AG In Business Bridging Research Task Instructions
| Subject: Applied General in Business |
| Task: |
| Task 1: Research types of ownership for a businesses. This must include sole traders, partnerships private limited companies and public limited companies. You must be able to define each type of ownership and identify at least 3 benefits and 3 drawbacks for each. Following your research you must create either flash cards or a revision poster, which once created, you must use to help learn the info.
Task 2: Conduct research on Merlin Entertainments. You must address each of the 11 questions, and collate evidence including the reference as to where you have found each piece of information. The information can be screen shot or copied and pasted onto a word document. Please ensure that you include web address of where the information came from otherwise you will not be able to use the information in your coursework |
| Why is this required for September? |
| Task 1: Students are required to understand different ownership types, this topics links into other concepts, therefore this information is important.
Task 2: Your coursework is based on Merlin entertainments, the information gathered will support your written project |
| What Assessment/Feedback should you expect? |
| Task 1: Your revision materials will be checked by staff members and you will undertake a peer assessed quiz to assess your progress.
Task 2: The research will be checked by your teacher and used in your lessons to help you completed the coursework |
| Time this task (s) should take: |
| Task 1: 2 hours as a minimum. This is likely to be split up in multiple sessions to ensure that you have effectively embedded the knowledge.
Task 2: Approximately 1 hour depending on how quickly to takes you to find relevant information |
| Suggested links or other resources to support: |
| Task 1: www.tutor2u.co.uk
Task 2: A copy of a PPT slide that will provide the students with a list of items to research on merlin entertainments |
| Optional Extra tasks: |
| Research limited liability partnerships (LLP), community interest companies and co-operatives. Can you describe three more types of ownership? (Benefits and drawbacks are not required for this task) |
| How will this link to independent study tasks in September? |
| Task 1: This task will provide the foundation for what will be expected of you in your independent learning time, which long term will enable you to be exam ready so that your revision can be more focused on practicing responses to exam questions
Task 2: All courseworks require an element of research to be carried out to support the written project. |
