Alarmco
Publisher: Software Production Associates
Business simulation game designed by experienced teachers for children, includes comprehensive Teachers Notes, 2 worksheet masters. Entirely practicable to use with whole class of pupils even when only 1 PC is available. Pupils play in groups, each group sets up in business to assemble burglar alarms; buys kits of 10 alarms, assembles and sells them. In order to sell them they have to advertise; the more spent on advertising, the more they will sell. Each group will be in business for 10 simulated business weeks, object of the game is to make as much profit as possible in 10 weeks. Can give rise to classroom discussion, group work, investigations of all types, puts arithmetic & percentage work in stimulating interesting setting. Gives some insight into the real business world. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 2, 3, 4
Age range: 7-16+
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Birchfield Business Studies Series
Publisher: Birchfield Interactive plc
Teaches through technology using stunning 3D animation combined with music and narration provides a multi-sensory approach to learning. Interactive quizzes and games are used to test pupils’ knowledge. Each CD has been created by a team of Business Studies and educational specialists and contains a detailed set of teachers notes. BUSINESS BASICS: topics covered: Why businesses exist, Production, Setting up a business, Business ownership, Business organisation, Business growth. MARKETING COMMUNICATION & FINANCE: topics covered: extended marketing mix, market research, PESTLE, visual written & spoken communication, SWOT analysis, budgets, The Boston Matrix. FINANCE: topics covered: costs to a business, role of finance departments, people in finance, budgets. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 4+
Age range: 14-16+
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Biz ed Premier
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Biz/ed premier provides access to hundreds of curriculum mapped topics and identifies relevant chapters from a selection of the most respected and widely adopted textbooks in Business and Economics today. Students can also find a series of engaging activities, research articles and other materials aimed at developing critical appraisal skills. Through school access, students will gain access to a richer learning base than if using a single print textbook - this will help develop their knowledge and understanding of Business & Economics. Everyone will be on the same page, as Biz/ed premier only carries the most recent editions of a text. Biz/ed premier offers a single source for your students' Business & Economics learning needs. WHAT’S IN BIZ/ED PREMIER? 250 critical viewpoints, matched to specific chapter, topic content and based upon specially selected articles from popular business and economics journals and activities developed by Biz/ed's editorial team. A further 250 will be added over the course of the year. 25 leading textbooks in business and economics - contact us for full list of available eBooks. Biz/ed Premier Key Journals: 70 of the most prestigious and popular business journals and newspapers today form the basis of the Critical Viewpoints: articles are selected for relevance and quality by Biz/ed editorial team, mapped to business etextbook chapters, and integrated into topical discussions. Some of Biz/ed premier core journals are listed here: Accountancy Age, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Chartered Management Institute: Checklists, Contemporary Economic Policy, Daily Telegraph, Economist (US), Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Profile: UK, Economic Inquiry, Economic Theory, European Business Forum, Employee Benefits, Experimental Economics, Financial Adviser, Financial Times, Financial Times Mandate, Forbes, International Accounting Bulletin, Journal of Economic Inequality, Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, Human Relations, Industry Week, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Business Strategies, Journal of Comparative International Management, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of Leisure Research, Journal of Management & Governance, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, National Institute Economic Review, Marketing Week, Omega, RAND Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics, Quantitative Marketing and Economics. An annual subscription provides unlimited user access at school. Prices increase 1st July each year.
Format: Online
Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16+
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Biz Wiz
Publisher: 4Mation
Ideal for primary and secondary school use as a small business simulator. Can be used for introducing Computer Concepts, Commerce, Business Studies, Computing Studies, Mathematics and Design & Technology. Students will have to make many important decisions and evaluate their performance throughout. Integrates game play with meaningful computer activities; shows how technology is used in a competitive commercial working situation. Features: can be adapted to suit wide age and ability range; can be altered to cover large variety of concepts; can use £, Euro's and other currencies; 22 worksheets (in PDF format) on the CD; interactive conversation (artificial intelligence; game log tracking for student analysis; adjustable order system; auditor's report for student assessment.
Format: Windows CD-ROM Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 2, 3, 4
Age range: 9-18+
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Business DVD
Publisher: 4 Learning / Espresso Education
Features 6 x 25-minute programmes suitable for all Awarding Body specifications. Curriculum Connections: Business activity and location, Finance, Human resources, Customer service, Communication. The Business DVD is a revealing and entertaining series of programmes showing students the realities of running a business in today’s environment. It looks at two active businesses - an established chain of sushi restaurants and a small independent record label - over a difficult six month of operation. The programmes show how they tackle the needs of their customers and stay afloat. Programme 1: Business or Pleasure? Portrait of independent record label Truck Records based in Oxford. We see the label's Trailer Park nights being organised and managed, and follow their head of sales to an international music conference. Programme 2: YO! Fulham. YO! Sushi launches a new restaurant in Fulham's new shopping centre. We see the recruitment and training of new workers and the building and design of the restaurant. Programme 3: Staying in the Black: Follows through the mastering, production and release of Truck band Black Nielson's new album, how it is plugged and whether it gets a crucial play on BBC Radio. Programme 4: Fish to Go. YO! Sushi take-away brand, Yo To Go, is in urgent need of a facelift. Marketing experts 'Feel’ are called in to help, but how effective will their campaign be? Programme 5: Contracts and Commitments: Truck Records is on a knife edge, leaking money, and its creditors are kicking up a fuss. It has to tie down its bands on secure contracts, but the bands are not playing ball. Programme 6: People and Profits: YO! Sushi’s Fulham branch has been open for three months but is still not hitting its targets, the restaurant is overstaffed and turnover needs to be higher. Can be used with DVD players, on computers with DVD-Rom drives and is ideal for use on interactive whiteboards. Suitable for Applied Business. FREE PREVIEW: this DVD is available on 14 day FREE PREVIEW, simply click the option below - an invoice will be issued for any items retained after this time.
Format: DVD Video
Key stage: 4+
Age range: 14-19
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Oxford Scholarship
Publisher: Oxford University Press Online
Combines excellence with innovation, a unique and invaluable tool for both teaching and research. The most important scholarly books that Oxford University Press publishers in the humanities and social sciences are now accessible online for a one-time purchase fee or by annual subscription. The following subject modules are available: Biology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Economics & Finance, History, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Music. Special features make research easier and results more relevant. Oxford has commissioned keywords, book and chapter abstract for each work. Vast majority are written by the original author, alongside journal abstracts through a variety of online services. Reference linking from bibliographies and footnotes to available online content, such as journals from wide range of publishers, helps scholars and students discover new resources. Classic works of scholarship and newly published works are more accessible than ever before, making this a unique and invaluable research tool for scholars and students. Includes: full text of 1000+ carefully selected titles, 250,000+ book pages, 100+ million words, with at least 200 new books added each year. Each book has to be approved by a board of leading academics from Oxford University. Bundle deals also available on whole range of Oxford Schools Online titles - please contact us for details. Authority wide pricing, and free trials available, please contact us for details.. Prices increase on 1st April each year.
Format: Online
Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16+
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Ref: OXF-991869-03
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Oxford Scholarship : FE, HE & Public Libraries - pricing available on request
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