BTEC BUSINESS
Unit 1 – Business Purposes
SCHEME OF WORK
Criteria Topic
Intro to course
Intro to Unit 1
P1
P1
P1
P1
P2
P2
Purpose of Business
Organisations
Private and Public
sector
Sizes of Business
Organisations
Scale of Business
Organisations
Introduction to Task 3
– Powerpoint
presentation on ‘Types
of business’.
Intro to ‘sole trader’.
Introduction to
remainder of business
types.
Lesson Objectives
Task/ Activity
Number of
Lessons
Behaviour and achievement
expectations
Explanation of P/M/D criteria and
assignment format
Goods and Services, explanation and
examples
Private vs public businesses, the
profit motive
Small, medium and large businesses,
card game and presentation
Local, Regional, National, European
and Global
HAND IN WORK
Understanding of good/bad
powerpoint.
Understanding of examples,
advantages and disadvantages of sole
trader. Completion of first slide.
Understanding of partnership, ltd,
plc, franchise, public sector, charity.
Completion of slides for each of the
Title page for first
assignment
Task 1 - introduction
1
Task 2 – Part 1
1
Task 2 – Part 1
1
Task 2 – part 2
1
Task 2 – part 3
1
Task 3 first slide
1
Task 3 completed
5
1
above.
P1/P2
Intro to Coca Cola
P1/P2
Intro to Abbey Grange
P1/P2
Intro to Guiseley
Gardens
P1/P2
Intro to Coca Cola
M1
Introduction to
requirements of Merit
task.
P3
Primary, Secondary,
Tertiary
M2
Growth and Decline in
Primary, Secondary,
Tertiary
PERFORMANCE OF POWERPOINT
Investigation into Coca Cola.
Task 4
Application of previous lessons
(purpose, size, scale, type etc) to this
business.
Investigation into Abbey Grange.
Task 5
Application of previous lessons
(purpose, size, scale, type etc) to this
business.
Investigation into Guiseley Gardens.
Task 6
Application of previous lessons
(purpose, size, scale, type etc) to this
business.
Investigation into Barnardos.
Task 7
Application of previous lessons
(purpose, size, scale, type etc) to this
business.
HAND IN WORK
Comparing/contrasting business
Task 8
ownership
(students working at Pass
level only will continue with
Pass tasks, although likely at
this stage that all will
attempt.)
Introduction to ‘Industrial Sectors’.
Task 9/10
Application to four studied
businesses.
Research and Investigation into
Task 11
growth and decline of industrial
(students working at Pass
sectors.
level only will continue with
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
P4
The Role of
Government
P5
The Local Business
Environment
Focus on 4 key areas:
Minimum wage
EU
Interest Rates
Competition commission
Investigation into how these affect
businesses
Focus on 3 key areas:
Local Unemployment
Local Industrial Sectors
Number of Students
HAND IN WORK
Pass tasks, although likely at
this stage that all will
attempt.)
Tasks 12-15
4
Task 16-18
3