Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
This lesson includes a teacher PowerPoint and student worksheet and covers these topics:
a) Factors leading to a change in supply:
changes in the costs of production
introduction of new technology
indirect taxes
government subsidies
external shocks
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This is a complete lesson includes a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet and covers:
a) Factors leading to a change in demand:
changes in the prices of substitutes and complementary goods
changes in consumer incomes
fashions, tastes and preferences
advertising and branding
demographics
external shocks
seasonality
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a worksheet and a PowerPoint and is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation. This lesson includes the following topics:
a) Market mapping
b) Competitive advantage of a product or service
c) The purpose of product differentiation
d) Adding value to products/services
Why not download the other lessons in this unit which are free:
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This booklet was written in collaboration with students.
It includes 26 pages (A-Z) with 130 ideas for revision techniques and methods
Ideal for any subject, any topic
Works with Years 9-13, GCSE, A Level, BTEC Level 2 and 3, T levels
130 revision ideas:
Memory techniques
Games
Challenges
Websites
Craft ideas
Revision techniques
Time management tools
Ways to use this pack:
Revision sessions leading up to mock or live exams
As group activities, distribute around tables and ask students to move round and try the ideas (carousel)
Ask students to rank the ideas and come up with their top 5
Upload to a shared area as a resource for all classes
Hand out as homework, to create a revision resource on a specific topic or unit
Use for cover work (with some topics)
Use for 1-2-1 tutoring
Use for whole class teaching
Perfect for isolation materials
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 3 Business Objectives
a) Survival.
b) Profit maximisation.
c) Other objectives:
• sales maximisation
• market share
• cost efficiency
• employee welfare
• customer satisfaction
• social objectives.
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 2 Entrepreneurial motives & characteristic
a) Characteristics and skills required.
b) Reasons why people set up businesses:
• financial motives: profit maximisation and profit satisficing
• non-financial motives: ethical stance, social entrepreneurship, independence and home working.
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (135) 1 Role of an entrepreneur
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
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a) Creating and setting up a business.
b) Running and expanding/developing a business.
c) Innovation within a business (intrapreneurship).
d) Barriers to entrepreneurship.
e) Anticipating risk and uncertainty in the business environment.
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 5 Leadership
This lesson covers:
a) Leadership:
• the distinction between management and leadership.
b) Types of leadership style:
• autocratic
• paternalistic
• democratic
• laissez-faire.
c) The difficulty of moving from entrepreneur to leader.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
New Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 4 Motivation
This lesson covers:
a) The importance of employee motivation to a business
b) Motivation theories:
• Taylor (scientific management)
• Mayo (human relations theory)
• Maslow (hierarchy of needs)
• Herzberg (two-factor theory).
c) Financial methods to improve employee performance:
• piecework
• commission
• bonus
• profit share
• performance-related pay.
d) Non-financial methods to improve employee performance:
• delegation
• consultation
• empowerment
• team working
• flexible working
• job enrichment
• job rotation
• job enlargement.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 3 Organisational Design
This lesson covers:
a) Structure:
• hierarchy
• chain of command
• span of control
• centralised and decentralised.
b) Types of structure:
• tall
• flat
• matrix.
c) Impact of different organisational structures on business efficiency and employee motivation.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 2 Recruitment
This lesson covers:
a) Recruitment and selection process:
• internal versus external recruitment.
b) Costs of recruitment, selection and training
c) Types of training:
• induction
• on-the-job
• off-the-job.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
New Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (134) 1 Approaches to staffing
This lesson covers:
a) Staff as an asset; staff as a cost.
b) Flexible workforce:
• multi-skilling
• part-time and temporary
• zero-hour contracts
• flexible hours and home working
• outsourcing.
c) Distinction between dismissal and redundancy.
d) Employer/employee relationships
• individual approach
• collective bargaining.
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 5 Distribution
This lesson covers:
a) Distribution channels:
• four stage: producer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer
• three stage: producer to retailer to consumer
• two stage: producer to consumer.
b) Changes in distribution methods.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 4 Pricing Strategies
This lesson covers:
a) Types of pricing strategy:
• cost plus (mark-up on unit cost)
• price skimming
• penetration
• predatory
• competitive
• psychological.
b) Factors that determine the most appropriate pricing strategy for a particular situation:
• number of USPs/amount of differentiation
• price elasticity of demand
• level of competition in the business environment
• strength of brand
• stage in the product life cycle
• costs and the need to make a profit.
c) Changes in pricing to reflect social trends:
• online sales
• price comparison sites.
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 3 Promotion and branding
This lesson covers:
a) Types of promotion.
b) Types of branding.
c) The benefits of strong branding:
• added value
• ability to charge premium prices
• reduced price elasticity of demand.
d) Ways to build a brand:
• unique selling points, USPs)/differentiation
• advertising
• sponsorship
• the use of social media.
e) Changes in branding and promotion to reflect social trends:
• viral marketing
• social media
• emotional branding.
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 2 Product service design
This lesson covers:
a) Design mix:
• function
• aesthetics
• cost/economic manufacture.
b) Changes in the elements of the design mix to reflect social trends:
• concern over resource depletion: designing for waste minimisation, re-use and recycling
• ethical sourcing.
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revsionstation
NEW Pearson Edexcel A Level International Business (133) 1 Marketing objectives
a) Marketing objectives
• increase market share
• increase revenue
• building a brand.
b) The product life cycle and extension strategies.
c) The Boston Matrix and the product portfolio.
d) The concept of ‘marketing mix’.
e) Marketing strategies appropriate for different types of market:
• mass markets
• niche markets
• business to business (B2B)
• business to consumer (B2C).
f) Consumer behaviour – how businesses develop customer loyalty.
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 5 YED Income Elasticity of Demand
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
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a) Calculation of income elasticity of demand.
b) Normal and inferior goods.
c) Interpretation of numerical values of income elasticity of demand.
d) The factors influencing income elasticity of demand.
e) The significance of income elasticity of demand to businesses
NEW Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 4 PED Price Elasticity of Demand
Complete teaching resources for a whole lesson including a PowerPoint and worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
a) Calculation of price elasticity of demand.
b) Interpretation of numerical values of price elasticity of demand.
c) The factors influencing price elasticity of demand.
d) The significance of price elasticity of demand to businesses in terms of implications for pricing.
e) Calculation and interpretation of the relationship between price elasticity of demand and total revenue.