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I create and share resources for Business teachers and students. I teach according to Cambridge IGCSE and AS/A Level curriculum
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Lesson Plans - External influences on Business Activity - Chapter 6 A level Business
This 5-session lesson plan is designed to teach students about the external influences on business activity, with each session lasting 45 minutes. The lessons focus on key areas such as political and legal influences, the impact of technology, social and demographic changes, and environmental sustainability.
Lesson 1: Introduction to External Influences – Students explore how political and legal factors (e.g., privatization and nationalization) affect business decisions through case studies and discussions.
Lesson 2: Legal Constraints on Business – This session covers employment laws, consumer protection, and competition laws, emphasizing their impact on business operations.
Lesson 3: Technological Influences – Students learn how technology creates both opportunities and threats for businesses, including the role of automation and data-driven decision-making.
Lesson 4: Social and Demographic Influences – Focuses on how demographic changes (e.g., ageing populations, increased female workforce) affect business strategies.
Lesson 5: Environmental Influences and Sustainability – The final session examines how businesses address environmental concerns and the importance of sustainability through environmental audits and green practices.
Each lesson combines teaching, discussions, and interactive activities to engage students and reinforce key concepts.
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Enterprise - Unit 1 Chapter 1 resources
Unlock an engaging and comprehensive teaching experience with this specially designed bundle for Business Studies AS Level (Cambridge).
This all-in-one resource package offers teachers everything they need to effectively deliver Unit 1: “Enterprise,” including lesson plans, powerpoint presentation, flash cards, worksheets, and more. Each material has been crafted to support teachers in creating a dynamic learning environment that encourages student engagement, critical thinking, and practical application of key business concepts.
5 Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans (45 minutes each)
Structure: Divided into 5 lessons, each focusing on a key topic like business activity, factors of production, opportunity cost, entrepreneurs, and the dynamic business environment.
Engagement: Each lesson includes a combination of explanations, group discussions, activities, and wrap-ups to solidify learning.
Flexibility: Adaptable for in-person or online teaching, ensuring seamless lesson delivery.
Student Worksheets (2 comprehensive sets)
Worksheet 1: Focuses on business activity, factors of production, and practical applications of these concepts. Perfect for reinforcing classroom learning with thought-provoking questions and scenarios.
Worksheet 2: Delves into opportunity cost, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and business plans. Encourages students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world examples.
Assessment Tool: Ideal for both formative and summative assessments, allowing teachers to track student understanding.
Task Cards (Classroom Activity Cards)
Engage Students: With 16 creative task cards, teachers can stimulate group work, discussions, and critical thinking exercises. These cards focus on real-world application, asking students to evaluate business success and failure, analyze business plans, and explore factors of production.
Versatile Use: Perfect for warm-ups, review sessions, or breakout group activities.
Flashcards - a set of 18 Business Studies Flashcards is designed to help students effectively learn and revise key business concepts, particularly those aligned with the Cambridge AS Level curriculum. Each flashcard features a core term on one side and its clear, concise definition on the other, making these flashcards ideal for self-study, group activities, or in-class quizzes.
Powerpoint presentation Enterprise Chapter 1 Presentation is an invaluable teaching tool designed specifically for teachers delivering the Cambridge AS Level Business Studies curriculum. It provides a structured, clear, and engaging way to present core business concepts related to enterprise, entrepreneurs, and the business environment.
Case Study with activities HRM Strategy A Level Business
This activity places students in the role of an HR manager at BrightWork Manufacturing, a company facing challenges with high employee turnover and low productivity. The students are tasked with analyzing these issues and choosing between two HRM strategies: hard HRM (focused on cost-cutting) and soft HRM (emphasizing employee development and engagement).
Through this activity, students:
Identify HR Challenges within the company.
Decide on an HRM Strategy (hard or soft), providing justifications for their choice.
Propose Specific Actions aligned with their chosen strategy to address turnover and productivity.
Predict Potential Outcomes to understand the short- and long-term impacts of their decisions on company performance.
The case study encourages critical thinking, applying HRM theory to a realistic situation, and weighing the implications of different approaches to human resource management.
It includes suggested answers
Lesson plans -Enterprise - Chapter 1 Business AS Level
5 Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans (45 minutes each)
Structure: Divided into 5 lessons, each focusing on a key topic like business activity, factors of production, opportunity cost, entrepreneurs, and the dynamic business environment.
Engagement: Each lesson includes a combination of explanations, group discussions, activities, and wrap-ups to solidify learning.
Flexibility: Adaptable for in-person or online teaching, ensuring seamless lesson delivery.
Enterprise - Business Studies As Level - chapter 1 - lesson plans
5 Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans (45 minutes each)
Structure: Divided into 5 lessons, each focusing on a key topic like business activity, factors of production, opportunity cost, entrepreneurs, and the dynamic business environment.
Engagement: Each lesson includes a combination of explanations, group discussions, activities, and wrap-ups to solidify learning.
Flexibility: Adaptable for in-person or online teaching, ensuring seamless lesson delivery.
Organisational Structure - 5 lesson plans
Unlock the full potential of your business studies classroom with this engaging and interactive set of lesson plans based on Chapter 13: Organisational Structure. This resource offers five complete 45-minute lessons, each crafted to help students understand the foundational concepts of organisational structures, such as functional and hierarchical setups, delegation, accountability, and the role of authority.
Key Features:
Clear Learning Objectives: Each lesson is designed with specific goals to ensure students grasp key topics like centralisation, decentralisation, and the dynamics between line and staff managers.
Interactive Activities: Group tasks, debates, and role-play scenarios encourage active participation, making theoretical concepts easy to understand and apply.
Engaging Discussions: Encourage critical thinking and problem-solving through classroom discussions on real-world business challenges.
Case Studies and Homework Assignments: Reinforce learning with homework tasks that help students connect theory to real-world organisational structures.
This resource is perfect for teachers looking to introduce students to the complexities of business organisation in an engaging, student-friendly way. Whether you’re teaching GCSE, A-level, or introductory business courses, this set of lessons will save you time while keeping your students engaged and informed!
Task cards - Enterprise - Chapter 1 As Level
Engage Students: With 16 creative task cards, teachers can stimulate group work, discussions, and critical thinking exercises. These cards focus on real-world application, asking students to evaluate business success and failure, analyze business plans, and explore factors of production.
Versatile Use: Perfect for warm-ups, review sessions, or breakout group activities.
Power Point Presentation - Chapter 1. Enterprise - Business Studies AS level
This Enterprise Chapter 1 Presentation is an invaluable teaching tool designed specifically for teachers delivering the Cambridge AS Level Business Studies curriculum. It provides a structured, clear, and engaging way to present core business concepts related to enterprise, entrepreneurs, and the business environment.
Flash Cards - Enterprise - Chapter 1 Business
This set of 18 Business Studies Flashcards is designed to help students effectively learn and revise key business concepts, particularly those aligned with the Cambridge AS Level curriculum. Each flashcard features a core term on one side and its clear, concise definition on the other, making these flashcards ideal for self-study, group activities, or in-class quizzes.
Worksheet Understanding Business Activity and Factors of Production
Focuses on business activity, factors of production, and practical applications of these concepts. Perfect for reinforcing classroom learning with thought-provoking questions and scenarios.
Business Studies As Level
Worksheet - Opportunity cost, entrepreneurs and business plans - Business Studies
Delves into opportunity cost, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and business plans. Encourages students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world examples.
Business Studies As Level
Revision Guide - Organisational Structure - Chapter 13 A Level Business
This revision guide offers an in-depth overview of the key concepts surrounding Organisational Structure, including the types of structures (functional, hierarchical, matrix), delegation, accountability, centralisation vs. decentralisation, and more. Each section is designed to help students understand how businesses organize tasks, distribute authority, and maintain efficient communication. The guide also covers essential concepts such as the chain of command, spans of control, and intrapreneurship, making it a valuable resource for anyone studying business management.
Case Study - Decision Tree for Business Strategy A Level Business - solved
Great resource for teaching decision trees, part of Business Strategy, chapter 8, A Level Business. The decision tree is already solved.
Study Case with activities - Business Strategy - Level A Business Chapter 8
What’s Inside?
Real-World Challenges: Explore GreenTech, a renewable energy company navigating growth and competition.
Hands-On Activities: Use tools like SWOT, PEST, the Ansoff Matrix, and decision trees.
Critical Skills Development: Teach your students to analyze, evaluate, and solve strategic problems.
Interactive Tasks: Apply key concepts through scenario planning and Blue Ocean Strategy.
Why Download This Case Study?
Perfect for Business, Economics, and Management classes.
2 hours of engaging content, including analysis, problem-solving, and reflection.
Builds strategic thinking and leadership skills.
Easily adaptable for group or individual work.
Studycase Organisational Structure - A Level Business - chapter 13
Expected Learning Outcomes
This case study enables students to:
Define and apply key organizational structure concepts.
Analyze StructuraTech’s challenges and evaluate alternative solutions.
Develop critical thinking and decision-making skills in organizational design.
Reflect on the importance of leadership in managing structural change.
This detailed case study provides a rich context for exploring organizational structure concepts while encouraging analysis, evaluation, and practical application.
Pop Quiz Stakeholders in Business As Level
10 MCQ about chapter 5, unit 1, Business Studies, AS Level
Pop Quiz Corporate Planning and Implementation - with answers
20 MCQ about Corporate Planning and Implementation with answers provided.
Pop Quiz Enterprise and Business growth - IGCSE chapter 3
10 questions to revise the knowledge from Enterprise and Business Growth, chapter 3 IGCSE Business Studies. It includes the marking scheme
Pop Quiz - Costs, economies of scale and break-even analysis (Chapter 16 IGCSE)
Business Studies IGCSE Chapter 16
This pop quiz covers essential concepts from the “Costs, Scale of Production, and Break-even Analysis” topic. It is designed to assess students’ understanding of various business cost classifications, including fixed and variable costs, and the significance of total and average costs in decision-making. Additionally, the quiz evaluates knowledge of economies and diseconomies of scale, highlighting how business growth can impact average costs positively or negatively. Finally, it includes questions on break-even analysis, a key tool used by businesses to determine the production level needed to cover costs, calculate the margin of safety, and support pricing and production decisions. This quiz reinforces foundational business concepts crucial for evaluating costs, scale efficiencies, and profitability strategies.
Pop Quiz HRM Strategy A Level Business
Quick 20 MCQ quiz to test your students from the chapter HRM Strategy, A Level Business, CIE Business