Enterprise Lesson Plans / KS4 - Changes in the World of Work - 6 lessons / Changes in the World of Work Lesson Plan 5 - Making Changes

Connect the Learning

Recap on the previous lesson which looked at how students could react positively to change.

The Big Picture

This lesson looks at why changes sometimes have to be made and how to decide what to do.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, students know how to decide whether a series of changes is valid and identify the type of judgements that have to be made.

Introduction

Businesses have to change in order to survive. In this lesson the students will be looking at a case study of a business which is stuck in a rut and losing money. They are the troubleshooters who are in charge of putting it back into profit.

Starter Activity

Show the students the PowerPoint presentation Making Changes. Discuss with them how difficult changes have to sometimes be made for business survival. Get students to think about the consequences of changes made. How would a sacked Royal Mail employee feel for instance? Or a customer who now receives their post late?