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Unit 1 Business Activities

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1.1 Introduction What does this course cover, why are we Scrap paper, flipchart N/a
studying it, what are we going to learn? etc or some other
means for students to
Get students to work towards making a display their findings
presentation in groups to address the
question “What makes a
successful business?” Draw out the key
features of the course (Marketing, HRM,
Finance,
Production).

Introduce curriculum, content and

assessment procedures, discover prior
knowledge or family links to businesses
1.2 Business activity Choose one item in the classroom (ideally Chapter 1 Borrington
as a means of adding one which includes an easily identifiable Text
value and meeting natural product such as wood) Discuss the
customer needs complete process from source to finished Powerpoint 1.2
product in Needs, wants, types
making furniture (from forest to of customer
classroom ) bringing out concepts of
customer, value added, consumer needs. Powerpoint 1.2.1
** This could be combined with 1.3 to also Primary Secondary
bring out Primary, Secondary and Tertiary and Tertiary
sectors. industries
Includes introduction
Glossary: to interdependence
Final customer
Intermediate customer
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1.2.2 Explain the National govts’ Short report on
purposes of business Glossary: websites industrial sectors
activity in terms of Private sector Wiki
the Public sector UN stats
objects of non-profit Privatisation
making activity, Profit Set students task of
private enterprise and finding and
public enterprise identifying sites to
probide information

1.3Classification of Describe and classify firms and CD-Rom worksheet

local and national demonstrate an awareness of the changes
firms into primary, that have taken place in the three main
secondary and teriary sectors in own country. Further comparison
sectors can be made with other countries using the
same websites and links as in previous
lesson.

Glossary:
Primary sector
Secondary Sector
Teriary Sector
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Describe and Teacher lead
1.4 Business explain the discussion
objectives and private and and case study
their public sectors as (Amway).
importance. a way of Compare with a
organising public
business activity. sector organisation
Include - Why (e.g. a
businesses grow hospital).
and expand, www.thetimes100.co.
problems uk and follow
connected with links to Amway via
this and how this companies. The
might be Coca-Cola case
overcome. study would also

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Unit 1 Business Activities
1.5 Stakeholders Student group activity – www.thetimes100.co.
and their identify stakeholders in a uk
differing business by identifying Choose a large
objectives them in a case study or an business in the
annual report. country and access
its accounts on
Glossary: the net, or find a
Stakeholders multi-national that
operates in the
country.

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1.6 Aims of private Demonstrate an awareness of the Compare the
and public aims and objectives of objectives of a
sector enterprises in both private and hospital with those of
organisations. public sectors. McDonalds or any
other well known for
Glossary: profit organisation.
Public
Private - revised
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1.7 Business growth Show knowledge of the methods Students classify a
and and problems of measuring the variety
Students classify
Measurement of size. size of business units. of businesses by
turnover, a variety
of businesses by
profit, labour, capital
employed, outlets. turnover,
Glossary:
profit, labour,
Turnover Problems brought
out capital
Profit
employed,
Capital Employed through discussion
of outlets.
Labour
Problems brought
Outlets results.
out
through
discussion of
results.

1.8 Revision Multiple choice

questions e.g.
IGCSE Business
Studies CD-ROM,
revision websites
such as Student
www.learn.co.uk ,
www.revisionnote
s.
co.uk and
www.bbc.co.uk/sc
hools/gcsebitesiz
e/business/,
revision questions
at
end of chapters of
IGCSE Business