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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Unit 1: BUSINESS PURPOSES
Unit content
1 Understand the purposeand ownership of business
2 Understand the businesscontext in whichorganization operate
Purpose: supply of goods andservices eg at a profit, free, atcost, for sale below cost
Ownership: eg sole trader; partnership; limited companies(private Ltd, public plc; private - Ltd;charity; voluntaryorganisations; franchises; co-operatives;
Size: small; small-medium;medium; large
Scale: local; regional;national; European and globalorganisations
Role of government:European; national; local;growth; full employment;inflation/deflation; surpluses;competitiveness; equality
Business environmentcharacteristics: markets;trends (employment, income,growth); relative
growth/decline by sector;decline of primary andsecondary industries; growthof tertiary service industries;legal framework
PLTs (Personal, Learning and Thinking skills) applied to this unit:
IE independent enquirers
RL reflective learners
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Unit introduction
You will look at different businesses that exist locally, regionally andnationally. You will need to understand the nature of these businessesand the business environment in which they operate.
The wealth of the nation is created through business activity.Businesses have a wide range of purposes such as supplying goods andservices and/or manufacturing goods. Some businesses want to make
profits, others do not. Businesses contribute to the national wellbeing.
Businesses are organised differently. The largest business operatesglobally. Others may wish to remain small and free from too muchlegal control. The smallest businesses, for example, may be run fromthe owners home. Businesses are classified in terms of their activitiesand often they are interdependent upon each other. You will need to
consider the relative importance of each by looking at the localeconomy.
Businesses do not operate in a vacuum! The government sets thebusiness context. Account has to be taken of the requirements of the
European Union in areas such as competition. The government wants tocreate a business framework in which businesses and people can
succeed. You will understand how the government affects businesssuch as the decision on interest rates. When interest rates fall,
businesses borrow cheaply to invest and produce more to sell in the UKand abroad, so they take on more employees who receive incomes
which they then spend on goods and services so stimulating demand forproducts from other businesses. Growth, income, exporting andemployment can all be examined through examples such as this.
You will look at the changing patterns in the business environment andthe reasons for these changes. Businesses need to be flexible andresponsive to the changes in the business environment if they are tosurvive and succeed.
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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Centre Number: 20281
Assessment Sheets: Edexcel Level 2 BTEC Extended
Certificate/Diploma
Unit Title: Unit 1: Business Purposes
Assessor: Mrs J Taitt
Agreed by Internal Verifier: Ms T Khanom
Date: September 2010
Candidate Name:
Candidate Number:
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the purpose and ownership of a business
Understand the business context in which organisations operate
Scenario
You work for a company, which offers advice to entrepreneurs who are interested in setting up their own businesses.
Your company will be setting up a stall at the NEC, which is holding a National Enterprise Week event, where people from all
over the country will attend.
You are in charge of setting up a stall and all the information and resources for the stall. You need to complete the following
tasks to ensure that all the information and resources are complete to be used at the event on your stall.
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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Layout of your assignment
Assignment format Evidenc
e
Comments/feedback Date
achieved
1. Front cover
a. Name
b. Edexcel BTEC .. in Businessc. Unit 1 Business Purposes
d. Waverley School
e. Centre Number: 20281f. Candidate Number:
g. Relevant Picture
2. Contents page
a. Number every page (use headers and footers)
b. Start each section on a separate pagec. Put titles for each section and use sub headings
3. Introduction
a. Using page one of this document explain what you have been asked to doand how you are going to go about doing it.
4. Complete Assignment Tasks
a. Now complete the tasks on the following grid to achieve the gradingcriteria for this unit.
5. Bibliography
a. List all textbooks and authors, articles, reports, Internet sites, businesses,adult help used for putting together your assignment.
6. Appendices
a. All information, research, documents that do not need to be in the mainpart of your portfolio need to be placed in the appendices.
b. You need to label each appendix: appendix 1, appendix 2, appendix 3 ...
and so on. In your main portfolio you need to refer to the appendixotherwise the teacher will not look at it and no marks will be given.
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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Criteria Task Evidence Comments/feedback Date Achieved
P1 Identify the
purpose of fourdifferent business
organizations (IE)
Task 1
Produce a leaflet, which can be taken away by
visitors to your stall at the NEC.
P1 Your work must identify:
a) the purpose of four differentorganisations (supply of goods and services,
e.g., at a profit, free, at cost, for sale below
cost).
P2 Your work must describe:a) the ownership of the four organisations
(sole trader, partnership, private limitedcompanies, public limited companies, charity,
voluntary organisations, franchises and co-
operatives).b) link to the size of the organisations (small,
small-medium, medium and large).c) link to the scale of the organisations (local,
regional, national, European and global
organisations).
M1 Your work must contrast:a) two different businesses of different purpose
b) ownership of the two different businesses
P2 describe thedifferent types of
business ownership,linking this to the
size and scale of
four differentorganizations
M1 contrast the
ownership andpurposes of two
different business
organisations
Review date 1: w/b 3 October 2011
Review date 2: w/b 17 October 2011
Deadline: w/b 13 February 2012
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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Criteria Task Evidence Comments/feedback Date Achieved
P3 Explain howbusinesses are
classified using
local and nationalexamples
Task 2
Produce a rolling PowerPoint, which can be
viewed by visitors to your stall.
P3a) what happens in the primary classification
of business activity, secondary classification of
business activity and tertiary classification ofbusiness activity using local and national
examples.
M2
a)whether there has been a growth or a decline
in the primary classification of businessactivities and the reasons for this.
b)whether there has been a growth or a declinein the secondary classification of business
activities and the reasons for this.
c)whether there has been a growth or a declinein the tertiary classification of business
activities and the reasons for this.
M2 Compare areasof growth or
decline in the
primary, secondaryand tertiary
classifications ofbusiness activities
Review date 1: w/b 14 November 2011
Review date 2: w/b 28 November 2011
Deadline: w/b 13 February 2012
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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Criteria Task Evidence Comments/feedback Date Achieved
P4 Outline the roleof government in
creating the
business climate(IE)
Task 3
Produce a poster that can be referred to by
visitors to your stall.
P4 Use the following headings to outline thefollowing:
a) Roles of European; national and local
governmentb) Objectives for the government - Economic
growth; full employment; low inflation;surplus balance of payments; competitiveness;
equality
Review date 1: w/b 12 December 2011
Review date 2: 9 January 2012
Deadline: w/b 13 February 2012
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ICT Faculty/Curriculum Area: Business, Studies/ BTEC First Level 2 in Business/Unit 1 Business Purposes/JT/September 2010
Criteria Task Evidence Comments/feedback Date Achieved
P5 Explain thecharacteristics of
the local business
environment (IE,RL)
D1 evaluate how a
businessorganisation has
responded tochanges in the
businessenvironment
Task 4
Produce a report, which can be taken away by
visitors to your stall.
P5 Explain each of the business environmentcharacteristics markets; economic trends;
sector and industry changes; legal framework
D1 Select a business and evaluate how well it
has responded to changes in its businessenvironment by taking into account how
successful it is today
Review date 1: w/b 23 January 2012
Review date 2: w/b 6 February 2012
Deadline: w/b 13 February 2012
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