Editable Schemes of Work - Unit 3 - Edexcel



Edexcel GCSE 2009 Business Studies (Full Course)

Unit 3: Building a Business

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Edexcel GCSE Business Studies (Full Course)

Unit 3: Building a Business

Edexcel scheme of work

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|3/4 |Topic 3.1 Marketing |To understand the principles behind the PLC; |Students look at a case study in the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Product life cycle |to recognise and explain the different stages|Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining the|Building a Business, Chapter 3. |

| | |of the PLC using different contexts. |nature of the product life cycle of Bisto and evaluating |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |To understand the meaning of the term product|its position on the Boston Matrix. |For presentation materials on product life cycles and |

| | |portfolio. |Students take part in interactive questions on product |the Boston Matrix see ed.co.uk/educators/ |

| | |To understand the role of the Boston matrix |life cycle using the PLC diagram from Edexcel GCSE |16-19/business/marketing/presentation/ |

| | |in analysing product portfolio. |Business ActiveTeach. |portfolio.ppt and ed.co.uk/ |

| | |To understand the links between the use of |Teacher and students discuss the PLC of the mini using |educators/16-19/business/marketing/ |

| | |the Boston Matrix and the PLC. |animations from Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach. |activity/portfolio.htm |

| | | |Teacher gives a presentation on product life cycles and |For more on product life cycles see Business Active: |

| | | |the Boston Matrix — can be edited to suit. |Volume 2 Number 2, January 2007. |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|6/7 |Topic 3.1 Marketing |To understand the role of balancing the ‘4Ps’|Students look at case study analysing and evaluating the |See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Building a successful marketing mix |in managing the marketing mix in a range of |marketing mix of KFC. |Building a Business, Chapter 5. |

| | |contexts. |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | | |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on evaluating the marketing mix |For material on marketing mix see |

| | | |of a low calorie drink. |ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/chron/typein/typein.pl?itn=297|

| | | |Teacher presents animation of pricing in the music |9 |

| | | |industry from Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach. |For relevant case studies, see Business Case Studies |

| | | |Students study video of an effective promotion used by |for GCSE Business Studies by Hancock M (Pearson, 2007)|

| | | |Innocent (fresh drinks manufacturer) from Edexcel GCSE |— Case Studies 16–20. |

| | | |Business ActiveTeach. |See Edexcel eBus (GCSE Business Studies Email Support |

| | | |Students study video illustrating the distribution by |Service): September 2005 — The iPod. |

| | | |Nichols plc (soft drinks manufacturer) from Edexcel GCSE |See Edexcel eBus (GCSE Business Studies Email Support |

| | | |Business ActiveTeach. |Service): September 2006 — Heelys. |

| | | |Students investigate podcast and interactive questions on | |

| | | |the marketing mix. | |

| | | |Students look at marketing mix case studies. | |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|10/11 |Topic 3.2 Meeting customer needs |To understand traditional bar gate stock |Students look at case study in the Edexcel GCSE Business |See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Managing stock and quality |graphs. |Studies Student Book Building a Business on examining and |Building a Business, Chapter 7. |

| | |To understand the costs and benefits of using|evaluating stock control of a business that buys in metal |See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| | |JIT systems of stock control and where such |sheets. |Building a Business, Chapter 8. |

| | |systems might be appropriate (and where |Students look at case study in the Edexcel GCSE Business |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD (Chapter 7). |

| | |not!). |Studies Student Book Building a Business on examining and |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD (Chapter 8). |

| | |To understand the difference between quality |evaluating quality assurance at a business that provides |For material on quality control see |

| | |control and a culture of quality assurance in|guard services. |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/production/ac|

| | |business. |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|tivity/qualcontrol.htm and |

| | |To appreciate the importance of quality as a |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on investigating a stock control|ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/chron/typein/typein.pl?itn=332|

| | |means of differentiation and source of |graph. |1 |

| | |competitive advantage. |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|See Edexcel eBus (GCSE Business Studies Email Support |

| | | |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on investigating the advantages |Service): September 2006 — From Drought to Flood. |

| | | |and disadvantages of a quality assurance system. |For relevant case studies, see Business Case Studies |

| | | |Students undertake activity on quality control. |for GCSE Business Studies by Hancock M (Pearson, 2007)|

| | | |Students investigate podcast and interactive questions on |— Case Study 25, Responsive Designs. |

| | | |quality. | |

| | | |Students look at case studies on stock control and | |

| | | |quality. | |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|13 |Topic 3.2 Meeting customer needs |To understand the meaning of the term |Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Effective customer service |‘customer service’. |Studies Student Book Building a Business on assessing and |Building a Business, Chapter 10. |

| | |To understand the benefits of providing high |evaluating customer service at a hotel. |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |levels of customer service and the costs of |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|For rules on customer service see |

| | |poor customer service. |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on investigating what might lead|sbinfocanada.od/ |

| | | |to good or bad customer service. |customerservice/a/custservrules.htm |

| | | |Students investigate the eight rules for good customer |For short scenario on customer service manager see |

| | | |service. |teamtechnology.co.uk/ |

| | | |Teacher presents a short scenario based on an individual |customer-service.html |

| | | |having been promoted to being a customer service manager |For related case studies see Edexcel GCSE Student Book|

| | | |who inherits a team that does not provide good customer |Applied Business by Carysforth C, Dransfield R, Neild |

| | | |service. |M and Richards C (Pearson, 2009), pages 50–5 and |

| | | |Students look at case studies on effective customer |124–7. |

| | | |service. | |

|15 |Topic 3.3 Effective financial management |To understand how increasing revenues and |Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |How to improve profit |reducing costs helps to increase profit. |Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining and|Building a Business, Chapter 13. |

| | |To understand the impact of both changing |evaluating profit at a nightclub. |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |prices and influencing costs on profit. |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel| |

| | | |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on investigating how changes in | |

| | | |revenues and costs might affect its profit. | |

| | | |Students investigate revenue and costs spreadsheets from | |

| | | |Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach. | |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|18 |Topic 3.4 Effective people management |To understand the main types of |Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Organisational structures |organisational structures used in business |Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining and|Building a Business, Chapter 16. |

| | |and their purpose. |evaluating the organisational structure of a newspaper |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | | |company. |For material on organisational structures see |

| | | |Teacher and students undertake introductory discussion on |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strzategy/pre|

| | | |how a car hire business manages its human resources. |sentation/busorg.ppt and |

| | | |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strategy/pres|

| | | |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on examining organisational |entation/orgfunctions1.ppt and |

| | | |charts. |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strategy/pres|

| | | |Teacher shows video investigating the organisational |entation/ |

| | | |structure of Fitzgerald Lighting, a lighting manufacturer.|orgstructures.ppt |

| | | |Teacher gives presentations on organisational structures —|See Edexcel eBus (GCSE Business Studies Email Support |

| | | |can be edited to suit. |Service): February 2006 — Hierarchy and |

| | | |Students look at case studies on organisational |Communications. |

| | | |structures. |For related case studies see Edexcel GCSE Student Book|

| | | | |Applied Business by Carysforth C, Dransfield R, Neild |

| | | | |M and Richards C (Pearson, 2009), pages 28–31. |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|20 |Topic 3.4 Effective people management |To understand the purpose of communication in|Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Communication |a business context. |Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining and|Building a Business, Chapter 18. |

| | |To understand the main barriers to |evaluating communication in a call centre. |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |communication. |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|See Edexcel eBus (GCSE Business Studies Email Support |

| | |To appreciate the costs and benefits to a |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on types of communication. |Service): February 2006 — Hierarchy and |

| | |business of good/poor communication in |Teacher presents video investigating communication at |Communications. |

| | |different contexts. |Office Angels, a recruitment agency. |For related case studies see Edexcel GCSE Student Book|

| | | |Students look at case studies on communication. |Applied Business by Carysforth C, Dransfield R, Neild |

| | | |Students undertake activity on organisational structures |M and Richards C (Pearson, 2009), Communication |

| | | |and communication. |between functional areas, pages 40–5. |

| | | | |For material on organisational structures and |

| | | | |communication see |

| | | | |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strategy/less|

| | | | |on/ |

| | | | |orgcomms.htm |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|22 |Topic 3.5 The wider world affecting business|To understand the meaning of the term |Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Ethics in business |‘business ethics’. |Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining and|Building a Business, Chapter 19 |

| | |To understand the complexity of moral issues |evaluating ethics at Nike. |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |in business using a variety of different |Teacher and students undertake introductory discussion on |For material on Coca Cola see |

| | |contexts. |how an oil business is affected by the wider world. |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/acti|

| | |To understand the concept of trade-offs and |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|vity/ethics.htm |

| | |how this applies to ethics and profit. |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on the advantages and problems |For material on pressure groups see |

| | |To understand the role of pressure groups in |of taking an ethical approach for business. |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/acti|

| | |influencing business decision making. |Students undertake activity on Coca Cola. |vity/pressure1.htm |

| | | |Students undertake activity on pressure groups. |For related information, see Business Active, Volume 1|

| | | | |Number 2. January 2006. |

|23/24 |Topic 3.5 The wider world affecting business|To understand that business activity has |Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |Environmental issues |different impacts on the environment. |Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining and|Building a Business, Chapter 21. |

| | |To be able to understand the difference |evaluating environmental issues arising from the |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |between short-term and long-term |operations of an electricity generating business. |For related case studies see Edexcel GCSE Student Book|

| | |environmental effects on the environment. |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|Applied Business by Carysforth C, Dransfield R, Neild |

| | | |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on environmental problems and |M and Richards C (Pearson, 2009), pages 26–7 and |

| | | |solutions. |Environmental Constraints, pages 174–7. |

| | | |Students look at case studies on environmental issues. | |

|Week |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

| |key questions | | | |

|27/28 |Topic 3.5 The wider world affecting business|To understand the role of government and the |Students look at case study from the Edexcel GCSE Business|See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book |

| |The impact of government and the EU on |EU in regulating and controlling business |Studies Student Book Building a Business on explaining and|Building a Business, Chapter 23. |

| |business |activity. |evaluating the effect on UK businesses of the EU. |See Edexcel GCSE Business ActiveTeach CD. |

| | |To understand the meaning of the term |Students take part in an interactive activity from Edexcel|For material on the EU see |

| | |‘regulation’ and ‘legislation’ as it applies |GCSE Business ActiveTeach on the effect of regulation on |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/less|

| | |to business. |businesses. |on/euenviron.htm and |

| | |To appreciate the main ways in which |Teacher presents animation investigating the effect of the|ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/pres|

| | |government and the EU affects business — |EU on McBride, a manufacturer of soaps, shampoo and other |entation/euenviron.ppt |

| | |regulation, taxation and legislation. |cleaning products. |For material on regulation see |

| | |To be able to appreciate the impact of these |Teacher gives presentations and students undertake |ed.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/pres|

| | |on business activity in a variety of |activities on the role of the EU — these can be edited as |entation/regulation.ppt |

| | |contexts. |appropriate. |For related case studies see Edexcel GCSE Student Book|

| | | |Teacher gives presentation on regulation. |Applied Business by Carysforth C, Dransfield R, Neild |

| | | |Students look at case studies on the EU. |M and Richards C (Pearson, 2009), Employees — their |

| | | | |rights and responsibilities, pages 56–9 and The role |

| | | | |of government, pages 172–3. |

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