Business Studies

Remember that there will be co-teachers some of the time. They are expected to prepare key vocabulary and be prepared to take the class for a short time.

Business Studies – Monday:

Teacher: Chris	Students	Topics
Co-teacher: Sairan	Si	Enterprise: a. motives for becoming an entrepreneur b. government support for enterprise and entrepreneurs c. sources of business ideas d. strengths/weaknesses of a business idea e. why start-ups can be risky f. why start-ups may fail g. credit crunch (homework)
	Winnie
	James
	Sairan
	Lex

Business Studies – Tuesday

Teacher: Shazmin	Students	Topics
	Si	a. break-even b. analysing the effects of changing variables on break-even charts c. how to forecast cashflow d. the structure of a cashflow forecast e. why businesses forecast cashflow f. income, expenditure and profit budgets g. the process of setting budgets h. problems in setting budgets i. benefits and drawbacks of using budgets j. calculation and interpretation of favourable and adverse variances k. using variance analysis to inform decision-making l. the calculation and understanding of net profit margins m. the calculation and understanding of return on capital n. the distinction between cash and profit
	Mica
	James
	Sairan
	Ken
	Winnie
	Lex

Business Studies - Wednesday

Teacher: Tony	Students	Topics
	Winnie	a. developing business plans b. the purpose and content of business plans c. sources of information and guidance d. methods of primary and secondary market research e. qualitative and quantitative research f. size and types of samples g. factors influencing choice of sampling methods h. raising finance
	James
	Ken
	Sairan
	Si
	Lex

Business Studies - Thursday

Teacher: James	Students	Topics
	Winnie	a. recruitment process b. internal and external recruitment c. selecting the best employees d. how recruitment and selection can improve a workforce e. methods of training f. financial motivation g. improving job design h. working in teams i. theories of motivation
	James
	Ken
	Sairan
	Si
	Lex

Remember that there will be co-teachers some of the time. They are expected to prepare key vocabulary and be prepared to take the class for a short time.

Business Studies - Friday

Teacher: Chris	Students	Topics
Co-teachers: Winnie Lex	Si	a. operational targets b. capacity utilisation c. operational issues d. quality control e. quality assurance f. systems of quality assurance g. quality standards
	Mica
	James
	Sairan
	Ken
	Winnie
	Lex