Dear prospective Business student,
I hope you’re keeping safe and staying healthy in the current circumstances. This must be a confusing and challenging time, but we look forward to seeing you become a year 12 SFX student in September and hope that there is some form of a return to normality by that point. In the meantime here are some ideas to prepare for the next step in your learning.
Task
Read the article below and write down what you think are the 10 most important words or phrases. Define each word. For each word, write down what impact the COVID-19 crisis has had on the word or phrase you have chosen, and how is it likely to impact it in the future.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57083394
The Business A Level specification and Business BTEC Level 3 specification are below; use this to familiarise yourself with the topics you will be covering (For Level 3 BTEC focus only on the mandatory units):
Business A Level specification
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Business%20Studies/2015/specification-and-sample-assessment-materials/9781446914694_GCE2015_A_BUS_WEB.PDF
Business BTEC Level 3 specification
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/BTEC-Nationals/Business/2016/specification-and-sample-assessments/BTECNationals_Bus_Cert_Spec.pdf
Secondly, please utilise the following links/references to documentaries, programmes, audio books, resources and see how they link to the specification:
Documentaries
- The Nine to Five with Stacey Dooley (BBC iplayer)
- Fyre (Netflix)
- Inside Iceland: Britain’s Budget Supermarket (Channel 5 on demand)
- Amazon: What they know about us ( https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7wzvaj )
- Dirty Money (Netflix)
- Rotten (Netflix)
Books/Audiobooks
● 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktlTxC4QG8g&t=23s
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDDWLXl60TY
● How To Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMZi1gc0Nc
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQDV9M7yeX4
● In Search of Excellence – Tom Peters & Waterman
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_xZoFxipT0
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWK9RwGTWNA
● The Effective Executive – Peter Drucker
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYg6qQ2YK4
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcdiIms_XBM
● Strengths Finder 2.0 – Tom Rath
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS1mT_NmDoM
● Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies – Jim Collins
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcgiPrcoSH0&t=6s
● Good To Great – Jim Collins
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk7bzZjOXaM&t=1s Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNJ6ZrfOCX8
● Think & Grow Rich: The Secret to Wealth Updated for the 21st Century – Napolean Hill
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwmxp2UNyVY
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMbOEj5ofMU
● Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Kyosaki
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSgn85I1fQ
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Dwa7Bh-zE
● Awaken the Giant Within – Tony Robbins
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-Mz0-zSUg
● The 4 Hour Work Week – Tim Ferriss
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3TeLsaKzAM
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSN7OFBPwYo
● Legacy: What the All Black’s Can Teach Us About the Business of Life – James Kerr
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ncqQt4j_Cc
● Chop Wood, Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great – Joshua Medcalf
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL1qpbTCmog
● The Virgin Way – Richard Branson
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wz40rdz7i4
● The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon – Brad Stone
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDh2R6M6jfw
● Elon Musk – Ashlee Vance
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWU6tUISG9w
● Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike – Phil Knight
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHtFbB0Z_N4
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=565nBHNInqI
● It’s Not about the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First – Howard Behar
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w355vtnDae8
● 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organisations by Encouraging People – Chapman and White
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmU_CPox9NQ
● Start with Why – Simon Sinek
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb8KpHqU5tg
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDhU2SA0eaw
● Crucial Conversations – Tools for Talking when Stakes are high – Patterson et al
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaXx3pgaxM
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0EQ52VRjAM
● The New One Minute Manager – Blanchard & Johnson
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3NLetsLYu4
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4lrwXM4ao
● The Little Black Book of Human Resource Management – Barry Wolfe
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF19ZU9UBeo
● Carrots & Sticks Don’t Work – Marciano (Culture)
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddrGOjZ5W6U
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YvuDRjpG8c
● Our Iceberg is Melting – John Kotter (Change Management)
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh2xc6vXQgk
● The Energy Bus – Jon Gordan
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVNp6avC1Ig
● Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZar2kAqyzQ
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgiAqNSQ7gQ
● The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – John C Maxwell
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyW6neGd1Nw
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKC3eTxoHi0
● Freakonomics – Levitt & Dubner
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0CoI3Ohptg
● Buyology – Lindstrom
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN_l0yc_YQ4
● The Total Money Makeover – Dave Ramsey
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-fcI7W-ucY
● Lean In – Sheryl Sandberg
Audio Book FREE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw4tkf6EsaY
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7qYTD_zhvo
● Give and Take – Adam Grant
Book Summary Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXRYgjQXX0
Kind Regards & Stay safe
Mr Takyi
a.takyi@sfx.ac.uk