1. Leaving Certificate Business Plan 5th Year
Term
Time
Topic& Learning Outcomes
Literacy
August
27-30
Week 1
Unit 1
People and their relationship in Business
Consumers, entrepreneurs and investors,
Producers, suppliers and services.
Use of key words.
Sept
2-6
Week 2
Unit 1
People and their relationship in Business
Employer, employee and trade union
relationships, Interest Groups
Numeracy
Use of word searches and
crosswords
worksheets
Short exam paper
questions
List of acronyms on
interest groups
Vocab file
Sep
9-13
Week 3
Unit 1
People and their relationship in Business
Co-operative and competitive
relationships.
Contract Law
o Elements
o Termination of a Contract
o Remedies for Breach of Contract
16-20
Week 4
Unit 1
Conflicting interests and how they are
resolved –The Consumer
Identifying areas of conflict between business
and the consumer.
Dealing with methods of resolving conflicts in
relationships.
Newspaper articles on
relationship between all
the different stakeholders.
Resources&
Assessment
Data Projector
Exam Paper
www.folensonline.ie
Powerpoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Powerpoint
Presentations
Pdstwebsite
Word building
Matching
Completing sentences
Focus on grammer
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Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Powerpoint
Presentations

2. (both legislative and non-legislative)
Non-legislative Methods of Solving Consumer
Conflict
Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act
1980
23-27
Week 5
Unit 1
Conflicting interests and how they are
resolved.
Consumer Protection Act, 2007
National Consumer Agency
Small Claims court
Ombudsman
Sep/Oct
30- 4
Week6
Unit 1
Conflicting interests and how they are
resolved-Industrial Relations
Identifying areas of conflict between business
and employees.
Types of Industrial Action
Focus on reading shop
signs and seeing whether
they are legal or illegal.
Focus on reading –
reading past articles on
consumer laws/ small
claims court
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Powerpoint
Presentations
Focus on Writing –pair
writing
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Compile and read
Newspaper articles on
current industrial disputes
Selected Web Sites
Answer Key
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Non legislative methods of resolving
conflict
Powerpoint
Presentationshandout
o Negotiation
o Trade Unions
Industrial Relations Act 1990
Oct
7-11
Week 7
Unit 1
Conflicting interests and how they are
resolved-Industrial Relations
Functions of the LRC
o Rights Commissioners
Labour Court
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977/93
o Redress for Unfair Dismissal
Word building
Focus on Grammer
Case study to focus on the
reading.
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Powerpoint
Presentations

3. o
14-18
Week 8
EAT
Unit 1
Conflicting interests and how they are
resolved-Industrial Relations
Employment Equality Act 1998
Director of Equality Tribunal
21-25
Week 9
Case studies to understand
the terms associated with
employment equality such
as discrimination.
Keywords
Vocab file
Spidergram
Week 1
Unit 2
Enterprise
Enterprise skills –innate and learned
Application of enterprise skills to different
situations
Focus on Vocab /
grammer / Reading
Matching
Intrapreneur
11-15
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Powerpoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Powerpoint
Presentations
Midterm Break
Oct/Nov
28-1
Nov
4-8
Unit 2
Enterprise
Introduction and definition of enterprise.
A broad definition of enterprise, ensuring its
relevance to a wide range of activities in
personal, business and public life as well as
business start-up. Characteristics of
entrepreneurs
Keywords
Week 2
Unit 3
Managers and Management skills
Definition of Management –ensuring its
relevance to a wide range of activities in
personal, business and public life.
Characteristics of Managers
Contrast Enterprise and Management
Circle the correct
statement.
Keywords
Characteristics V skills on
graphic organisers.
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Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations

4. 18-22
25-29
Week 3
Week 4
Unit 3
Managers and Management skills
Management Skills
o Leading
o Motivating
Keywords
Unit 3
Managers and Management skills
o Motivating-Continued
o Communication
Drawing the Hierarchy of
needs.
Vocab file
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Graphic organisers
Hand-outs
Dec
2-6
9-13
16-20
23-27
Dec/Jan
30-6
7-10
13-17
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 1
Week 2
Unit 3
Managers and Management skills
o Communication
o Meetings
o Data Protection Act
PowerPoint
Presentations
Doing up agendas and
minutes
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Focus on grammer/ vocab
PowerPoint
Presentations
Christmas Exams
Christmas Holidays
Christmas Holidays
Unit 3
Management Activities
o Planning
o Organising
Span of control/ Chain of
Command.
Unit 3
Management Activities
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Spidergram
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Data Projector
Exam Papers

5. o Organising – continued
o Controlling
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
20-24
27-31
Feb
3-7
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Pre
Exams
10-14
Pre
Exams
17-21
Week 1
Work Exp.
Unit 3
Management Activities
o Controlling
Stock, Credit, Quality and
Financial control.
Matching
Unit 4 (done in week 17-21 march due to
different textbook)
Household and Business Manager
Human Resource Management
o Functions of Human Resource
Management
o Recruitment and Selection
Unit 4
Household and Business Manager
Human Resource Management
o Employer/employee relationships
o Teamwork
o People development
o Performance Appraisal and
Reward.
Midterm
Keywords
Unit 4
Household and Business Manager
Circle the correct
statement
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Focus on gramer /vocab
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Matching
Vocab file
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Crosswords and
wordsearches
PowerPoint
Presentations
Kerywords
Data Projector
Exam Papers
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6. Week -2
classes
24-28
March
3-7
10-14
17-21
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Selected Web Sites
Changing role of Management
Managing new relationships
The Empowerment of workers
Total quality management
Unit 4
Household and Business Manager
Managing new technologies
The impact of technology on
o personnel,
o business costs, and
business opportunities.
Unit 4
Household and Business ManagerAccounting
Monitoring the business
Use, understanding and interpretations of
accountancy and business data.
Final Accounts and Balance Sheet
Main profitability ratios.
Debt/Equity ratio
Unit 4
Household and Business ManagerAccounting
Accounting - continued
Unit 4 (done in week 27-31 Feb as per layout
in Global Business Book)
Household and Business ManagerInsurance
PowerPoint
Presentations
Circle the correct
statement
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Graphic organisers
PowerPoint
Presentations
Focus on reading a piece
of financial information
and circling the necessary
terms associated with the
question.
Use of the calculator
in getting %
Circle the correct statement
Calculating each ratio.
Use of calculator
allowed
Focus on vocab in relation to
being able to interpret the
situation of the business
based on the answers.
Keywords
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Calculating each ratio
PowerPoint
Bringing the right side Presentations
down to one in ratios.
www.revenue.ie
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Calculation of
insurance premiums
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Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites

7. A comparison of their roles in the context of
certain aspects of Insurance
Principles
Risks and Costs
Types of Insurance
Insurance Calculations
24-28
Week 6
Unit 4
Household and Business Manager-Taxation
A comparison of their roles in the context of
certain aspects of Taxation
Outline of main taxes,
Basic tax computations
Principal tax forms
Vocab file
Calculate Average
clause.
PowerPoint
Presentations
Matching
Wordsearch and
crosswords
Keywords
Calculate contribution
and subrogation
situations
Matching
Calculating tax
Getting 20% and 41%
tax rates
Circle the correct
statement
Calculating PRSI and
USC.
Hand-outs
Easter Holidays
Mar/Apr
31-4
Apr
7-11
14-18
21-25
Easter Holidays
Week 1
Unit 4
Household and Business Manager-Finance
- Aspects of finance include:
basic cash flow,
main sources of finance,
cost of finance,
current account and
applying for a loan.
Keywords in identifying
inflows V outflows.
Doing up a Cash Flow Data Projector
Forecast.
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Week 2
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PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers

8. Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
April/May Week 3
28-2
May
5-9
Week 4
12-16
Week 5
19-23
23-30
Week 6
Unit 5
Identifying Business Opportunities
Sources of business ideas
Internal and external
New product and service development
service.
Keywords
Unit 5
Business Startup
Organisational Options
o Sole Trader
o Partnership
o Ltd
Production Options
o Job
o Batch
o Mass
Finance Options ( revision)
Business Plan
Revision
Focus on gramer /vocab
Matching
Matching
Feasibility study of a
product e.g Cadburys
Fuse Bar.
Circle the correct
statement
Vocab file
PowerPoint
Presentations
Finance for a business
plan. Projected profits
based on estimated
sales and costs.
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Crosswords and
wordsearches
Reading and going
through the exam
questions and the
understanding what is
been asked e.g. illustrate /
evaluate etc…
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Calculating enough
time to get a full
question done in the
given time.
(20 marks divide by
2.5= 8 mins)
Summer Assessment
Summer Assessment
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9. Leaving Certificate Business Plan 6th Year
6 classes per week
Term
Time
Topic& Learning Outcomes
August
29-2
Week 1
Unit 5
Marketing
Market Research
Market Segmentation
Marketing Concept
Marketing Plan
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 5
Marketing
Developing the Marketing Mix
Product
Price
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Sept
5-9
Week 2
12-16
Week 3
19-23
Week 4
Literacy
Numeracy
Unit 5
Marketing
Price continued – Break even charts
Place
Unit 5
Marketing
Promotional Mix
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Resources&
Assessment
PowerPoint
Presentations
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites

10. PowerPoint
Presentations
26-30
Week 5
Unit 5
Business Expansion
Strategies for expansion
o Organic
o Inorganic
Reasons for business expansion
Finance for expansion
Implications of Business Expansion
Importance of Business Expansion
Oct
3-7
10-14
Week6
Week 7
Unit 6
Business Organisations
Sole Trader
Partnership
Ltd
Plc
Co-op
Unit 6
Business Organisations - continued
State
Franchise/Alliance
Transnational/Indigenous
Changing Trends
17-21
24-28
Week 8
Week 9
Unit 6
Categories of Industry
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Factors of Production
Unit 6
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Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Data Projector

11. Business, Economy and Government
Government’s role in creating a suitable climate
and regulating business
Role of the government as employer
Economic Variables
The impact of business on the economy at local
and national level, taking into account
employment, tax revenues and environmental
issues.
The interaction between business and the wider
economy
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Midterm break
Nov 314
7-11
14-18
21-25
Dec
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Unit 6
Community Development
Local community and business
Community development, incorporating local
community initiatives
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 6
Social Responsibility
Social Responsibilities of business.
Ethical business practice
Socially responsible business at local and national
level
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 7
International Trading Environment
The significance of international trade for the
Irish economy
The changing nature of the international
economy and its effects on Irish business
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 7
Data Projector
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PowerPoint
Presentations
PowerPoint
Presentations
PowerPoint
Presentations

12. International Trading Environment
Opportunities and challenges for Irish business
in international trade
Trading blocs and agreements
28-2
5-9
Week 5
12-16
Week 6
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 7
Global Business
The global marketing of products and services.
The development and impact of transnational
companies
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 7
Global Business
Revision Exam Questions
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
PowerPoint
Presentations
PowerPoint
Presentations
19-23
26-30
Jan 2-6
9-13
16-20
Week 7
Week 1
Week 2
Unit 7
European Union
The importance of the European Union
The European Union institutions
An outline of the decision making process in
the main European Union institutions.
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
Unit 7
European Union
The role of the special interest groups in this
process
The purpose of the main European Union
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
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PowerPoint
Presentations
PowerPoint

13. 23-27
Week 3
policies and directives and their impact on
Irish business.
Exam Question Revision
ABQ Revision
Presentations
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
Feb
30-3
Week 4
Exam Question Revision
ABQ Revision
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
6-10
13-17
20-24
Week 5
Week 1
Pre Exams
Midterm
Pre Exams
Work Exp.
Week -2
classes
March
27-2
Week 2
Question 1 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
5-9
Week 3
Question 2 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
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14. 12-16
Week 4
Question 3 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
19-23
Week 5
Question 4 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
26-30
April 2-
Week 6
6
9-13
16-20
Week 1
Question 5 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
23-27
Week 2
Question 6 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites
PowerPoint
Presentations
May
30-4
Week 3
Question 7 Revision
Short Questions
ABQ
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Data Projector
Exam Papers
Selected Web Sites

15. PowerPoint
Presentations
7-11
14-18
21-25
28-1
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Short Questions
Short Questions
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