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Revision presentation - labour productivity

Sunday, January 17, 2010

This revision resource looks at how labour productivity can be measured and managed.

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Revision presentation - motivation in theory

The key theories of how to motivate employees are outlined in this revision presentation

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Revision presentation - motivation in practice

How do businesses use financial and non-financial methods to motivate their employees?  This revision resource looks at the basics of motivation in practice.

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Revision presentation - Workforce roles

This revision resource introduces the key business roles of directors, managers, supervisors etc

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Revision Presentation - Introduction to Communication

An introductory revision presentation on communication in business here.

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Revision Presentation - Absenteeism

Saturday, January 16, 2010

This revision presentation highlights the topic of absenteeism in the workplace

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Revision Presentation - Organisational Structures (Intro)

This revision presentation provides an introduction to organisational structures.  It looks at concepts such as span of control, hierarchies, chains of command and delayering:

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Revision Presentation - New Businesses and Competition

Friday, January 01, 2010

Every business faces competition for its customers and markets - and new businesses in particular find the competitive environment very challenging.  What are the benefits of a new business analysing the competition?  What kind of competitive intelligence is useful?  Does competition benefit consumers?

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Revision Presentation - Thinking Creatively to Generate Business Ideas

What makes a good business idea? And how does an entrepreneur use creative thinking to develop and launch a viable new business idea?  This revision presentation considers that question

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Revision Presentation - Innovation & Invention for New Businesses

This revision deck outlines the distinction between innovation and invention in the context of a new business looking to develop a distinctive product or service

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Revision Presentation - Recruitment for a New Business

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Many new businesses or start-don’t recruit people until the enterprise has become reasonably well established.  Others need to recruit people before trading can begin.  This presentation looks at the basic employment options for a new business and some of the employment challenges facing an entrepreneur.

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Revision Presentation - Protecting Staff through Legislation

Employees are protected at work by a variety of laws and regulations.  This revision presentation outlines the main areas of legislation in this area, including that relating to pay, discrimination, employment rights and health & safety.

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Revision Presentation - the Basics of Profit

In this revision presentation we explain the basic meaning of profit - what it is and how it is measured.

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Revision Presentation - Revenues and Demand

In this revision presentation we look at the concept of revenue (sales) and customer demand. We look at the key factors affecting demand and provide some illustrations of how revenue is measured and calculated.
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Revision Presentation - Raising Finance for a New Business

This revision presentation looks at the options and issues for a new business looking to raise finance.

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Revision Presentation - Limited Liability

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The important concept of limited liability is explained in this revision presentation

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Revision Presentation - Startup Business Structures

This revision presentation examines the choices of potential business structure for a startup

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Revision Presentation - Capacity Management

Saturday, December 19, 2009

The effective management of capacity is a key activity for most businesses in order to maximise profitability and minimise unit costs.  This brief revision presentation introduces the concept of capacity and considers the main issues surrounding capacity utilisation.

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Revision Presentation - Managing Quality

Friday, December 18, 2009

Quality is an important topic which is relevant across each of the functional areas in a business.  This revision presentation considers the nature of quality, the costs of poor quality and the essential differences between quality control and quality assurance.

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Revision Presentation - Globalisation & Business

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

This streamed revision presentation examines some of the key issues of globalisation in the context of business studies

Revision Presentation - Government Economic Policy

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Here is a streamed revision presentation on key aspects of government economic policy, with a focus that is relevant for business students (particularly those studying AQA BUSS4 and similar units).

It provides an overview of four key areas:

- Macroeconomic objectives
- Fiscal policy
- Monetary policy
- Supply-side policy

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Revision Presentation - Production Methods

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

This streamed revision presentation provides an overview of the main methods of organising production.

Revision Presentation - Acquisitions

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

This revision presentation looks at the basics of corporate acquisitions - their motivation, type, advantages and drawbacks.

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