1. Welcome to LPGS BTEC Business Department
Sixth Form Induction
June 2017
Mrs Heidi Baatjies Teacher I/C of BTEC Business Studies
Unlocking Potential through Empowerment

2. LPGS BTEC Business Studies
The Important Points!

3. BTEC Business provide a more practical, real-world way of learning.
LPGS BTEC Business Studies
BTEC Business provide a more practical, real-world way of learning.

4. How may of you have done Business in Key Stage 4?
LPGS BTEC Business Studies
How may of you have done Business in Key Stage 4?
Not a problem if you have not!
But if you have, you are great source to help students around you and reinforce your understanding!

5. LPGS BTEC Business Studies
The Course: BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Business 120 Credits Equivalent to 2 A-levels
Will mean a lot more when you are applying to university!

6. Assessment: 8 Units are completed 3 Units are assessed externally
Unlocking potential through empowerment
Assessment: 8 Units are completed
3 Units are assessed externally
5 Units are assessed internally
Graded A-Level Equivalent
PP CC
MM BB
DD AA

7. Units that we will cover:
Unlocking potential through empowerment
Units that we will cover:
Exploring Businesses
Developing a Marketing Campaign
Managing an Event
Personal and Business Finance
International Business
Principals of Management
Recruitment and Selection Process
Investigating Customer Service
Mandatory Units
Optional Units
Subject to Change

8. External Assessment Unlocking potential through empowerment Unit
Assessment structure
Unit 2 Developing a Marketing Campaign
Task set and marked by Exam Board.
Students provided with case study two weeks before supervised assessment. In the two weeks research can be done to prepare for assessment.
Similar to GCSE controlled assessment.
Unit 3 Personal and Business Finance
Written exam set by Exam Board
2 HOURS
100 Marks
Unit 6 Principles of Management
Same as Unit 2

9. Task: Write down words that you think are related to business?
LPGS BTEC Business Studies
Task: Write down words that you think are related to business?
MEET
USP
Profit
Brexit
Write this on post-it notes
Now they need to swop and try and write meaning of the word
Now try and find the person that wrote the word, get their name and discuss the word. Be prepare to share
Point of exercise, meet the class, learn some new business terminology! Looking at the units that we will cover will this come up

10. LPGS BTEC Business Studies
Units that we will cover:
Exploring Businesses
Developing a Marketing Campaign
Managing an Event
Personal and Business Finance
International Business
Principals of Management
Recruitment and Selection Process
Investigating Customer Service
Note the words on the board and will this come up in the content that we will cover?

11. LPGS BTEC Business Studies
Watch this video:
With your partner?
Can you see the controversy in this advert?
Why was it a successful marketing campaign for this company?

12. Do businesses always sell products that are safe users?
What about product that are good for us?
Johnson & Johnson

15. Events Manager Pay scale -> Average £45000
Unlocking potential through empowerment
Unit 4 Managing an Event
Events Manager Pay scale -> Average £45000

16. What are things that you need to consider when planning an event?
Unlocking potential through empowerment
Unit 4 Managing an Event
Ed and Stormzy
What are things that you need to consider when planning an event?
What skills do you need to be an Events Manager?

17. Unit 4 Managing an Event What skills do you have?
Unlocking potential through empowerment
Unit 4 Managing an Event
Ed and Stormzy
What skills do you have?
Glastonbury

18. Dreaming of this? Getting your drivers licence soon?
Unlocking potential through empowerment
Unit 3 Personal Finance
Dreaming of this?
Getting your drivers licence soon?

19. Unit 3 Personal Finance Unlocking potential through empowerment
What does leasing a car mean?
Pro
Cons
No large initial payment
Deposit to pay
Always drive a new car
High interest rate
Residual payment
Damage payment
High mileage use payments
Lets work it out

20. Unit 3 Personal Finance Unlocking potential through empowerment
Ford Fiesta
£138.00
Initial Deposit
£827
Payments after 48 months
Damage £500
Cash Price
£12000
Final payment
9750
What will you do?

21. LPGS BTEC Business Studies
The successful candidate:
Attends all lessons.
Organised.
Make sure they keep to deadlines.
Aware of developments in the Media.
Extends themselves by reading around the subject matter.