THEMATIC ENQUIRY – SCHEME OF WORK

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Students will: / ACTIVITIES / ASSESSMENT & HOMEWORK

Report Writing

Y12 Summer Term / 10 lessons approx. / q  Report Format
q  Local Study + Consideration of the potential for sale of a particular product in the local area. / q  Be able to present information in Report Format.
q  Be able to identify appropriate objectives
q  Select appropriate research methods
q  Compile results
q  Present information in Report Format, including the analysis and evaluation of collected results. / Writing Reports H/out + tasks to practise sections.
Class / Group Activity – local study to identify gap in the market.
·  Market Research (visit to Lichfield town centre)
·  Survey of Local Businesses
·  Secondary research – population size etc
·  Completion of results – ICT / Tasks allocated by the group.
Individual Report of compiled information/
Intro :
Change / 1 / q  Incremental Vs catastrophic change; / q  Understand what is meant by change in the business environment.
q  Will be able to distinguish between incremental and catastrophic change. / Report – Identifying the factors, which might lead to change.
Causes of change / 2
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External influences

q  The effects that external influences may have in a given situation. (SLEPT, PEST)
Market Forces
q  The ways in which market forces change and the consequences for business decisions.

Changing Performance

q  Changing circumstances and performance e.g. budget variances.
q  Cash flow statements & Interpretation.
Technology
q  Changing technological circumstances and adapting to competitive forces in the market.
/ q  Will be able to identify and analyse external influences present in a given situation.
q  Understand that markets are dynamic and that businesses must anticipate & respond to survive.
q  Able to calculate business performance and compare years using ratio analysis.
q  Understand the use of a budget and be able to calculate variance.
q  Interpret a cashflow statement and identify solutions.
q  Be able to identify the main consequences of increased technology for firms: production methods, sales & marketing. / Textiles
Process of managing change / 4
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Management

q  The management of change and co-operation with the workforce.
q  The management skills and approaches upon which successful change might depend in given circumstances.
q  The role of leadership in achieving goals.
q  Crisis & contingency management.

Objectives

q  The objectives the state or a business has and the circumstances in which change may be necessary

Planning

q  Changing Plans to meet changing situations.

Strategy

q  Reviewing Strategy in changing circumstances.
q  Ways in which techniques can be used in order to investigate the need for change or to develop a strategy for it.

Monitoring & Control

q  Ways in which change can be monitored and controlled in order to achieve the objectives of change. / q  Understand the role of management in facilitating change.
q  Apply the functions of management to the management of change
q  Analyse the significance of the management style adopted in a given situation.
q  Understand the role of leadership.
q  Understand the purpose of crisis and contingency management.
q  Be able to identify an organisation’s objectives.
q  Understand the role of objectives in achieving change.
q  Understand the role of planning in achieving change.
q  Be able to define strategy.
q  Understand why an agreed and defined strategy is required to achieve change.
q  Be able to use SWOT & PEST analysis
q  Be able to recommend a strategy in a given situation.
q  Understand the importance of monitoring the strategy so that planning can be amended where necessary. / Report – Developing a strategy, which might enable the management of change.
Discuss a change, which might be worthwhile, for example in the community, in the school and develop a strategy to bring it about.
Factors to consider when facilitating change / 2
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Legal Structure

q  The legal structure a business adopts, the suitability of changing from one form to another in given circumstances.

Finance

q  Investment Appraisal
q  Securing resources; sources of finance and size of the organisation
q  Consideration of the factors which a potential lender might take into account when deciding whether to provide support. Consideration also of the factors which potential borrowers may take into account.

Workforce

q  Effecting changes in the workforce in response to changing business needs.
q  Resistance to change.
q  The role of team work, employee participation and motivation in achieving goals.
q  Employee relations at individual and collective level.
q  TUs and their role in achieving corporate objectives; changes to employment practices and levels.
q  Flexible working, zero hour contracts, sub contracting.
q  Strategies for avoiding conflict, no strike deals, pendulum arbitration and the role of intermediaries should these fail; ACAS.
Corporate Culture.

Environmental constraints

q  Environmental constraints and the needs of all stakeholders.
q  Consideration of the ways in which local authorities might support or constrain the development of a local business and of why they exercise these powers.
q  Consideration of the general community interest which surround the opening of a new business. / q  Have knowledge of the implications of a particular business structure.
q  Understand the consequences of changing the structure to facilitate change.
q  Be able to complete and interpret an investment appraisal.
q  Have knowledge of the various sources of finance available to a firm in a given situation.
q  Be able to recommend an appropriate source of finance.
q  Have knowledge of the factors taken into consideration by the borrower and lender when considering a choice of finance.
q  Understand that commitment from the workforce is essential in the achievement of change.
q  Be able to identify reasons why the workforce are resistant to proposed changes.
q  Be able to explain that teamwork, employee participation and motivation are central to this process.
q  Understand that change often involves changes in working conditioned and therefore negotiation with TU’s is essential to avoid industrial action.
q  Understand that where agreement has not been possible that ACAS can be used to bring about a solution.
q  Be able to define different types of culture.
q  Understand the importance of a culture for change and be able to suggest how it can be achieved.
q  Understand that business does not operate in isolation and that when implementing change the consequences for all stakeholders must be considered.
q  Have knowledge of the ways local authorities might support or constrain the development of a local business.
q  Be able to identify the impact of a new business on its surroundings. / Report – Explaining why change is often resisted
Identifying a particular change and discussing the effect it will have on each of the different stakeholder groups.
Identify the weaknesses in local environmental protection and consider ways in which positive change may be made.
Small Businesses / 1 / q  Considerations of the problems faced by small businesses in the 1st year and of the reasons why many fail in the 1st year.
q  Legal requirements of setting up a new business / q  Be able to describe the problems faced by small businesses in the 1st year and of explain the reasons why many fail in the 1st year.
q  Give the Legal requirements of setting up a new business / Research Task
Talk – Bank Small business advisor??
q  / Select a business, which has been through change, and prepare a case history.
Each different case history can then be discussed.
q  / Identify a change, which appears not to have worked and decide what further action should be taken.