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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
3.1.6 Business planning
Specification
content
Learning
objectives
Additional
guidance
Suggested
timing
(hours)
Learning activities and resources
The purpose of
business planning
To understand
the reasons why
businesses
create plans.
Reasons include
importance in
setting up a new
business, raising
finance, setting
objectives and
detailing how
functions of a
business will be
organised.
1
Students plan what they intend doing at the weekend – why is it helpful for
them to make a plan? (organise time, ensure they have the right resources
to fulfill ideas etc.)
Show
video f r om Dr ag ons’ Den
– why would a business plan have
been helpful in this situation?
Prince’s trust –
business plans
BBC Bitesize video on raising finance
The main sections
within a business
plan
To understand
the main
sections of a
business plan.
Students will not be
expected to write a
business plan.
1
Strategy theory
Slideshow for business planning
Pair work – Use this
resource
to create a simple business plan. The plan
should be based around a product design generated by the students.
Although there is no requirement to write a business plan for the exam,
this is a good activity to help students identify and understand the different
components of a business plan.
To analyse the
benefits and
drawbacks of
business
planning.
1
Using the plan generated last lesson students to brainstorm the main
benefits and drawbacks to a business of creating business plans.