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GCSE Business.
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The purpose of business activity
The purpose of business activity
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Theme 1: Business and enterprise
Theme 2: Ownership, aims and stakeholders
Theme 3: Growing a business
Theme 4: Customers and markets
Theme 5: The marketing mix
Theme 6: Operations
Theme 7: Finance
Theme 8: Managing people
Theme 9: The external environment
01Theme 1: Business and enterprise
10 lessons · 10 units
Unit 01
The purpose of business activity
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Unit 02
Goods, services and business sectors
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Unit 03
Factors of production and opportunity cost
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Unit 04
Business functions and interdependence
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Unit 05
Entrepreneurs: role, qualities and motives
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Unit 06
Spotting business opportunities
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Unit 07
Risk, reward and uncertainty
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Unit 08
Business plans and planning
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Unit 09
Choosing a business location
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Unit 10
Working with business data
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02Theme 2: Ownership, aims and stakeholders
9 lessons · 9 units
Unit 01
Sole traders, partnerships and unlimited liability
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Unit 02
Private and public limited companies
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Unit 03
Not-for-profit organisations
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Unit 04
Choosing the right form of ownership
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Unit 05
Business aims and objectives
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SMART objectives and measuring success
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Why objectives differ and change
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Unit 08
Stakeholders and their objectives
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Unit 09
Stakeholder influence and conflict
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03Theme 3: Growing a business
5 lessons · 5 units
Unit 01
Why businesses grow and why some stay small
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Unit 03
Mergers, takeovers and integration
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Unit 05
Economies and diseconomies of scale
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04Theme 4: Customers and markets
6 lessons · 6 units
Unit 01
Marketing and customer needs
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Unit 02
Why businesses carry out market research
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Unit 03
Market research methods
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Using market research data
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Unit 05
Market segmentation
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Unit 06
Competition and market mapping
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05Theme 5: The marketing mix
14 lessons · 14 units
Unit 02
Designing and developing products
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Unit 03
Product differentiation and branding
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Unit 04
The product life cycle and extension strategies
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Unit 05
Product portfolio and the Boston Matrix
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Unit 06
Pricing strategies
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Unit 07
Factors that influence pricing decisions
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Unit 08
Promotion and advertising
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Unit 09
Sales promotion, sponsorship and public relations
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Unit 10
Choosing the promotional mix
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Place: channels of distribution
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Unit 12
E-commerce, m-commerce and multi-channel selling
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Unit 13
Using an integrated marketing mix
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Unit 14
Adapting the marketing mix
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06Theme 6: Operations
11 lessons · 11 units
Unit 01
Methods of production: job, batch and flow
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Unit 02
Technology in production
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Unit 03
Lean production and just in time
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Unit 04
Managing stock levels
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Procurement and choosing suppliers
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Unit 06
Logistics and the supply chain
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Unit 07
Quality and why it matters
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Methods of managing quality
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Unit 10
Good customer service
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Unit 11
Customer service and technology
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07Theme 7: Finance
14 lessons · 14 units
Unit 01
The finance function and the need for finance
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Unit 02
Sources of finance
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Unit 03
Choosing a source of finance
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Unit 04
Revenue, costs and profit
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Unit 05
Calculating break-even
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Unit 07
The importance of cash
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Unit 08
Cash-flow forecasts
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Unit 09
Solving cash-flow problems
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Unit 10
Gross profit, net profit and profit margins
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Unit 11
The income statement (profit and loss account)
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Unit 12
The statement of financial position
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Unit 13
Investment and average rate of return
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Unit 14
Using financial information to judge performance
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08Theme 8: Managing people
14 lessons · 14 units
Unit 01
Human resources and job roles
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Unit 02
Organisational structures and charts
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Unit 03
Centralisation, decentralisation and delayering
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Unit 04
Communication in business
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Unit 05
Ways of working and trade unions
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Unit 06
Recruiting employees
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Selecting employees
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Unit 08
Employment law and health and safety
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Unit 09
Motivation and staff retention
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Unit 10
Financial methods of motivation
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Unit 11
Non-financial methods of motivation
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Unit 12
Why businesses train their staff
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Unit 13
Methods of training
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Unit 14
Developing employees
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09Theme 9: The external environment
13 lessons · 13 units
Unit 01
E-commerce and digital communication
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Unit 02
The impact of technology on business
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Unit 03
Business ethics and pressure groups
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Unit 04
Environmental responsibility and sustainability
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Unit 05
The economic climate: incomes and unemployment
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Unit 06
Interest rates, inflation and taxation
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Unit 08
International trade and competing overseas
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Unit 10
Multinational companies
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Unit 11
Trade barriers and trading blocs
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Unit 12
Consumer law and intellectual property
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Unit 13
Responding to external change
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