KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18
Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject: Business Studies Overview effective from[date ]: September 2017
3.2 Influences on business Teach before: 3.4 Human resources Teach after: 3.1 Business in the real world 3.2.1 Technology
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Impact of the changing use of ICT
To understand the impact of the changing use of ICT and how it influences business activity.
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Good resource to help students understand how ICT has changed and the influences on business activity. How the use of ICT has changed β students to generate ideas of how ICT impacts them in the home. This could be presented in a spider diagram or students could be asked to draw their ideas. Students brainstorm the main ways ICT impacts business activity, eg e-commerce, customer service, communications etc. Starter β show Dr ag onsβ Den video about an online business Value My St uff Why would businesses like Value My Stuff use e-commerce? What are the main benefits for small businesses using Ebay or Amazon marketplace to sell their products? BBC Bitesize video on Amazon Students to create a table including the main benefits and drawbacks of e- commerce. Students design the front webpage for a new start up business β they should research what should be included on the front page. The business could be selling the product idea generated from their earlier business plan.
To understand how e-commerce provides access to wider markets.
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E-commerce
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