Cambridge IGCSE and A Level Business and Economics Resources

These slides summarize Business Unit 6 in IGCSE Business studies, below is a list of the topics covered in the slides: 6 External influences on business activity 6.1 Economic issues 6.1.1 Business cycle: • Main stages of the business cycle, e.g. growth, boom, recession, slump • Impact on businesses of changes in employment levels, inflation and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 6.1.2 How government control over the economy affects business activity and how businesses may respond: • Iden...

This covers unit 5 of the IGCSE Business Studies syllabus, look at all the below topics for finance: 5 Financial information and decisions 5.1 Business finance: needs and sources 5.1.1 The need for business finance: • The main reasons why businesses need finance, e.g. start-up capital, capital for expansion and additional working capital • Understand the difference between short-term and long-term finance needs 5.1.2 The main sources of finance: • Internal sources and external sourc...

These slides cover Unit 4 Business Studies for IGCSE, and include the below topics: 4 Operations management 4.1 Production of goods and services 4.1.1 The meaning of production: • Managing resources effectively to produce goods and services • Difference between production and productivity • Benefits of increasing efficiency and how to increase it, e.g. increasing productivity by automation and technology, improved labour skills • Why businesses hold inventories • The concept ...

The package covers half the IGCSE Syllabus

These slides cover Unit 3 from the IGCSE Business Studies Syllabus, the slides cover the following topics: 3 Marketing 3.1 Marketing, competition and the customer 3.1.1 The role of marketing: • Identifying customer needs • Satisfying customer needs • Maintaining customer loyalty • Building customer relationships 3.1.2 Market changes: • Why customer/consumer spending patterns may change • The importance of changing customer needs • Why some markets have become more com...

This deck covers all of Unit 2 Business Studies according to the CIE Business Syllabus. Unit 2 looks at people and business and covers the following: 2 People in business 2.1 Motivating employees 2.1.1 The importance of a well-motivated workforce: • Why people work and what motivation means • The benefits of a well-motivated workforce: labour productivity, reduced absenteeism and labour turnover • The concept of human needs, e.g. Maslow’s hierarchy • Key motivational theories:...

This document/ presentation covers the below part of the CIE IGCSE Business Studies syllabus: 1 Understanding business activity 1.1 Business activity 1.1.1 The purpose and nature of business activity • Concepts of needs, wants, scarcity and opportunity cost • Importance of specialisation • Purpose of business activity • The concept of adding value and how added 1.2 Classification of businesses 1.2.1 Economic sectors in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors: • Bas...