Business Studies

The A Level Business course will require you to answer questions that apply real-world business scenarios. Below you will find plenty of material to provide you with a greater depth of understanding as to how Businesses operate.

Here’s what your journey should look like:

For those who did not study the subject at GCSE there are Podcasts towards the bottom of this document that will help with the key terminology.

Documentaries worth watching:

• The Nine to Five with Stacey Dooley - BBC iplayer
• Tricky Business - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tricky-business (4OD)
• Beauty Laid Bare - BBC IPlayer
• The True Cost - Netflix
• Broken – Episode on IKEA - Netflix
• Inside Cadbury: chocolate secrets unwrapped - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB3lJuMNUEk
• Food Unwrapped - Channel 4 OD
• Inside the Supermarket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qwucutFTsQ
• Panorama Amazon: what they know about us – Iplayer
• BBC Panorama Amazon The Truth Behind the Click – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwrUYS9UTeU
• Pepsi vs Coke – Amazon prime video
• Jobs Vs Gates: The Hippie And The Nerd – Amazon prime video
• Starbucks Unfiltered – Amazon prime video
• Facebook – Cracking the Code – Amazon prime video
• Data Centre:the true cost of the internet – Amazon prime video
• Learn From The Experts - Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder – Amazon prime video
• Learn From The Experts - Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX – Amazon prime video
• The Millennial Dream – Amazon prime video
• Business Mindset for Success – Amazon prime video
• Steve Jobs – Billion Dollar Hippie – Netflix
• American Factory – Netflix

Films to watch: 

• The Founder – DVD, Amazon prime video or Netflix (Franchising)
• Deep Water Horizen – DVD - Amazon prime video (Ethical issues)
• Trump – What’s the Deal – Amazon prime video
• The Internship – Amazon Prime video
• The Social Network – Netflix
• The Big Short – Netflix
• The Great Hack – Netflix

Books to read (or listen to as audiobooks):

• Anyone can do it – Duncan Bannatyne
• The Rise And Fall Of Marks & Spencer: and How It Rose Again – Judi Bevan
• What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography by Alan Sugar
• Management in Ten Words by Terry Leahy
• Screw it Lets do it – Richard Branson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FkeyvdA2M
• The Virgin Way – Richard Branson Audio Book FREE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wz40rdz7i4
• The New One Minute Manager – Blanchard & Johnson Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4lrwXM4ao
• Wake Up and Change Your Life by Duncan Bannatyne
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLVkMeJwE4&list=PLosYlgqowJvECmirOpdlI_Ynw5Lb4M-Tf&index=10&t=0s
• Upstarts: How Uber and Airbnb are changing the world (Brad Stone) Follow up to his work on Amazon
• The Everything Store – Brad Stone

The Biz Quiz:

• https://www.tutor2u.net/business/blog/the-biz-quiz-6-march-2020
• https://www.tutor2u.net/business/blog/the-biz-quiz-13-march-2020
• https://www.tutor2u.net/business/blog/the-biz-quiz-27-march-2020

GCSE Podcasts:

The following podcasts are useful for students who need a recap of GCSE, or who haven't studied business studies at GCSE level:

• The role of enterprise: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-the-role-of-2dXa5pj0bBt/
• Introduction to marketing: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/building-a-business-5U6_kKHQDiG/
• Market Research: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/market-research-8WneiMtjsc1/
• Branding and marketing mix: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/making-an-effective-business-j-nEks_HIhX/
• Distribution and e-commence: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/building-a-business-6T2SoPVvkCw/
• Location: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-business-UqWRM5L3lya/
• Aims and objectives: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-business-aims-TlVy6BIgArM/
• Franchising: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-franchising-a3xH8D9gN4y/

Enterprise podcasts

• The role of enterprise https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-the-role-of-2dXa5pj0bBt/
• Introduction to marketing https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/building-a-business-5U6_kKHQDiG/
• Place https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-place-qQliFh93sxK/
• Branding and Marketing mix https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/making-an-effective-business-j-nEks_HIhX/
• Promotion https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/promotion-and-the-marketing-6IVJT7p1XKU/
• Market Research https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/market-research-8WneiMtjsc1/
• Distribution and e-commence https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/building-a-business-6T2SoPVvkCw/
• Quality https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/managing-quality-gcse-business-TsWHbeBGnpU/
• Just in time https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/just-in-time-just-in-case-sYINvc9mVSu/
• Stakeholders https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-business-tjNFa_Vx84M/
• Aims and objectives https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-business-aims-TlVy6BIgArM/
• Franchising https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-gcse/gcse-business-franchising-a3xH8D9gN4y/

A Level Podcasts

• Efficiency and productivity https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/operational-performance-zqDYtCScRly/
• Pricing https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/decision-making-pricing-a-l7Jkg6TS-sc/
• Pricing decisions https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/a-level-business-pricing-104HhoZXA3T/
• PED and YED https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/interpreting-ped-and-yed-a-G69jaVzkAsd/
• Market research https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/market-research-a-level-XhQS6TDc5iH/
• Market mapping https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/market-mapping-a-level-ZW51hHAda-P/
• Marketing objectives https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/setting-marketing-objectives-pgGOoZ6a3RA/
• Raising Finance https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/a-level-business-raising-R672m5eU0O9/
• Limited Liability https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/revise-a-level/a-level-business-limited-dFP8zKNLobg/