Designed for AQA A level business students for revision 10 different essay titles covering the 2 years of course. Then cut out cards with all the major theories from the 2 years so they can sort and choose the best theory for their arguments - then explain why editable resource

useful lesson for Lean production and also allows coverage of Mass Customisation. Use of lego game to see how they many they can make before splitting them into Kaisan groups...and look to be more innovative in your production techniques…. asked to formulate plans Ideas might include JIT, Capital intensive / CELL Production, Flow production Line, pre-fabrication of supplies, TQM/quality assurance. Mass customisation reference to the 7/8 S's. Then Q&A adv/disadv etc

Put together as a revision tool for my upper 6. 6 pages of short answer questions on all the bitty bits of the YEAR 2/ALEVEL spec which can be easily forgotten about. each question has a theory which allows student check they know that exact theory. each theory has a context in the question to practice application. if used in class can they be used for evaluation by adding it depends…

Lesson on Porters Generic - all activities on the powerpoint easily transferable to word or printable as is Video clip opening look at business failure market mapping activity Analysis of industry and then decision making activity comparison to actual business decision...

Student feedback “great”, “very useful”, the whole of year 2 in small chunks… awesome!", “not more revision!” Designed for the Year 2 of the business AQA specification 4 x revision fill in sheets to help students consolidate their knowledge running through the spec of year 2 - including strategy and tactics, internal environment, external environment and strategic choices Focuses on all the key areas / theories - focusing on specifics

Lesson designed for AQA business students Year 1. Starts off with video clip then what kind of manager would you be activity / questionairre then Grid theory with questions to stimulate discussion Then scenarios -which is right style to bring out the higher learning discussion, debate and depends on factors

Powerpoint game with MCQ for A level Business AQA Structured so that students cannot leave the game until Q8 Based on the popular TV show million pound drop - Makes MCq and revision fun! EASILY adapted for ANY subject and exam board - just copy and paste in your questions

works really well.. Starter on what is quality before drawing activity which allows the QC vs QA debate outcomes and notes on theory. plenary often used as lesson before the one on QA systems..

You will need to have two sets of lego to enable tower building for this... please note sample does not show all the pages for the task structured task where students come up with plan and come up with a budget with income, costs and profit targets. Then the do the task and see what actually happens. Then can see variance in action and allows discussion of use, importance. works really really well and students love it. can take more than one lesson with the breakdown done.

Whole lesson on retrenchment with a focus on Toy retailing

Whole lesson as a combined adaptation on other ideas out there.. probably could get 2 (x 1hr) lessons out of this Way of deriving Ansoff's strategy from a scenario Lots of recent strategy stories..can be used for plotting/discussion then explanation of the model and an activity that helps question the idea of risk...traditionally but even in strategies the level of risk differ according to the context/situation .. so it depends on factors.. Another cut out Kineasthetic activity which helps with this... & is better than the stories as saves time and gets them moving things around the matrix..

2 or 3 lessons on Porters 5 forces.. why does profitability in industries differ before a focus on competitive rivalry and then an a focus on firms with a judgment activity on if X is in a strong position. then look at other firms in different industries and different contexts and why 5 forces analysis matters before moving onto situations/contexts that change the competitive environment (before moving onto external environment)

Full lesson (or two) on powerpoint focused on Market Segmentation. full of activities and 2ndary market research data that can be printed out and then blown up on A3 sheets - or use the word sheets attached which students can work through & prepare answers to the questions.. Starts off with Kineasthetic move around room starter (not necessarily needed) then looks at data on cinema market - allowing teaching of confidence intervals (new on AQA spec). then there is some data on different cinema - link to mass and niche markets - helps data analysis and discussion of factors that influence demand then decision making activities as a manager based on the data allowing for link to benefits of market research and so then the scientific decision making model if you wish

Experience curve lesson that has flip learning, draws out the theory with a game and then gets students to analyse situations where it could be useful and evaluate the validity of the model.

whole lesson looking at Carillion and why it failed... brief intro to get students understanding the business before an activity where students can analyse data to create an picture of the factors behind the failure of the business. Data includes financial accounts, share prices, missed objectives, bonus culture etc etc.. they can create the picture on flip chart paper. evaluation - was it bound to fail - students invites to present ideas on how they would have run it better..

Great activity for students to derive Maslow's hierarchy of needs - put them on the Island and see what happens!

Designed for Paper 1 short answer sections to help my students revise key theories but in context to help answer the question Theories drawn from the whole 2 years...

A powerpoint full of roles and questions...fully editable to add you own visuals Scenarios for decisions as different kind of managers why is a leader different Mintzberg videos on management

Use this for the 1st lesson either for lower 6 (AS) or Upper 6 (A2) to highlight how appropriate business decisions depend on the context/situation. How in some situations one decision is appropriate but in another less so. Use as an Ice-breaker but also set the scene that context/application matter, Can also be used to highlight objectives, strategy, tactics. Can be used to highlight important skills to do well in business... application, analysis and judgment. 2 x survival situations, grids, instructions, ideas for feedback