GCSE Business Studies (Edexcel)

30 free revision lessons in 2 units. Open the course or go straight to a lesson.

Investigating Small Business

How small businesses start, plan and respond to the world around them

1. Enterprise and the Dynamic Business Environment
2. The Role of the Entrepreneur
3. Customer Needs and Market Research
4. Market Segmentation and Market Mapping
5. The Competitive Environment
6. Aims, Objectives and Business Calculations
7. Break-Even and Margin of Safety
8. Cash and Cash-Flow Forecasting
9. Sources of Finance for Start-Ups
10. Business Ownership and Limited Liability
11. Location and the Marketing Mix
12. The Business Plan
13. Stakeholders and Their Conflicting Objectives
14. Technology and Legislation in Business
15. The Economic Climate and How Businesses Respond

Building a Business

How established businesses grow, market, operate and lead their people

1. Methods of Business Growth
2. Why and How Aims and Objectives Change
3. Globalisation and International Trade
4. Ethics, the Environment and Pressure Groups
5. Product and the Product Life Cycle
6. Pricing Strategies and Promotion
7. Place and the Integrated Marketing Mix
8. Production Processes and Technology
9. Stock Control and Working with Suppliers
10. Quality and the Sales Process
11. Profit Calculations and Average Rate of Return
12. Interpreting Business Data
13. Organisational Structures and Ways of Working
14. Recruitment, Training and Development
15. Motivating Employees

How to revise Business Studies

• Retrieval Practice
• Spaced Repetition
• Interleaving
• Dual Coding
• Elaborative Interrogation
• Knowledge Organisers
• Timed Practice

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