AQA BUSS4 CPD Briefing Days in 2012

The session programme, dates, locations for our popular AQA BUSS4 CPD briefings in 2012 are shown below. Please note that the first London date is now sold out.

AQA BUSS4 Section A Briefing 2012

LONDON (A) - Monday 27 February 2012: sold out
BIRMINGHAM - Tuesday 28 February 2012
LEEDS - Wednesday 29 February 2012
MANCHESTER - Thursday 1 March 2012
NEWCASTLE - Tuesday 6 March 2012
LONDON (B) - Wednesday 7 March 2012

Bookings can be made using this online form, or by downloading this printable booking form

Programme:

9.30 – 10.30 Registration, Tea & Coffee

10.30 – 11.35 Introduction & Session (1) Getting into M&A
Merger Mania
M&A Talkabout
BUSS4 Mini Briefs

11.35 – 11.50 Refreshment break

11.50 – 12.30 Session (2) Bullet Point Insights
5 must-research takeovers and mergers
Lessons from the world’s worst deals
Hard and soft – the challenge of integration
Opportunities for “Compare and Contrast” to boost essay depth

12.30 – 13.00 Session 3: The M&A Table Team Challenge
M&A Family Fortunes
Deal or No Deal
Takeover Wipeout

13.00 – 13.45 – Lunch

13.45 – 14.35 – Session 4: Building Student Understanding of M&A
Merger mapping
Connectives activity
Building a convincing argument
A 40 out of 40 answer on M&A

14.35-15.00 Session 5: Integrated Section A & Section B
The T2U Twelve
Leadership, Culture and Integration
Globalisation and M&A
Next steps

AQA BUSS4 - ‘with reference to *** plc and your own research ....’ [13 May 2012]
BUSS4 - Keep Calm and Carry On… [13 May 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - A Casino Gamble? [12 May 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - Vue on the Growth Trail! [12 May 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - the failed takeover behind Clinton Cards’ Collapse [9 May 2012]
‘Hooks’ in BUSS4 Essays [5 May 2012]
AQA BUSS2 & BUSS4 Revision Workshops in Spring 2013 [4 May 2012]
AQA BUSS4 Section A Research Online Clinic - Tuesday 1 May 2012 [1 May 2012]
BUSS4 - Three Ways to Evaluate Emerging Markets [28 Apr 2012]
Paul Polman (Unilever CEO) on cultural change, leadership, Asia and Corporate Social Responsibility [27 Apr 2012]
Vodafone takes over Cable and Wireless Worldwide [23 Apr 2012]
6 Essential M&A Cases: BA & Iberia Merge to Form IAG [23 Apr 2012]
BUSS4: 6 Essential M&A Cases [22 Apr 2012]
BUSS4: The Seven Point Scale for Perfect Paragraphs [22 Apr 2012]
Easy ride for Audi? [19 Apr 2012]
Irene Rosenfeld on Leadership, Transformation, and THAT takeover [18 Apr 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - Cost Synergies in Action at BMI [17 Apr 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers: Facebook & Instagram in News Clips [14 Apr 2012]
ResearchBuster: Acquisitions [8 Apr 2012]
Revision Presentation - Mission, Aims, Objectives and Stakeholders [7 Apr 2012]
BUSS4 M&A - the Benefits of Foreign Takeovers of UK Firms [7 Apr 2012]
Essay writing: turn evidence into analysis [4 Apr 2012]
IAG bid for BMI receives approval [3 Apr 2012]
The Ultimate BUSS4 Takeovers and Mergers Crossword 2012 [26 Mar 2012]
The Main Motives Behind Takeovers and Mergers [26 Mar 2012]
“Strategy is Choice” - Takeovers are Just One Option [25 Mar 2012]
Starbucks acquisition provides the base for entry into the juice bar market [25 Mar 2012]
BUSS2 and BUSS4 Comes to the Olympics! [25 Mar 2012]
Women & Leadership [22 Mar 2012]
BUSS4 2012 - Keeping in Touch using the #BUSS4 Hashtag [19 Mar 2012]
Game Over? [13 Mar 2012]
Tata & Jaguar Land Rover - Culture and Strategy [11 Mar 2012]
Takeover and merger integration: lessons from the experts (GE Capital) [9 Mar 2012]
Mergers in Action - All Systems Go for United? [5 Mar 2012]
Takeover troubles - Has the Co=operative got Indigestion with the Somerfield Integration? [5 Mar 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - tutor2u Mini Briefs [4 Mar 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - the BUSS4 Card Game [4 Mar 2012]
Takeovers - the Indian Experience [4 Mar 2012]
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) Research Theme 2012 [3 Mar 2012]
Mergers - problems first, synergies later [2 Mar 2012]
Google’s takeover of Motorola Mobility is given regulatory seal of approval [22 Feb 2012]
Takeover insights: Kraft & Cadbury - The Story in Video Clips [22 Feb 2012]
Takeover insights: Kraft & Cadbury - Behind the Scenes of the Bid Defence [22 Feb 2012]
Tata and the rise of Jaguar Land Rover [22 Feb 2012]
Takeover insights: Kraft & Cadbury - Justifying the Deal [22 Feb 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - the Language of M&A [16 Feb 2012]
M&A - It’s time to merge breakfast cereals with some crisps… [15 Feb 2012]
The Strategic Challenges Facing International Airlines Group - Interview with Willie Walsh [14 Feb 2012]
For sale - three sixth form colleges [13 Feb 2012]
M&A: 8 ways to make a success of a takeover [12 Feb 2012]
Q&A: What are synergies in takeovers and mergers? [12 Feb 2012]
Insights on takeovers and mergers from KPMG’s 2011 global survey [12 Feb 2012]
BUSS4 Research Theme - Merger and Takeover Egg Heads [10 Feb 2012]
Takeovers - the search for cost synergies [7 Feb 2012]
The story of a failed takeover - Fred Goodwin, RBS & ABN-Amro [6 Feb 2012]
Takeovers in the UK - the long-term trend [5 Feb 2012]
Cadbury’s Law - Should UK Firms be Protected from Takeover? [2 Feb 2012]
AQA BUSS4 - Research Toolkit for June 2012 & Jan 2013 [2 Feb 2012]
Mastering the art of merger integration [1 Feb 2012]
BUSS4 Revision Workshops 2012 - Programme Outline [1 Feb 2012]
BUSS4 research - some initial ideas [31 Jan 2012]
BUSS4 2012 - Mergers and Takeovers on the Business Studies Blog [31 Jan 2012]
The Guardian on Takeovers and Mergers [31 Jan 2012]
Post-Easter 2012 Revision Workshops for AQA AS & A2 Business Studies [16 Jan 2012]
AQA BUSS2 & BUSS4 Revision Workshops Spring 2012 [11 Nov 2011]
Consolidation on the cards as IAG claims deal to acquire BMI [6 Nov 2011]
CSR - 40 Years of Upsetting Big Business [15 Sep 2011]
Olaf takes the knife to management hierarchy [5 Sep 2011]
High growth, fast-track firms that end on the scrapheap [2 Aug 2011]
The costs of redundancy [5 Jul 2011]
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) - Exam Topic Tracker [16 Jun 2011]
Profit, not external growth, should be the sensible strategy? [22 May 2011]
AQA BUSS4 CSR Briefing - Review Copies Available [9 May 2011]
Horizontal integration in action - Virgin grabs Esporta [26 Apr 2011]
Life in the chocolate factory - automation, productivity, motivation and culture [24 Apr 2011]
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) - Specification Resource Map [22 Apr 2011]
CSR - A responsible company from day one? [21 Apr 2011]
Strategy and bargaining power - food for thought [22 Mar 2011]
Leadership Resource - Every Little Helps [16 Mar 2011]
AQA BUSS4 Toolkit on CSR now available [15 Mar 2011]
Change management - Kraft and Cadbury One Year On (FT) [14 Mar 2011]
BUSS4 - Research Theme for 2011 - CSR [26 Feb 2011]
BUSS4 Section A Research Briefing Days - 2011 Research Task [22 Feb 2011]
External growth - Diageo on the acquisition trail [21 Feb 2011]
BUSS4 2011 - Introducing the tutor2u Twelve [20 Feb 2011]
BUSS4 Research - “Beyond e.g.” [18 Feb 2011]
Takeovers: What happens next? [16 Feb 2011]
CSR - Avoiding the child labour hotspots [15 Feb 2011]
Cadbury and Kraft One Year On - Culture and Change [12 Feb 2011]
Emerging Markets Video - The perfect plenary [29 Jan 2011]
Globalisation Video - The perfect plenary [26 Jan 2011]
Q&A - Why do acquisitions often fail to deliver acceptable returns? [28 Dec 2010]
Q&A - What is meant by “synergy” in the context of a business acquisition [28 Dec 2010]
Q&A - Why are acquisitions so popular as a method of business expansion? [21 Dec 2010]
Q&A - Explain what is meant by acquisitions or takeovers [21 Dec 2010]
Nestle completes takeover of Jenny Craig’s - great synergies??? [15 Dec 2010]
Kraft’s CEO on why it bought Cadbury’s [22 Oct 2010]
AQA BUSS4 Student Research - How Was it for You in Summer 2010? [29 Sep 2010]
CEO admits “the biggest mistake in corporate history” [29 Sep 2010]
Lesson Worksheet - Business Growth Basics [29 Sep 2010]

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