Revision Quiz - Recruitment, Selection & Training
This revision quiz covers the core topics on recruitment, selection and training.
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Revision Quiz - Motivation
Here is a revision quiz which provides 10 question selected at random from our database of questions on motivation -in theory and practice.
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Revision Quiz - Customer Service
This revision quiz provides 10 questions on customer service topics.
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Revision Quiz - Quality
This revision quiz provides 10 mcq’s on the topic of quality management.
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Revision Quiz - Organisational Structures
This ten-question revision quiz focuses on organisational structure. The questions look at topics such as organisational hierarchy, spans of control, delegation etc.
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Revision Quiz - Operational Decisions
This revision quiz is on operational decisions. Each time you take the quiz, you get a selection of 10 mcq’s on topics such as capacity utilisation, unit costs and stock control.
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Revision Quiz - Using Technology in Operations
This revision quiz looks at some applications of technology to support production and operations.
Video case study - Never too late to start a business
Over a quarter of adults in work in the UK are self-employed. So it comes as no surprise that entrepreneurial spirit burns brightly amongst the over 50’s
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Revision quiz - Working with Suppliers
The importance of a business working effectively with suppliers is now featured in several business studies specifications. Here is a quick revision quiz that covers the key points.
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Revision quiz - Measuring & Improving Profit
This revision quiz focuses on measuring and interpreting the net profit margin and return on capital. Each time you take the quiz, 10 questions are drawn at random from our database.
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Video case study - when the bank overdraft becomes the problem
A great video clip here describes the problems faced by an entrepreneurial furniture manufacturer whose reliance on a bank overdraft for short-term financing has created problems as the credit crunch has bitten. The student worksheet contains some stimulus questions and a couple of extension activities.
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Video case study - three small businesses born in the storm
This superb three minute video clip from BBC Scotland makes for a great introduction to some of the challenges faced by start-ups and small businesses. A business troubleshooter visits three businesses, each of which is finding it hard to survive the economic downturn or raise further finance from the bank.
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The Biz Quiz - 26 October 2008
Here is the latest edition of The Biz Quiz - our 10-question quiz on the recent business news.
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Revision Quiz - Improving Cash Flow
This revision quiz focuses on the basics of managing cash flow, including introductory concepts of working capital management.
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Video case study - Tiffinbites and the curry franchise
Can Tiffinbites make a success of their franchised curry restaurant product in a market that is dominated by small family-owned enterprises?
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Video case study - Diversify or Bust
Here’s a great little video clip which explains how an entrepreneurial florist has responded to the drop in consumer demand for flowers, and diversified into the sale of fruit and veg. A great example of how entrepreneurs are fighting the credit crunch at the sharp end and packed full of great business studies content
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Video case study - Nissan
Like other car manufacturers, Nissan is having to cut production output in the face of declinining demand. However, Nissan has a clear idea about what it wants to do with its employees whilst the production line remains silent…
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Video case study - Technological change at the cinema
Technological change in the way that films are distributed to cinemas may threaten the smaller independent cinemas that cannot afford to invest in digital projectors. This brief video case study is a useful stimulus piece to introduce the issue of how technology change shapes competition in a market.
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AQA AS Business Unit 2 - Teacher Workshop
The final programme for our Success with AQA AS Business Unit 2 Teacher Workshop has now been published…
read more...»Video case study - Poundland
Here is the first in a series of new support resources for business teachers who like to use short video clips as a starter or homework activity. This video clip focuses on the boom in business being experienced by discount retailer Poundland. Excellent for any lesson on the credit crunch, retailing or market positioning generally.
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Declan’s new blog
Declan Curry is settling into the Working Lunch slot with his usual aplomb and to mark the transition he has started a new blog providing a window on some of the issues and personalities that Working Lunch will be meeting and covering in the days and weeks ahead. Well worth popping over to! Today’s programme offered a feature on blogging for beginners.
AQA AS Business Unit 1 - Revision Crossword
Here is a revision crossword for students preparing for their AQA AS Business Unit 1 exam.
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The Biz Quiz - 19 October 2008
Here’s our latest 10-question quiz on the business & economics news from the last seven days.
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BTEC First & BTEC National in Business - CPD Programme
The workshop programmes for the BTEC First & National Business CPD conferences have been finalised today. Here are the details of what promise to be two practical and useful days for all BTEC practitioners at a superb business venue…
read more...»The Biz Quiz - 12 October 2008
After another quiet, uneventful week on the markets and in the business world, its time for our relaxing 10-question quiz on the business news…
read more...»Starter activity - Mentoring Unlimited (Budgeted Profits)
Louis, Cheryl and Dannii are getting bored. So they decide to start a business that plays to their particular strengths. But should they have asked Cheryl to put the numbers together?
read more...»The Biz Quiz - 6 October 2008
Banks, pizza and airlines all feature in this week’s Biz Quiz - our 10-question test on the latest business news…
read more...»Quick starter puzzles on the high street retailers
Here are a couple of starter puzzles that focus on well-known high street retail brands…
read more...»Another top entrepreneur: JK Rowling
Can an author count as an entrepreneur? US business magazine Forbes has revealed that the creator of the Harry Potter sensation was making more than £5 every second over the past year. Part of this is a result of the sales of her books. But it’s clear that she has been hugely successful – or lucky – in the way that she has been able to turn the stories into such a successful product.
read more...»A Hotspot Quiz on Cash Flow Forecasting
This introductory quiz on cash flow forecasting uses the hot spot technique to encourage students to point to relevant parts of a completed cash flow forecast.
