Teaching Business & Economics

The origin of environmental management systems (EMSs) can be traced to the 1980s and the USA, where organizations developed ad hoc systems suited to their own requirements. The purpose of this article is to examine the nature of the EMSs, to explain the differences between the European and international standards, and to ask whether EMSs can lead to environmental improvement.

Firms Gambling On Growth in Gambling

Government policy for gambling has focused on restricting the activity and keeping criminals out. Lucas focuses on the likely impact of deregulation in the gambling industry.

Economics Update

The Exchange Rate Roller Coaster

Catterall discusses the causes and consequences of recent exchange rate volatility and considers possible solutions to the problems. There is no doubt that this European single currency project has altered the international financial architecture and encouraged emulation elsewhere in the world.

Resource Reviews

Tutor2u, Gcse Business Studies, Powerbundle 2004

Brando reviews TUTOR2U, GCSE BUSINESS STUDIES, POWERBUNDLE 2004 by Dan Cottrell and Charlie Boddington.

U.S. &Amp; Comparative Government and Politics Textbook

Tillson reviews U.S. & COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TEXTBOOK by Anthony J. Bennett.

Business Café

The Business Café published online by Tutor2u Limited is a unique online service provided to teachers and students of economics and business studies. It is made up of sets of articles on recent business issues.

Dictionary of Business

Connolly reviews DICTIONARY OF BUSINESS.

The Truth About Markets - John Kay

Milner reviews THE TRUTH ABOUT MARKETS by John Kay.

Applied Economics 10th Edition

Maher reviews APPLIED ECONOMICS 10TH EDITION edited by Alan Griffiths and Stuart Wall.

Economics In The Classroom

Economics in the School Curriculum: A Breakdown of Consensus

Subjects gather around themselves communities of people who compete and collaborate with one another, who define and defend their boundaries and who demand allegiance from their members. Jephcote explores the ways in which those in the economics subject community acted in relation to the development of A-level and to attempts to widen economics as part of an entitlement curriculum for all.

Business In The Classroom

Case Studies and Examinations

Corish attempts to consider how case studies are used in examinations and how best to prepare students to be successful in answering the type of questions that are set based on case studies. The difference between students who have mastered the necessary skills to be successful dealing with case study examinations and those who have failed to tackle the case study aspects of examination questions in an appropriate manner is illustrated.

Painting by Numbers: Using Whiteboard Technology to Illustrate the Uses of Accounting Information in the Teaching of a-Level Business Studies

Connolly demonstrates how whiteboard technology can be readily incorporated to illustrate aspects of A-level Business Studies with numerical information typically found in company accounts. He points out that teachers can help students of all abilities to get to grips with numbers and the important role they can play throughout the business specification.

Ict On Line

Ebea Web Site - Links

Beharrell checks out the Economics and Business Education Association Web site. A listing of EBEA's useful web links for economics and business education is provided.

Finding Your Way Around Biz/Ed

A listing of Web pages on the Biz/ed site is provided.

Citizenship Education

Using Discussion to Develop Students' Economic Thinking in Citizenship Lessons

Stoney describes the significance of teaching Citizenship Education lessons on students' economic thinking. An advantage of teaching Citizenship Education lessons is that there is no pressure to rush through a detailed syllabus or to prime students for examination questions.