The latest in the series of marketing notes designed for GCSE Business students. They are primarily intended for learning support departments but maybe of use wider afield. This topic looks at the new topic area of e-commerce and digital communications.

The latest installment in the new AQA Business specification revision sheets. This sheet considers the importance of supply chain management with a focus upon inventory control charts, buffer stocks, re-order levels and re-order quantities. It also considers the value of supply chain management; the influences in choice of suppliers; mass customisation and the need to match supply with demand.

4 mock test papers on the topic areas of marketing, business start-ups, financial ratios and investment appraisal. All papers come complete with mark schemes. These papers provide a good means of assessing student progress in topic areas and cover content across all of the major examination boards.

Another in the series of ‘What is All About?’ guides aimed at GCSE Business students with the intention of strengthening their understanding of core topic areas. This unit looks at the importance of market segmentation, target markets, mass and niche market structures, and product and market orientation.

The latest in the new AQA Business specification revision sheets looks at the concept of business finance. It considers short and long-term sources of finance and also the internal and external sources of finance. Specifically it then looks at: sale of assets; venture capital; owner’s equity; bank loans; debentures; share capital; debt factoring; crowd funding; mortgages; retained profit; venture capital; business angels and bank overdrafts. It considers the key benefits and drawbacks of each source of finance and finishes by considering the ways in which businesses decide upon appropriate sources of finance.

This revision sheet forms part of the new AQA Business specification and focuses upon the main methods and difficulties of improving cash flow, profits and profitability. This includes looking at the issues of debt factoring, sale and leaseback, bank loans, overdrafts, reducing credit and raising prices.

A revision resource for the new AQA Business specification. The handout covers an outline of how to improve labour productivity and the general efficiency of an organisation. It considers the impact of improving efficiency and how it can be the source of competitive advantage. It also examines the important concept of lean production (including JIT), labour and capital intensity and the role of technology upon operations.

An introductory PowerPoint presentation designed to engage students with the concept of competition within the market and the need for this to be regulated. It focuses especially upon the role of the CMA. This activity is designed to then be developed in far greater depth in future lessons.

Another in the modified revision sheets aimed at supporting the study of A Level Business and specifically the AQA specification. This comprehensive series of notes focuses upon the concepts of human resource planning and organisational design. It specifically examines job design; job enlargement; job rotation; job enrichment; empowerment; Hackman and Oldham’s job characteristics theory; influences upon job design; hierarchial structures; spans of control; delegation; authority; centralisation and decentralisation; influences on organisational structures; workforce planning; training; recruitment and selection; redeployment and finally redundancy.

Another updated revision sheet designed to reflect the new AQA Business specification. This sheet focuses upon the establishment of human resource objectives and examines: the value of setting HR objectives; different types of HR objectives (including employee engagement and involvement, diversity, training, alignment of values, talent development and labour productivity); the internal and external influences acting upon HR objectives and finishing with a brief synopsis of soft and hard HRM.

A PowerPoint based lesson that focuses upon developing student understanding of corporate objectives, mission statements and strategies.

The latest in the new AQA Business revision series. This sheet focuses upon the measurement of human resource performance and in particular it examines: labour productivity; labour retention; labour turnover; unit labour costs; absenteeism (non-AQA); employee costs as a percentage of turnover and the development and use of human resource development plans.

The latest in the new series of PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level Business specification but is suitable for all boards. These slides and hand out are designed to support the delivery of the Component One topic of trading, profit and loss accounts (income statements) plus the calculation and interpretation of gross and net profit margins. They explain the main components of a trading, profit and loss account (income statement) and the way that it is constructed. It then shows the calculation of gross and net profit and considers ways in which profit could be improved, before evaluating the calculations of profitability ratios to assess the performance of a business. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, practice calculation questions and also a practice essay (all with suggested solutions). In addition to the main PowerPoint a PDF copy of the notes has been provided to assist with pupil hand outs.