemes performance-related pay Non-financial methods of motivating employees Empowerment Team working Flexible working Job enrichment Job rotation Influences on the choice and assessment of the effectiveness of financial and non-financial methods of motivating employees 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 mission of a business Internal and external influences on corporate objectives and decisions Influences on corporate objectives should include the pressures for short termism, business ownership, the external and internal environment. The links between mission, corporate objectives and strategy The distinction between strategy and tactics The impact of strategic decision making on functional decision making Internal and external influences on functional objectives and decisions The value of SWOT analysis 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: How to assess the financial performance of a business using balance sheets, income statements financial ratios profitability (return on capital employed) liquidity (current ratio) gearing Efficiency ratios: payables days receivables days inventory turnover The value of financial ratios when assessing performance Data may be analysed over time or in comparison with other businesses. This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 3 Markets This lesson covers: The interaction of supply and demand The drawing and interpretation of supply and demand diagrams to show the causes and consequences of price changes Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

234 Resource Management 3 INVENTORY CONTROL This complete lesson includes: a) Interpretation of inventory control diagram b) Buffer inventory c) Implications of poor inventory control d) Just in time (JIT) e) Waste minimisation f) Competitive advantage from lean production This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

a) The impact of movements in exchange rates b) Competitive advantage through: o cost competitiveness o differentiation c) Skill shortages and their impact on international competitiveness This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Spreading risk over different countries/regions b) Entering new markets/trade blocs c) Acquiring national/international brand names/patents d) Securing resources/supplies e) Maintaining/increasing global competitiveness This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Exports and imports b) The link between business specialisation and competitive advantage c) Foreign direct investment (FDI) and link to business growth This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental) b) The changing competitive environment c) Porter’s Five Forces Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.2.3 PROMOTION (COMPLETE LESSON) 223 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Promotion: Appropriate promotion strategies for different market segments: advertising sponsorship product trials special offers branding The use of technology in promotion: targeted advertising online, viral advertising via social media, e-newsletters Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

235 External influences 3 THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT This complete lesson includes: a) The effects on businesses of competition in terms of competitor: • numbers • size • behaviour b) Ways for a small business to compete in a competitive market This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation