SCHEME OF WORK

GCSE BUSINESS
UNIT 1 SETTING UP A BUSINESS People in Business
UNIT 2 GROWING AS A BUSINESS People in Business

Topic What prior Diagnostic and Learning Talents Subject specific Suggested BLP Independent study Adaptations needed
knowledge will be summative skills and activities, resources tasks and for each ability
What will engage pupils needed? assessment Which learning knowledge and opportunities to assessment pathway
and make them opportunities talents will be use the Learning
curious? What prior skills developed and at Which skills will be Platform How will these be
will be needed? How will these be what grade? developed and at set, monitored,
How will this prepare recorded and fed what grade? assessed and
pupils for GCSE/A What progress do back to pupils? Specify the triggers support progress?
Level? they need to make that will enable Specify the triggers
based on the last How will progress be pupils to move which will enable
unit? monitored in the from one grade to pupils to move from
unit? another. one grade to
What outcomes are another.
you planning for?
Highlight any
opportunities for
examination or
controlled
conditions
preparation.
Reorganising Students should be Discuss what
organisational charts and familiar with internal organisational structures
management hierarchies organisation are and that it can be
Internal structures and layers drawn in a chart. Pupils
organisational of management. to draw Bus & ICT
structures Department chart based
Appropriateness of They should on list of teachers given
centralisation understand the term to them.
/decentralisation for span of control and
growing they need to be aware Using the chart, discuss
businesses of the effects that the line management,
shape of the structure authority, responsibility,
has on how its levels of hierarchy, tall
managed. and flat, span of control.
Use ppt as required.
They need to be
familiar with Pupils to annotate all of
centralisation and the above on examples
decentralisation and of tall and flat structure
the advantages and diagrams given to them.
disadvantages that it
can bring to a Refer back to the org
business. chart for Business & ICT
Department (and other
examples as
necessary). Pupils
discuss:
Is this the most effective
structure? Why? How
could it be improved?
Key themes to be drawn
from discussion are:
teamwork, delegation,
bureaucracy,
communication, control,
motivation.

Discuss difference
between centralised and
decentralised
organisations. Pupils to
record advantages and
disadvantages in a
table.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/
schools/gcsebitesize/
business/people/
ictrev1.shtml offers
revision notes and a
short online test.
 Recruiting Students need to Internal and external ppt
Need for understand as a prompt for
recruitment appropriate internal questions to be
Recruitment and external methods discussed in pairs, then
methods of recruitment e.g. snowballed (fours and
Remuneration Personal groups of eight): given
Monetary and non- recommendations, the advantages of
monetary benefits advertising and internal recruitment, why
interviewing. might a firm choose to
recruit people from
outside of the firm and
how might they do it?
(NB The recruitment
They need to process is covered in
understand benefits of the next section).
full and part time
employment to the Pupils are paired to
business. study a range of job
adverts (covering local,
They need to regional and national
WEEK BY WEEK BREAKDOWN

understand factors vacancies). For each

that determine the job, pupils must identify:
level of If the job is
wages/salaries full/part time
including level of skill Salary/wage
and experience. Qualifications and
experience
They need to required
understand the use of Benefits offered
other monetary other than salary
benefits e.g.
pensions, bonuses. It is important that pupils
choose a range of 3/4
differing jobs as their
next task will be to
consider and compare
them (i.e. why is one job
full time, another part
time? Why the
difference in
salary/wage,
qualifications,
experience? Why does
one job offer other
benefits, when others do
not etc?) This can be
completed in the form of
a written table,
discussion (paired or
whole class) or
presentation.
Recruitment and retention Students need to Discuss the recruitment
of staff understand the process step-by-step
The recruitment process of recruitment using the ppt. Pupils
process and how to select new could be given stages
Appraisal and employees. on cards and asked to
training order in most logical
Methods of manner after initial
motivation introduction. Discussion
Retention of staff could then be pupil-led
as to why the order is as
it is and why each
element is important.

They should Training ppt used as a

understand the prompt for discussion
benefits of induction each slide begins with a
programmes and what question. A number of
is included in them. further ppt available for
specific types of training
Candidates should be (e.g. induction).
aware of
On the job Pupils to work in groups
training e.g. in- to devise an induction
house training training programme for a
Off the job e.g. new teacher joining the
external school in September.
courses Possible areas to
consider could be: the
They should history and ethos of the
understand how and school, the main policies
why businesses use of the schools, main
appraisal and responsibilities, benefits
performance review offered, meeting key
systems. colleagues, tour of the
school etc. This list is
not exclusive and
emphasis should be put
on how and why (rather
than just what should be
included).

They need to Criteria for what makes

understand methods a good motivation and
of motivation and retention method
retention including developed as class and
training, remuneration recorded (method
and styles of matches type of worker;
management organisation;
(leadership). organisation can afford
it; fairness, tradition)
Then.
Studentsput in groups of
3. They are allocated a
method of motivation
and retention (monetary
and non-monetary).
Students are given15
Definition of leadership
discussed.

Leadership powerpoint
show students leaders
and ask how do they
lead? Draw out
leadership styles
democratic,
authoritarian. Terms
should be defined with
students, Discussion of
advantages and
disadvantages of styles.

Leadership powerpoint
show students methods
of motivation and
retention and ask them
to link them to
leadership style.
Motivating staff Students need to Definition of motivation
Benefits to the understand the discussed and recorded.
business of benefits to the
motivated staff business of well In pairs students discuss
Methods of motivated staff the benefits of having
motivation used by motivated staff then
small businesses share with group.
Students can then
practice analysis
technique of so whating
demonstrating what a
motivated workforce can
lead to for the business.

Students in groups of 3
create a way of
They should be able motivating staff. Then
to suggest relevant this is shared with the
ways small class and recorded.
businesses might Students then choose 1
motivate employees way and so what this
e.g. training, greater method.
responsibility, financial
reward.
Protecting staff through Students need to Students are put in
understanding legislation understand of the groups of 4. Each group
Equal pay and legal responsibilities is allocated a piece of
minimum wage of employers and their legislation. They must
laws staff. How these laws research this law and
Discrimination affect small present the following to
Employment rights businesses. the group: A brief
Health and safety summary of what the la
states, how it affects
businesses, how it
affects employees.
Groups must provide a
briefing sheet for the
rest of the class.