Oxford School EBIT Department

Interested in doing Business or Economics in the Sixth Form at OS?

Here is all the information you need to help you decide whether to do a Business or Economics course in the Sixth Form. The leaflets tell you a little bit about how assessment works, what you will be doing, what you need to achieve to join one of our courses, how many  hours, expectations etc. Please feel free to speak to relevant staff any break-time or after school for more information. Don't forget also, there will be a post 16 information evening on Thursday night (4th Feb) next week!

Download Level 1 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Download Level 2 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Download Level 3 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Download A-Level Economics 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010

Year 12 Student Survey

Help us in the Business & Economics Department find out how we can help you do the very best you can by answering questions in our survey...

To do this you will need to click 'Comments' below and fill in the Comment box (you don't have to re-type the questions!)

Please note that you DON'T need to give your real name or email address (even though it asks for this information - website glitch!!)

1. What year group are you in? (This survey is for Y12 only)
2. Are you doing BTEC or A-Level?
3. Do you know your target grade?
4. Do you know how well you are currently doing?
5. How does your Teacher let you know how you are doing in Business?
6. Name 3 things that help you to learn in Business?
7. Name 3 things that do not help you to learn in Business?
8. What could you do to help yourself do better in Business?
9. What can we do here in Business to help you get higher grades?
10. Do you feel safe / comfortable working in the EBIT Department?
11. Do you spend extra time (lunch or after school clubs) in EBIT?
12. How would you rate your enjoyment of your course on a scal of 1-5 (5 being most enjoyable) 

Thank-you for taking time out to take part in our survey! We will take your answers seriously and work to always improve how we do things here in Business!

To do this you will need to click 'Comments' below and fill in the Comment box (you don't have to re-type the questions!)

Please note that you DON'T need to give your real name or email address (even though it asks for this information - website glitch!!)

1. What year group are you in? (This survey is for Y12 only)
2. Are you doing BTEC or A-Level?
3. Do you know your target grade?
4. Do you know how well you are currently doing?
5. How does your Teacher let you know how you are doing in Business?
6. Name 3 things that help you to learn in Business?
7. Name 3 things that do not help you to learn in Business?
8. What could you do to help yourself do better in Business?
9. What can we do here in Business to help you get higher grades?
10. Do you feel safe / comfortable working in the EBIT Department?
11. Do you spend extra time (lunch or after school clubs) in EBIT?
12. How would you rate your enjoyment of your course on a scal of 1-5 (5 being most enjoyable) 

Thank-you for taking time out to take part in our survey! We will take your answers seriously and work to always improve how we do things here in Business!

Fancy a job in the Business Department?

Applications are now open for the position of 'Class Greeter'. If you are a confident, reliable person with good attendance and punctuality you may wish to apply for this position in your class. This will look fantastic in your Record of Achievement or CV and you could ask for it to be acknowledged when you request references for a job or university or college place...

For more details, open and print the information / application below. Hand it in to either Mr Thompson, Mr Edwards or Mr Coakley - Closing date for applications is Friday 5th February 2010.

Download Class Greeter Job Info & Application

Sticker Rewards....Last chance!

Good Morning Business Students!

You have until 10am this Friday to log any final mysticker rewards and climb your way up our current leader board! Prizes will be awarded on the first day back in January 2010!

Zuhura Kiswamba - 350

Zacc Hyde-Thomas - 300

Ahmed Eldawi - 250

Scott Faulkner - 250

Tomos Davies - 200

Connor Wheeler - 200

Fatimah Shabir - 200

Ekramul Hoque - 200

Sidra Khan - 200

Andy Lai - 200

Videos Galore!!

The ever-fantastic www.tutor2u.com has produced a fantastic video resource database in many of the key Business areas. Great for bringing some of those more complex bits of Business theory to life...

SMALL BUSINESS / ENTERPRISE

Biofuel farmers feel the pressure
The Car Boot Sale
The wonder of Wellies
Jivana Style finds niche in the greetings card market
Pubs diversify to survive
Roadside Markets
Startup Bean Grinder
Diversify or Bust (Small Retailers)
Three Small Businesses Born in the Storm
Never Too Old to Start a Business

MARKETING

Fresh pizza from a vending machine
Pricing tactics for an upmarket restaurant - how to increase demand at lunchtime during the downturn
Product Life Cycle of the Standard Light Bulb
Behind the Scenes of Marketing at a Gift Business
Tiffinbites and the Curry Franchise
Yorkshire Firms Battle over Trademark
Product Innovation in the Recession
Christmas Tree Pricing

FINANCE

Profitability of Onion Farming
Market Traders and Fixed Costs
When the Bank Overdraft Becomes the Problem

PRODUCTION / OPERATIONS

Inside the Easter Egg Factory (2) - Cadburys
Fresh pizza from a vending machine
Making the world’s cheapest car
Mass market house production
Inside the Easter Egg factory (1)
Flexible storage is a boom business
Manufacturers move to short-time working to reduce production capacity
LG moves away from mass production to meet customer needs
Investment in Cricket Bat Manufacturing
Paul Smith Warehouse Expansion
Inside the Pizza Factory
Technological Change at the Cinema
Nissan and the Effect of Declining Demand on Production

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Export Success for Mining Tools Manufacturer
Poundland Thrives in the Downturn

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Supply and demand in action (tea)
Quarry business dispute with local stakeholders
Substitute products - three great examples of how demand is shifting during the recession
Exporters Benefit from a Weaker Pound
Bettaware Beats the Recession
Demand for Real Ale
Pashley Bicycles Battles the Recession
Tourist Town Reinvents its Economy

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

Google’s Non-Financial Methods of Motivation

Get rewarded with prizes for all your hard work (and compete against mates!)

All Business & Economics students can now be rewarded with cinema vouchers, gift tokens or special prizes each term thanks to our new and amazing reward system. Ask your teacher about how it works or take a look at the presentation below...

Download Business & Econ Dept Rewards System explained

Gained a unique Business Sticker or Postcard already? Then log your sticker / postcard at www.mystickers.co.uk to be entered on to the Business leaderboard and if top at the end of the term, pick up your prize!

16 Fantastic Enterprise Lesson Plans ready to deliver...

Fantastic lesson plans and resources on 16 key Enterprise / Business topic areas. Lesson Plans, Teachers Info, Toolkit and Answers are available to download below...

Download 16_Enterprise_Lesson_Plans 

Download Teachers-notes

Download Teachers-tool-kit

Download Teachers-answer-sheets

Get to know the Cowley Road!

Welcome Level 1 Business Students,

Here is your Cowley Road Photo sheet and some general information about your course. Please feel free to come along to after school help sessions if you get stuck today (Mondays and Wednesdays in B1 or B4)...

Download Cowley Road

Download BTEC L1 – The Basics

BTEC Business Results - Summer 2009

OK, here they are...below are the official Level 2 and Level 3 results for BTEC Business for the 2008 / 2009 Academic year!

Congratulations to all students and staff concerned!

Download Business Level 1 Diploma Scores

Download Business Level 2 Y11 Diploma Scores

Download Business Level 2 Y12 Diploma Scores

Download Y12 Business Level 3 Scores so far

Download Y13 Business Level 3 Scores

Staff Development & Performance Appraisals

Good Morning!

Today's topic is staff development and performance appraisal. Details of how we will do this are available in the presentation below. There is also some great information available from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development about performance appraisals and a genuine performance appraisal form and interview to complete!

Download Staff Development

Use http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/perfmangmt/appfdbck/perfapp.htm?IsSrchRes=1 to answer questions like...What is a Performance Appraisal? How best to Conduct an appraisal? What a good and bad appraisal look like? Remember - Quote if necessary, explain answers in your own words after reading thoroughly!

Complete a real Performance Appraisal (pages 1-3 only) - Download Performanceappraisalform followed by a Performance Appraisal meeting with Mr C!