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More critical issues

04 Wednesday May 2016

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Management

  • vision
  • communication
  • staffing and delegation
  • ‘teams’

Trend analysis

  • Market segmentation: measurable parts of a total market
    • What is something ubiquitous now that wasn’t 10 years ago?
    • What has changed, developed or been invented?
    • Are these targeted to different parts of the total market?
  • Economic trends

Avoiding over-extension

  • Finance
  • Staff

Using technology

  • retail
  • school

Economic Conditions

Remember the economic cycle?

economic cycle

How might businesses adapt to different stages of the economic cycle?

Critical Issues in Business Success and Failure

03 Tuesday May 2016

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My golf ball invention…

Take an existing product and make it better.

[handout: ‘Critical Issues in Business Success and Failure’]

‘Importance of a Business Plan’

  • define business plan
  • what are the basic components of a business plan? What would it look like for your product?
  • Goals, Strategies, Importance of Business Plan

4 types of Business Plan – what are they, when is each used?

Term 2: Romeo & Juliet

03 Tuesday May 2016

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Introduction to Shakespeare

 

Iambic Pentameter (Conveniently at http://iambicpentameter.net/)
Basically: 5 (penta) sets of unstressed then stressed syllables

Note elements of the Globe Theatre mentioned in the video

Globe Theatre

Why was Shakespeare’s plays so popular in Elizabethan England?

Why is Shakespeare still performed and studied 400 years later?

Overview of Romeo and Juliet

Initial Resources

BBC Bitesize Romeo and Juliet Index:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramaromeojuliet/

Spark Notes – Intro to Shakespeare / Romeo & Juliet:
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/context.html

LitCharts – Scene by scene summary and analysis:
http://www.litcharts.com/lit/romeo-and-juliet/prologue

Character Map
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End of Term 1 …

15 Friday Apr 2016

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… and onto T2. You might want to have a think over the holidays.

Heads up for next term: the assessment tasks will be

  • an Issues Study: identify a business related current issue, explain why it is important, controversial, or of public interest – written task
  • a Practical Task: take a common product and improve it, then market it and present to the class

Today and Homework:

Read and short summaries of section 11.7:

  • debt & equity
  • cost of finance
  • financial requirements

Answer the questions of ‘Financing a Fashion Store’

11.8 Legal Requirements: Q6

11.9 Human Resources: Revision Q3, Extension Q2

Made a start in class on Friday….

Red Bull / SWOT

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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RED BULL CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

  1. What is the image of Red Bull?
  2. Who are the celebrities connected with Red Bull?
  3. Describe the marketing campaign.
  4. What are the threats to Red Bull?
  5. Describe how legal influences and government policy have influenced Red Bull.
  6. Where did the Red Bull idea originate from?
  7. Do a SWOT analysis on Red Bull.

Redbull – Business Idea

SWOT Analysis

swot

swot-canvas

There are lots of examples of SWOT Analysis on the internet. Two good ones are below. Look at the questions each offer under each section

– http://articles.bplans.com/how-to-perform-swot-analysis/

– https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm

 

Geo Comp

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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Anyone interested? Let me know today 🙂

The 2016 Australian Geography Competition will be held in Week 3/4 of Term 2 and is open to students in years 7-12. It is a multiple choice competition like the ICAS ones for English/Maths/Science.

Sources Assessment

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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Source assessment task in next Monday’s double (11/4), with time to complete for homework and hand up at start of Wednesday’s lesson (13/4).

Topic is Australian Women during WWII

You will be given some information, plus a number of sources.

Answer some short answer questions, plus one essay-type question. HINT: the essay-type question gives you a suggested start for each paragraph: use these!

You will type your answers. You may use the textbook and internet, but for the most part the information you need is in the sources and should be referred from the sources. If it asks, ‘According to Source A…’ then your answer should refer to Source A, and include info (paraphrase, short quotes) from Source A. Don’t get caught up with too much external research.

Animal Farm – Assessment

05 Tuesday Apr 2016

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With reference to two or three characters, explain how Orwell constructed an allegory of the Russian Revolution and Soviet Union.

 

In class essay:     Tuesday 12 April 2016

 

You may bring in your Animal Farm text plus question page – notes ONLY in boxes provided on page 2.