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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
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Former teacher of Economics, Politics & Business Studies in Madrid, Spain (journalist at The Times, Sunday Times & MoneySavingExpert.com in a previous life)
Business and finance
Organisation structure (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson on Organisation Structure (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers hierarchical and matrix structures (advantages and disadvantages of), span of control, chain of command, delegation, and pros and cons of centralised and decentralised structures.
Part two on delayering here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12592361
4-lesson bundle for teaching earlier chapter on Further Human Resource Management (Unit 2, Cambridge) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Revenue curves (A-level Economics)
A-level Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) on Revenue & revenue curves.
Lesson covers total revenue, average revenue, marginal revenue, revenue curves and relationship between revenue and price elasticity.
PowerPoint
Starter task
Worksheet to fill in
Homework/class task (depending on length of lesson)
Took my Y13s about 1.5 hours to complete - but could be done in an hour (or stretched to 2)
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Technology & the marketing mix: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on how technology has affected the marketing mix (Cambridge, Unit 3) used with my Y11 students.
Lesson covers B2B, B2C and C2C buying and selling, opportunities and risks of e-commerce for businesses and consumers and includes:
PowerPoint (with learning activities)
Worksheets
Practice questions
Full shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Porter's Five Forces (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on Porter’s Five Forces used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter on strategic analysis techniques
Porter’s Five Forces explained
Porter’s Five Forces detailed example (McDonald’s)
Porter’s Five Forces student task
Strategic management glossary / worksheet
Previous lessons:
SWOT & PEST: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621941
Boston Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621952
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Net present value (A-level Business)
For previous lessons see:
Payback period: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12796450
ARR: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12796575
Quick lesson on Net Present Value (NPV) used with my Year 13 Business students. Includes:
Starter quiz suggestion
Discounted payback (worked example and practice questions)
NPV (worked example and practice questions)
Answers
Finance topic revision videos playlist
YED, PED, XED: A-level Economics worksheet
A-level YED, PED, XED Microeconomics worksheet (with answers)
Used with Year 12 for revision of Income Elasticity of Demand, Price Elasticity of Demand and Cross Elasticity of Demand.
Took my students a full hour to complete
Externalities (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering externalities, used with my Year 12 students. Includes:
PowerPoint (with explanations and learner activities)
Starter (Microeconomic definitions)
Welfare loss graph practice worksheet
Practice essay question (with mark scheme)
Essay planning template
Link to related FT article and documentary (YouTube) with task for students to apply their knowledge
Enough for a double lesson (1h 50m).
15-lesson bundle covering the first 10 chapters of Edexcel Student Book 1 (introductory concepts, consumer behaviour and demand and supply) can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/as-level-microeconomics-bundle-edexcel-chapters-1-10-15-lessons-worksheets-12602164
Theory X & Theory Y; emotional intelligence (AS-level Business)
1-hour AS-level Business Studies lesson on McGregor’s Theory X & Theory Y and Emotional Intelligence (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 12 students.
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with learning tasks)
Practice questions
Link to relevant 12-min video
Homework essay question
Previous lesson on leadership styles (autocratic, democratic etc) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579237
Earlier lesson on Mintzberg here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12579229
YED: Income elasticity of demand (AS-level Economics)
AS Microeconomics lesson (Edexcel) covering income elasticity of demand (YED).
Full 1-hour lesson includes:
Starter worksheet
PowerPoint
Activities
Previous exam practice questions
Worksheet
Graph practice homework sheet
7-lesson bundle covering all chapters on consumer behaviour, demand, and supply can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12535155
8-lesson bundle for previous chapters (the economic problem; factors of production; functions of money; specialisation/division of labour; production possibility frontiers etc) is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528890
Payback period (A-level Business)
Quick payback period lesson used with my Year 13 Business students. PPT includes:
Starter quiz on finance formulas
Payback period (explanation and worked example)
Student practice questions (and answers)
Link to relevant short video
Delayering & organisation structure (A-level Business)
Part 2 of my A-level Business Studies lessons on Organisation Structure (Cambridge, Unit 2) - used with my Year 13 students.
Includes:
Starter task
Powerpoint (with various learner tasks throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers delayering (advantages and disadvantages of), growing a business’ formal structure and informal organisation structures.
Part one of this lesson can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12590907
4-lesson bundle for teaching earlier chapter on Further Human Resource Management (Unit 2, Cambridge) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12582582
Bundle
Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies (Section 6): External influences on business activity (8 complete lessons)
Eight lessons covering Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies, Section 6
Each lesson is comfortably 1-hour long (what they don’t finish I set for homework) and includes a PowerPoint plus various activities and/or worksheets.
Lesson 1 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494613
Lesson 2 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12494998
Lesson 3 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12495450
Lesson 4 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12499066
Lesson 5 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12505357
Lesson 6 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12507546
Lesson 7 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12509139
Lesson 8 can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516750
Market research: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Market research (Cambridge, Unit 3).
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint (with various and varied learning activities throughout)
Practice questions
Lesson covers primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative data etc. and filled a full 2-hour lesson with my Year 11s.
Full shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Sources of finance: IGCSE Business
IGCSE Business Studies lesson on Sources of finance (Unit 5, Cambridge) used with my Year 11 students (PowerPoint & student work booklet).
Related resources:
8-lesson section 6 bundle here : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12528395
Ansoff Matrix (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) on the Ansoff Matrix used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
Starter on strategic analysis techniques
Ansoff Matrix explained
Ansoff Matrix detailed example (Coca-Cola)
Ansoff Matrix student task (with template)
Strategic management glossary / worksheet
Previous lessons:
SWOT & PEST: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621941
Boston Matrix: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621952
Porter’s Five Forces: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12621959
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
R&D: new product development (A-level Business)
A-level Business Studies lesson (Cambridge) covering R&D (research and development) and new product development used with my Year 13s. Includes:
PowerPoint (with learner activities)
R&D mind map
Links to videos (R&D at Microsoft; TED Talk)
Links to relevant news articles (on UK govt funding for R&D)
Question worksheet
Essay homework question (with differentiated help grid)
The whole lot takes about 3 hours lesson time to complete.
Previous lesson on Elasticities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12605612
More Business, Economics & Politics resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/smith_michael
Mintzberg & intro to management (AS-level Business)
AS-level Business Studies lesson introducing Management & Leadership and Henry Mintzberg (Cambridge, Unit 2) used with my Year 12 students.
Includes:
Starter task
PowerPoint
Card sort task (some cutting up involved)
Practice questions / worksheet
Dividend yields (A-level Business)
Worksheet to help students understand dividend yields (used with my Y13 Business Studies students)
Economics reading list
Reading diary (with links to recommended books, websites, blogs, podcasts and interviews) for A-level Economics students.
I update the Google doc each week with new material (so please comment with any recommendations that you have and I will add them in).
I ask my students to read/listen to at least three pieces a week.
Introduction to an annual wealth tax (A-level Economics)
Quick lesson on the merits of an annual wealth tax used with my Year 12 and 13 Economics students.
-Students read the BBC article on a proposed wealth tax
-Try to fill in the table with some pros and cons (using their own knowledge)
-Then I put the Financial Times video on (20 mins; free on YouTube) and asked students to update their table accordingly
-Also resulted in a good discussion in my classes after viewing
I found this was a good way to help my students understand a real world issue that isn’t necessarily in the syllabus.
I did something similar with Universal Basic Income here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12772087