ACTIVITIES:

Products and services sold Type of customers (target market)Type of ownership (sole trader, partnership, private limited, public limited orsocial enterprise) Features, advantages and disadvantages of ownership Factors that affect the business (political, economic, social, technological,legal, ethical, environmental and competition)

Research two different businesses such as Amazon, Starbucks, BritishAirways, Tesco etc. Try and find out the following information about thebusiness:

Watch Dragon’s Den. You can download their episodes on YouTube. This willhelp you generate ideas for products and services , as well as give you aninsight into the challenges involved in setting up or growing a business.

level 2 btec first

KEY INFO:

BTEC First in Business Studyand Exam Practice Unit 2Finance, CGP

Faculty: Creative and SocialCourse Title: BTEC Level 2Award in BusinessExam Board: PearsonCourse Textbook:

WIDER READING:

The Road Ahead – Bill GatesThe Virgin Way – Richard Branson

S T E P U P T O S I X T H F O R M

award in business studies

Tutor2u.net

BBC Bitesize Business (good videos and on line tests):https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zpsvr82

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business

https://www.ted.com/talks?topics%5B%5D=business

Panorama, Amazon and what they know about us:https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000fjdz/panorama-amazon-what-they-know-about-usAmazon, Jeff Bezos and Collecting data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O90PShJVu58Inside Bill ’s Brain: Decoding Bill GatesTesla Motors – Elon Musk – Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9PGi8hHvYWarren Buffett & Bill Gates Success:http://www.documentarytube.com/business Here comes Generation Z: http://www.documentarytube.com/businessSelf-Made, on Netflix

TV AND FILM:

USEFUL ONLINE LINKS:

For further information please contact the Sixth Form team(P16@emmanuel.nottingham.sch.uk) who will be happy to forward your email

to the relevant department.

PODCASTS:Ted Talks Business: https://www.ted.com/talks?

topics%5B%5D=business

Planet Money:  https://www.npr.org/programs/