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GCSE Double Award in Applied Business

Price: £0.00
Age Range: KS4 KS4+

FREE: Now completely updated with new portfolio tools and fast-paced, timed tracker tests that motivate and engage even the most disenfranchised boys.

Web-based course with photocopiable support material. Several studies have shown that mixing e-learning with traditional classroom learning can lead to significantly improved results. This complete 2-year GCSE course does just that.

There is now an excellent pack of lesson plans and worksheets to accompany the online course.

Features

  • Multimedia introduction to each module which can be set individually or viewed by a whole class. (example: Investigating...Financial Documents)
  • Online encyclopedia of Business Studies concepts, written specially for the Applied GCSE.
  • Multiple choice tests which pace student learning. All results are automatically reported back to you through the web, giving you an effective way to track personalised learning. Example: Human Resources
  • Online Portfolio of Evidence is progressively built over two years.
  • GCSE-specific version of the well-known Cameron Balloons virtual business case-study website.
  • All web elements work inside our Yacapaca online assessment platform. You get a complete set of learning management tools.
  • Classroom lessons are supported through three unit-based packs of teachers' notes and photocopiable activity sheets (sold separately).

The complete course also includes

  • All multiple choice is automarked, with extensive formative feedback.
  • Online Portfolio of Evidence
  • Online Portfolio marking

How to get free access

If you are already a Yacapaca member, go straight to the course list.

If you are not yet a Yacapaca member would like a free subscription, click the Free Trial* button below. You will be able to access and use all the Applied Business training materials.

The course is complemented by the Workbook, which contains 37 one-hour (approx) lessons, including worksheet and full lesson plan.

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Size: 2 year course
ISBN: 1 86025 541 0
Code: GDAB
Popularity rank: 5
Average Customer Review:  * * * * *  based on 5 reviews

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Contents List

Unit 01

  • Module 01: Aims and Objectives of Businesses
  • Module 02: Ownership
  • Module 03: Business Location
  • Module 04: Business Activity
  • Module 05: Functional Areas
  • Module 06: Human Resources
  • Module 07: Finance
  • Module 09: Operations
  • Module 10: Marketing and Sales
  • Module 11: Customer Service
  • Module 12: Research and Development
  • Module 13: The Use of ICT
  • Module 14: Business Communication
  • Module 15: Business Competitors
  • Module 16: Economic Conditions
  • Module 17: Environmental Constraints

Unit 02

  • Module 01: Stakeholders
  • Module 02: Investigating Job Roles
  • Module 03: Working Arrangements
  • Module 04: Rights of Employers and Employees
  • Module 05: Resolving Disagreements
  • Module 06: Recruitment
  • Module 07: Personal Job Applications
  • Module 08: Staff Development and Training
  • Module 09-10: Customer Service and Why Customers are Important
  • Module 11: Customers and their Expectations
  • Module 12: Customer Satisfaction
  • Module 13: Investigating Customer Service
  • Module 14: Consumer Protection
  • Module 15: Preparing for your Customer Service Presentation

Unit 03

  • Module 01: Investigating the Flow of Financial Documents Used to Make a Business Purchase
  • Module 02: Investigating methods of making and receiving payments
  • Module 03: Covering the costs of a new product or service
  • Module 04: Using a cash-flow forecast
  • Module 05: Using a Budget and Financial Planning
  • Module 06: Calculating the Break-even Point
  • Module 07: Calculating the Profit or Loss of a Business and Understanding a Balance Sheet
  • Module 08: The Importance of Business Accounts
  • Module 09: Sources of Business Finance
  • Exam practice

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04/04/07

Ian Sands at St Edmunds Catholic School

The fast turn around of the marking is a major motivator.
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04/04/07

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One of my students is heading for a young offenders institute over the next few months. His work is still my responsibility, the Chalkface gives me the chance to set him work with the confidence that he will be able to attempt it with suitable support.
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04/04/07

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i thought i was gone die befoer i completed my courseowrks yet there was hope... i was just serfing the internet and i came across this web site and i thought it was really hlpeful for me and anyone who needs help on his or her coursework there is no website like chalkface
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04/04/07

Katie Robinson at Colne Valley High School

The course has been extremely useful, particularly for collating all the coursework, which has been a bind in previous year.
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27/04/06

relieved, smart but stressed student at secondary school

before i was really struggling with my business coursework, but the business studies course helped me as i could look for any topic i needed for my gsce without having to search through various websites for each topic. please continue to make more, preferably science A-levels which is what i am going to be doing from september.
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