EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.5.4 THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS (COMPLETE LESSON) 154 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The impact of the economic climate on businesses: unemployment changing levels of consumer income inflation changes in interest rates government taxation changes in exchange rates Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) The effect on businesses of changes in: o inflation (the rate of inflation, the Consumer Prices Index) o exchange rates (appreciation, depreciation) o interest rates o taxation and government spending o the business cycle b) The effect of economic uncertainty on the business environment

This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of supply and demand It is written for students studying Edexcel A level Business but would also suit students on the Pearson International Edexcel A level business course. This includes a worksheet and a separate answer booklet in Word and PDF format Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Quality: o control o assurance o circles o Total Quality Management (TQM) b) Continuous improvement (Kaizen) c) Competitive advantage from quality management Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (336)2 Contingency planning a) Identifying key risks through risk assessment: • natural disasters • IT systems failure • loss of key staff. b) Planning for risk mitigation: • business continuity • succession planning. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Purpose of sales forecasts b) Factors affecting sales forecasts: o consumer trends o economic variables o actions of competitors c) Difficulties of sales forecasting Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Calculation of: o gross profit o operating profit o profit for the year (net profit) b) Statement of comprehensive income (profit and loss account): o measuring profitability: calculation of gross profit margin, operating profit margin, and profit for the year (net profit) margin o ways to improve profitability c) Distinction between profit and cash Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

a) Product and market orientation b) Primary and secondary market research data (quantitative and qualitative) used to: identify and anticipate customer needs and wants quantify likely demand gain insight into consumer behaviour c) Limitations of market research, sample size and bias d) Use of ICT to support market research: websites social networking databases e) Market segmentation

This is a PPT and a learning mat It covers the A1 of the BTEC business level 3 national Unit 18 creative promotion A1 The purposes of marketing communcations Written by Sarah Hilton For Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (333) 4 Critical path analysis a) Nature and purpose of critical path analysis. b) Complete and interpret simple networks to identify the critical path. c) Calculate: • earliest start time • latest finish time • total float. d) Limitations of using critical path analysis. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

BTEC National Level 3 Business Unit 20 2016 (current) specification Investigating Corporate Social Responsibility This bundle covers: A Examine the CSR issues facing large private sector businesses B Investigate the benefits and drawbacks for businesses of adopting a CSR policy C Review the CSR record of a private sector business. There is a PowerPoint for every single learning aim and a worksheet to match it.

Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (336) 1 Key factors in change a) Organisational culture. b) Size of organisation. c) Time/speed of change. d) Managing resistance to change. e) Transformative leadership. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: Models of organisational structure Functional Product based Regional Matrix Influences on organisational design authority span hierarchy delegation centralisation and decentralisation The value of changing organisational design How managing the human resource flow helps meet human resource objectives: human resource plan recruitment training redeployment redundancy This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

234 Resource Management 3 INVENTORY CONTROL This complete lesson includes: a) Interpretation of inventory control diagram b) Buffer inventory c) Implications of poor inventory control d) Just in time (JIT) e) Waste minimisation f) Competitive advantage from lean production This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

Students should: have an understanding of customer expectations of quality in terms of production of goods and the provision of services have an understanding of how businesses identify quality problems and how businesses measure quality and the consequences of these issues be aware of the methods of maintaining consistent quality and be able to identify the advantages to a business of using TQM be aware of the possible quality issues as businesses grow, particularly if outsourcing and franchising is used This complete lesson is made by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should be able to: understand the difference between internal and external recruitment and the benefits and drawbacks of each approach outline the main stages in the recruitment and selection process, including an understanding of job analysis, job description, person specification, and selection methods analyse the benefits of having an effective recruitment and selection process for a business, including high productivity, high quality output or customer service and staff retention understand the difference between part time and full time contracts, job share and zero hour contracts understand the benefits of full and part time employment Complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should be able to: understand the benefits of a motivated workforce, such as staff retention and high productivity understand the use of financial methods of motivation (including an understanding of the main methods of payment including salary, wage, commission and profit sharing) understand the use of non-financial methods of motivation, including styles of management, importance of training and greater responsibility, fringe benefits Complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Students should: be familiar with the promotional methods which are likely to be used by a given business appreciate the benefits and drawbacks of promotional methods used by businesses be able to analyse factors influencing the selection of the promotion mix to assess their suitability for a given business Complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: The use of segmentation to target customers Age Gender Income Location Lifestyle This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This is an essay planning sheet for Edexcel A level business but it’s in Word so it could be adapted to any board. I use these at revision time with U6 students together with past papers and the model marked answers. They use these to plan answers to the longer questions and it helps to cement the techniques for exams of using the case study as evidence to support their points.