Students should be able to: explain the benefits of training employees for a business, including increased productivity, ability to deal with changes in technology, increased motivation, staff retention, production of high quality goods and good customer service understand the methods of training undertaken by businesses, including induction training, on the job training and off the job training explain the benefits of induction training analyse the benefits and drawbacks of on the job analyse the benefits and drawbacks of off the job training and evaluate which would be the most appropriate method for a variety of businesses Complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) The importance of employee motivation to a business b) Motivation theories: o Taylor (scientific management) o Mayo (human relations theory) o Maslow (hierarchy of needs) o Herzberg (two factor theory) c) Financial incentives to improve employee performance: o piecework o commission o bonus o profit share o performance-related pay d) Non-financial techniques to improve employee performance: o delegation o consultation o empowerment o team working o flexible working o job enrichment o job rotation o job enlargement Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Statement of financial position (balance sheet): o measuring liquidity: calculating current ratio and acid test ratio o ways to improve liquidity b) Working capital and its management: the importance of cash Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Objectives of growth: o to achieve economies of scale (internal and external) o increased market power over customers and suppliers o increased market share and brand recognition o increased profitability b) Problems arising from growth: o diseconomies of scale o internal communication o overtrading Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet which covers: a) Reasons for mergers and takeovers b) Distinction between mergers and takeovers c) Horizontal and vertical integration d) Financial risks and rewards e) Problems of rapid growth Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Characteristics and skills required b) Reasons why people set up businesses: o financial motives: profit maximisation and profit satisficing o non-financial motives: ethical stance, social entrepreneurship, independence and home working 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

This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of ratio analysis 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) Survival b) Profit maximisation c) Other objectives: o sales maximisation o market share o cost efficiency o employee welfare o customer satisfaction o social objectives 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.

Students should be able to: understand the difference between variable costs, fixed costs and total costs understand the concept of revenue, costs, profit and loss understand the main investment projects that businesses undertake, including investment in new machinery, buildings and vehicles and be able to calculate the average rate of return for these projects understand the meaning of the term break-even output and interpret break-even charts identify the break-even level of output and margin of safety from a break-even chart evaluate the value of using break-even analysis to a business. Complete lesson 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: The benefits of motivated and engaged employees Theories of motivation should include Taylor, Maslow and Herzberg. How to improve employee engagement and motivation Financial methods of motivation should include: piece rate commission salary schemes performance-related pay Non-financial methods of motivating employees Empowerment Team working Flexible working Job enrichment Job rotation Influences on the choice and assessment of the effectiveness of financial and non-financial methods of motivating employees This lesson is 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: Influences on the mission of a business Internal and external influences on corporate objectives and decisions Influences on corporate objectives should include the pressures for short termism, business ownership, the external and internal environment. The links between mission, corporate objectives and strategy The distinction between strategy and tactics The impact of strategic decision making on functional decision making Internal and external influences on functional objectives and decisions The value of SWOT analysis This lesson was 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: The interpretation, calculation and use of operations data in operational decision-making and planning Calculation of: labour productivity unit costs (average costs) capacity capacity utilisation This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.5.1 BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS (COMPLETE LESSON) 151 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Who business stakeholders are and their different objectives: •Shareholders (owners), employees, customers, managers, suppliers, local community, pressure groups, the government Stakeholders and businesses: •How stakeholders are affected by business activity •How stakeholders impact business activity •Possible conflicts between stakeholder groups Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AQA GCSE Business 3.1.7 Expanding a business This lesson includes a worksheet and PowerPoint which cover the following topics: Students should be able to: discuss the advantages and disadvantages of methods of growth understand the methods used by businesses when expanding understand the benefits of growth understand the meaning of purchasing and technical economies of scale understand that with growth businesses increase the risk of diseconomies of scale occurring calculate and interpret average unit costs

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

a) Impact of MNCs on the local economy: o local labour, wages, working conditions and job creation o local businesses o the local community and environment b) Impact of MNCs on the national economy: o FDI flows o balance of payments o technology and skills transfer o consumers o business culture o tax revenues and transfer pricing This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) The effects on businesses of: o consumer protection o employee protection o environmental protection o competition policy o health and safety 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.