4.1.1 The meaning of production: • Managing resources effectively to produce goods and services • Difference between production and productivity • Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour skills • Why businesses hold inventories • The concept of lean production: how to achieve it, e.g. just-in-time inventory control and Kaizen; benefits of lean production 4.1.2 The main methods of production: • Features, benefits and limitations of job, batch and flow production • Recommend and justify an appropriate production method for a given situation 4.1.3 How technology has changed production methods, e.g. using computers in design and manufacturing Sample questions and answers

5.1.1 The need for business finance: • The main reasons why businesses need finance, e.g. start-up capital, capital for expansion and additional working capital • Understand the difference between short-term and long-term finance needs 5.1.2 The main sources of finance: • Internal sources and external sources with examples • Short-term and long-term sources with examples, e.g. overdraft for short-term finance and debt or equity for long-term finance • Importance of alternative sources of capital, e.g. micro-finance, crowd-funding • The main factors considered in making the financial choice, e.g. size and legal form of business, amount required, length of time, existing loans • Recommend and justify appropriate source(s) of finance in given circumstances questions and suggested answers

PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included the PPC scarcity, opportunity costs, efficiency etc.

Definition, drawing and interpretation of demand and supply schedules and curves used to establish equilibrium price and sales in a market. Definition, drawing and interpretation of demand and supply schedules and curves used to identify disequilibrium prices and shortages (demand exceeding supply) and surpluses (supply exceeding demand). Supply and demand review doc Questions and suggested solutions

Definition, drawing and interpretation of appropriate diagrams. A demand curve to be drawn and used to illustrate movements along a demand curve with appropriate terminology, for example extensions and contractions in demand. The link between individual and market demand in terms of aggregation. The causes of shifts in a demand curve with appropriate terminology, for example increase and decrease in demand Supply and demand review doc Questions and suggested solutions

Definition, drawing and interpretation of appropriate diagrams. A supply curve to be drawn and used to illustrate movements along a supply curve with appropriate terminology, for example extensions and contractions in supply. The link between individual and market supply in terms of aggregation. The causes of shifts in a supply curve with appropriate terminology, for example increase and decrease in supply. Supply and demand review doc Questions and suggested solutions

The difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics and the decision makers involved in each.

Definition of PPC points under, on and beyond a PPC movements along a PPC shifts of a PPC Questions and proposed solutions

Definitions of the factors of production and their rewards Mobility of the factors of production Quantity and quality of the factors of production Questions and proposed solutions

PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included division of labour, absolute advantage, comparative advantage, microeconomics, macroeconomics, normative statement, positive statement etc

**Definition of opportunity cost The influence of opportunity cost on decision making** Questions and proposed solutions

PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included scarcity, opportunity costs, factors of production etc.

A2 Macroeconomics. Topic - National income and economic growth. Aids lesson planning with topic related prompts enabling class discussion throughout. PPT - learning objectives, key terms, spec inserts, videos and so forth. Exercises taken from* Economics* - Peter Smith

PPT 4- A2 Econs CIE (to be used with any syllabus) - exercises refered to are from Economics - Peter Smith Objectives provided for syllabus covered. Key words detailed. Relevant diagrams. Syllabus prompts

A2 Macroeconomics. Topic -** Economic and human development**. Aids lesson planning with topic related prompts enabling class discussion throughout. PPT - learning objectives, key terms, spec inserts, diagrams, videos and so forth. Exercises taken from Economics - Peter smith

I have broken the CIE Econs A2 past paper questions into seven categories for easy access - Efficiency, Market structure, Marginal utility, Labour Market, Circular flow of income, Economic development and Government policies. This is taken from the years 2017 - March 2020

PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included elasticity, price elasticity of demand (PED), perfectly elastic demand, perfectly inelastic demand, unitary demand etc

PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included free-market economy, centrally planned economy, mixed economy, laissez-faire, consumer surplus, marginal consumer, marginal social benefit (MSB), price signal. producer surplus, marginal cost, barriers to entry etc

PPT aligned to the CIE syllabus. Summative and formative assessments provided with suggested solutions. Topics covered included income elasticity of demand (YED), cross-price elasticity of demand (XED), price elasticity of supply (PES)

2.3 Demand 2.4 Supply 2.5 Price determination 2.7 PED 2.8 PES 2.10 Market failure Question format