Section 1 Starting points: how to use this book - the structure of this book; using your syllabus checklist; syllabus checklists and schemes of assessment - examination boards and addresses; studying and revision business studies - the difference between GCSE and A/AS level; study strategy and techniques; subject-specific skills; coursework; revision techniques; the examination - question styles, examination techniques, final preparation. Section 2 Business studies topics: the economic environment; business organizations; the growth of organizations; external influences on organizations; human resources; finance and accounting; marketing; operations management; communication in organizations; making decisions. Section 3 Test run: test your knowledge quiz; test your knowledge quiz answers; progress analysis; mock exam; mock exam suggested answers. REC00318008Section 1 Starting points: How to use this book - the structure of this book, using your syllabus checklists; syllabus checklists and paper analysis - AEB, Cambridge, ULEAC, NEAB, NICCEA, Nuffield, Oxford, Oxford and Cambridge, Scottish, WJEC, examination board addresses; studying and revising chemistry - the difference between GCSE and A/AS level, modular courses, study strategy and techniques, coursework, revision techniques; final examination; the examination - question styles, examination techniques, taking module tests; practical examination - quantitative exercises; qualitative exercises; inorganic; organic. Section 2 A-level chemistry: atomic structure; periodicity and Periodic Table; symbols, formulae and equations; chemical bonding; shapes of molecules; oxidation and reduction; introduction to organic chemistry; gases; liquids; solids; solutions; colligative properties; energetics; reaction kinetics; equilibrium; acids and bases; salt hydrolysis, buffer solutions, solubility product; further oxidation and reduction; volumetric calculations; radioactivity; chemical periodicity; the s-block elements; group III; group IV; group V; group VI; group VII; the d-block elements; hydrocarbons; organohalogen compounds; alcohols, phenols and ethers.
