Paul Polman: Leadership and Sustainability
Paul Polman is a CEO that BUSS4 students really need to get to know. Polman is CEO of Unilever, a multinational that has successfully encouraged shareholders to adopt a business model based around...
Tax Avoidance and the Diverted Profits Tax
From April 2015 a new tax has been introduced to encourage multinationals like Google, Starbucks and Apple to pay more tax on their UK trading activities. Corporations who divert their profits away...
CSR - Unilever’s Strategy & Culture of Sustainability
I highly recommend that A2 business students explore the example of Unilever when studying corporate social responsibility ("CSR") and, specifically, the concept of sustainability.
BUSS1 May 2015 - Ed the Electrician's Fixed Costs
The BUSS1 paper looked a good one and, as usual, provided an opportunity for students to perform some basic calculations to earn some quick marks.I've just looked at the paper and outlined what I...
BUSS2 Topic Study Notes
Here are the links to a comprehensive collection of relevant study notes for students preparing for BUSS2.Make sure you also use these revision resources for BUSS2:BUSS2 revision quizzesBUSS2...
A simply fantastic 5 minute video from the excellent Andrew Hill (FT) explores the concept of CSR - corporate social responsibility.Hill explores the concept of "conscious capitalism", a...
The Cost of Having a New CEO
In this short FT Video, Andrew Hill and Brooke Masters discuss how, according to a recent study, the appointment of a chief executive can undermine shareholder value.Some useful insights here,...
The principles of lean manufacturing and on-the-job employee training have been combined by logistics group Unipart as a core part of its strategy to improve productivity.
BUSS1 Example Answer for a 15 Marker
The BUSS1 exam typically has two 15-mark questions at the end of the paper which invite the candidate to provide an extended response to key issues or decisions in the case study, including...
BUSS1 Example Answer for a 10 Marker
It is important that students structure their answers appropriately to 10-mark questions in BUSS1. For example, a question that requires the candidate to "analyse two benefits" should do just that...
Here some more data you can use to practice calculating total profit and also basic variance analysis. Have a go first and then check your answers against the downloadable solution.Always remember...
It's always worthwhile checking that you know how to calculate contribution, break-even output, margin of safety and profit.Here is some financial information, based on the 2015 AQA BS03 Case Study...
BUSS1 Basics - Key Analysis & Evaluation Points
This short, simple revision presentation contains some summary thoughts about potential analysis and evaluation points which students might use effectively in their BUSS1 exam answers.The critical...
BUSS1 - The Final Countdown
The final main BUSS1 paper is sat on Monday. Last night Graham Prior hosted a twitter revision session with hundreds of BUSS1 candidates. Here are some of the most popular of Graham's tweets -...
Lean Production and sustainability
Unilever has tried to position itself as a multinational company that combines greenery with profitability.It sees these goals as complementary rather than contradictory. After a five-year...
Brompton Bikes - A Wheelie Good Case Study for BUSS4
Brompton, along with Pashley are now the only two volume manufacturers of bicycles in Britain. Raleigh, which at its peak produced more than 1m frames a year, now manufacturers abroad.Brompton is a...
Calculating variances is an area that many AS Business Studies students find tricky. With this in mind I recorded a short video which covers some of the basics of variance analysis along with two...
Here is one of my all-time favourite video clips for business studies, featuring one of my business heroes - Herb Kelleher.Herb who? You might not have heard of Herb Kelleher. However, I highly...
With AS Business Studies exams literally in the post I have just recorded a revision video on Understanding Markets which focuses on Market Size, Growth and Share.Watch: AS Business Studies:...
BUSS1 Revision Presentations
We've streamed a comprehensive collection of revision presentations to support students preparing for AQA BUSS1 here on the Business Blog. The links to each are shown below.You can also test your...