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.
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business (iGCSE)
1.5.3 Exchange rate calculation.
This is a complete lesson with a PPT and a worksheet
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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business 1.5.1 Globalisation
1.5.1 Globalisation:
• concept of globalisation
• opportunities and threats of globalisation
for businesses.
This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet.
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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 lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of Income Elasticity of Demand (YED)
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 concept of limited liability
The features of different types of business ownership
Sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies
The suitability of differing types of ownership in different business contexts
Start-ups and established businesses
It is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson covers:
The purpose of the finance function
Provide financial information, support business planning and decision making
The influence of the finance function on business activity
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NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 4 PED Price Elasticity of Demand
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
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a) Calculation of price elasticity of demand.
b) Interpretation of numerical values of price elasticity of demand.
c) The factors influencing price elasticity of demand.
d) The significance of price elasticity of demand to businesses in terms of implications for pricing.
e) Calculation and interpretation of the relationship between price elasticity of demand and total revenue.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 5 YED Income Elasticity of Demand
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
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a) Calculation of income elasticity of demand.
b) Normal and inferior goods.
c) Interpretation of numerical values of income elasticity of demand.
d) The factors influencing income elasticity of demand.
e) The significance of income elasticity of demand to businesses
NEW Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 1 Marketing objectives
a) Marketing objectives
• increase market share
• increase revenue
• building a brand.
b) The product life cycle and extension strategies.
c) The Boston Matrix and the product portfolio.
d) The concept of ‘marketing mix’.
e) Marketing strategies appropriate for different types of market:
• mass markets
• niche markets
• business to business (B2B)
• business to consumer (B2C).
f) Consumer behaviour – how businesses develop customer loyalty.
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 2 Product service design
This lesson covers:
a) Design mix:
• function
• aesthetics
• cost/economic manufacture.
b) Changes in the elements of the design mix to reflect social trends:
• concern over resource depletion: designing for waste minimisation, re-use and recycling
• ethical sourcing.
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revsionstation
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
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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
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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 analyse data other than financial statements to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a business
Data other than financial statements should include operations, human resource and marketing data.
Data may be analysed over time or in comparison with other businesses
The importance of core competences
Assessing short and long-term performance
The value of different measures of assessing business performance
Methods of assessing overall business performance to include:
Elkington’s Triple Bottom Line (Profit, People, Planet).
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:
Financial methods of assessing an investment, investment appraisal should include the calculation and interpretation of:
payback
average rate of return
net present value
Factors influencing investment decisions. Factors to include:
investment criteria
non-financial factors
risk and uncertainty
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (131) 3 Market Positioning
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
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a) Product and market orientation.
b) Market mapping.
c) Market segmentation.
d) Competitive advantage of a product or service.
e) The purpose of product differentiation.
f) Adding value to products/services.
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
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235 External influences
1 ECONOMIC INFLUENCES
This complete lesson includes:
a) The effect on businesses of, and how they can best respond to, changes in:
• the rate of inflation
• exchange rates (appreciation, depreciation)
• interest rates
• taxation and government spending
• the business cycle.
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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 interpretation, calculation and use of operations data in operational decision-making and planning
Calculation of:
labour productivity
unit costs (average costs)
capacity
capacity utilisation
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet which covers:
a) Internal and external stakeholders
b) Stakeholder objectives
c) Stakeholder and shareholder influences:
o stakeholder: that the business considers all of its
stakeholders in its business decisions/objectives
o shareholder: that the business should focus purely
on shareholder returns (increasing share price and
dividends) in its business decisions/objectives
d) The potential for conflict between profit-based
(shareholder) and wider objectives (stakeholder)
This was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Types of pricing strategy:
cost plus (calculating mark-up on unit cost)
price skimming
penetration
predatory
competitive
psychological
b) Factors that determine the most appropriate pricing strategy for a particular situation:
number of USPs/amount of differentiation
price elasticity of demand
level of competition in the business environment
strength of brand
stage in the product life cycle
costs and the need to make a profit
c) Changes in pricing to reflect social trends:
online sales
price comparison sites
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation