Switching on to Business
for Transition Year Studies

Switching on to Business is an innovative, full colour textbook that takes an exciting case study and entrepreneurial approach to introducing Business, Accounting and Economics topics to students doing Transition Year.

Introduces key business concepts and provides a taste of Leaving Certificate Business, Economics and Accounting in an entertaining, accessible and memorable format.

A strong enterprise focus is reflected in the chapter sequence, which follows the stages of a business start-up and the basic questions faced by entrepreneurs.

The book is designed to be flexible and adaptable to every Transition Year programme and provides an abundance of case studies to stimulate interest, discussion and practical problem solving skills among students of all levels of ability. Individual and group assignments and activities are provided to reinforce student learning. It also contains a complete Transition Year Project based around a business they would like to set up and run. The book supports mini-enterprise programmes run during Transition Year through the provision of practical mini-enterprise checklists for students.

Website support provides free Switching on to Business EXTRA handouts provide extra teaching resources and also keep the text fully up-to-date.
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Switching on to Business
for Transition Year
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Resources to download for Switching on to Business
Ch. 4 Designing, Developing and Testing a Prototype
Ch. 10 Recruiting and Motivating Staff
Ch. 5 Calculating Costs and Setting Prices
Ch. 6 Demand and Supply in the Market
Ch. 7 Selecting a Legal Structure
Ch. 8 Financing Your Business
Ch. 9 Choosing a Suitable Location
Ch. 3 Researching Your Market
Ch. 1 Enterprise and You
Ch. 2 Looking for an Idea
Ch. 11 Organisation and Management
Ch. 15 Growing Your Business
Ch. 16 Enterprise and the Economy
Ch. 17 Government and the Economy
Ch. 12 Marketing Your Business
Ch. 13 Producing Goods and Services
Ch. 14 Keeping Accounts and Calculating Profits

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