2008 Business Management Research Project Presentation WINNERS

Last year Jennifer McKendrick and Emma Lees won the Prize but in this year's battle of the sexes the boys have emerged triumphant.

The standard of presentations were very, VERY high. A worthy mention goes to Melanie Robertson and Catriona Jack for their excellent Diageo presentation but our judges ruled that the winners were REGGAE REGGAE SAUCE and the all male team of Grant Garrett, Fraser Porteous and Head Boy Grant Cuthbert.

The lads' presentation was very interesting and entertaining. The subject matter obviously helped, with the boys even showing a clip from Dragons Den of the sauce's creator, Levi Roots, unique musical pitch.

I will be publishing the presentations via slideshare pretty soon.

Outcome 1 Revision

Now that we are finished Outcome 1 - Business in Contemporary Society you will need to be aware of what you need to know!

definition of business and business activity
the business cycle
needs and wants
goods and services
factors of production
industry sectors (primary, secondary & tertiary)
business sectors (private, public, voluntary)
objectives
entrepreneurs (the role of)
types of ownership (the different types of business, be alert for compare and contrast)
methods of growth (integration)
stakeholders
PESTEC Analysis (external factors)

I will cover Sources of Finance in class soon. This does recurr in Finance, but it is needed for one of the homework questions.