Cover for Business 14th October 2013

Sorry I am not in your lesson today- you should all know what you are doing as it is continuing the assessment tasks for unit 1. I am not doing the blue sheet lesson until tomorrow as it will be difficult to do with a cover teacher so:
Use the assignment sheets to complete unit 1 ( those who are on the board need to print out work for unit 2)
if you are doing the question on the local economy you will need the powerpoint slides - we have average earnings for our area

Cover for Thursday 26th and Friday 27th September

I am really sorry to miss your final lessons before work experience. However I have left you plenty to be working through. If you get stuck I have made lots of crib sheets for you to refer to. They are stuck up around the room. "How do I tackle the Save for Me poster?" was the most asked question last lesson and completing all the questions on assignment 3 of unit 2 instead of only doing 2b was the biggest waste of someone's time. Read the overview sheet- it tells you which bits to do and which bits to miss out. Work your way through the assignments. Remember all of unit 2 needs to be completed by end of Friday and you really should be well in to unit 1. Any issues e-mail me eday6512@ocnmail.net

First Assignment

Time to submit your first assignment. You will have worked together or in threes on the work and many will already have the answers to most of the questions. So...
1. Read through the assignment and check which bits you haven't completed.
2. Cut and paste your answers into a new document and then fill in the gaps.
Ensure you have completed all the questions and complete all the paperwork. Print and submit.

Aims and Objectives

Companies have aims and objectives. These aims and objectives are similar to ones we have in lessons. Personal targets translate into company targets. You may be aiming to gain GCSEs but a company may be aiming to break even or maximise their profit. They may be looking to improve customer service or sell more products.
Tasks (you can work in pairs)
1. Explain in your own words what an aim and objective is. (your text book will support this)
2. Research 3 companies: voluntary, public service and private (1 of each) and find out what their aims and objectives are and write a paragraph about each.
3. How successful have each company been in achieving their aims and objectives in 2011 or 2012?

Cover Year 11 ECD Tuesday 10th September

Students have been working on functional areas (page 47 in their textbooks).

All have tasks to complete. Most are working together which means they are quite noisy. They have enough ICT facilities.

Task 1: Describe a functional area and explain what its role in the business is?

Task 2: How does this functional area operate in a real business?

Task 3: Describe how two functional areas interact?

Task 4: Explain how the interaction of these areas supports a business to increase profit?

If students complete this ask them to go on the blog (cartertonccbusiness.blogspot.com) and find the work on aims and objectives and begin this.

Welcome Back

Welcome back Year 11- we are starting your final year and the two GCSEs that you gain from this Business course are really valuable. Please work hard to gain Distinctions and make this year a successful one. We are starting with Unit 2 Business Organisations and the functioning areas of Business. Use your textbook to support your learning and ensure you keep all notes and research in a folder labelled unit 2.

Functioning Areas in Business

Functioning areas in Businesses

A functioning area of a business is a discrete area like IT. The IT department will be responsible for all IT support, software and hardware. Other areas are like Sales, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources.. etc

Assessment criteria:
P4 describe the functioning areas in two contrasting business organisations
P5 explain how these functional areas link in one of these organisations
M2 compare the interaction of functional areas and how they relate to each other in two selected businesses to support the business objectives

Functioning areas: All businesses must carry out a number of functions to ensure the business runs smoothly. These functions also link to the aims and objectives of the business and what it wants to achieve.

Tasks:
Produce a case study on two businesses from different sectors using the questions below:
1. Choose two businesses; one from the private sector and one charity or voluntary business. Spend time researching different businesses so that you find two that make good case studies. Look at the structure of the company and consider how they market themselves; who is in charge of sales and what their business activities are?
2. Try to identify three functioning areas in both companies and write about them. Give examples of each area and the tasks that they might do?
3. What is the role of research and development in the companies?

http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/business-theory/strategy/aims-and-objectives.html#axzz2IzTIPVKP

Case Studies
http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/companies/#axzz2IzTIPVKP