Business and Finance - TV Choice DVDs

TB11  The Balance Sheet Explained -TV Choice        Comprehensive tour of this basic document.  Assets, liabilities, creditors, debtors.   Profit and loss.   Solvency and working capital.  23 minutes. Made 2002.      DVD price schools & colleges £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB38  The Entrepreneurs I: The Salad Bar  - TV Choice ** Best Seller               A young entrepreneur sets up a salad bar chain - in the midst of the credit crunch. Will it make or break the business? Covers the excitement, and reality, of starting a new business. Marketing - branding - what it takes to be an entrepreneur - coping with the economy - and first day madness!       27 minutes  Made 2009. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB39  Financial Management: Small And Medium Businesses -TV Choice Explores how two very different organisations manage their finances. Covers sources of finance: cash flow; breakeven: credit control: profit and loss: budgets: financial control.  29 minutes  Made 2009. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB40  All About Economics And Business I: How Economies Work  - TV Choice   ** Best Seller           What is economics? The Market Economy. Boom and Bust - from Wall Street 1929, to the 2008 credit crunch. Keynes vs Monetarism. Globalisation - is free trade really free? Other economic models, and how they work in practice.   30 mins. Made 2009. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT. Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

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TB41  All About Economics And Business II: How Businesses Work - TV Choice Entrepreneurs. Types of businesses - public, private, sole traders, co-operatives. Departmental divisions. Public sector organisations. External factors - the economy, the EU, exchange rates. Ethics, and global trade. Social enterprise - a new type of business? 30 minutes  Made 2009. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB12  Basics Of Finance - Are We Making A Profit?  - TV Choice               A light-hearted case study. Jay's website and CD business is doing well. But then he meets an old friend and learns some accounting basics. Does a lot of cash mean a lot of profit? What about the creditors?   23 minutes. Made 2001. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB14  Business and External Factors  - TV Choice                                 Politics.  Economics: out-sourcing to China has given Hornby an enormous boost but at the cost of UK jobs.   Society.  E commerce.  The retail park.  Made 2005. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB16 Business in the Economy 2 -  TV Choice Explores the changing fortunes of primary, secondary & tertiary industries in the Black Country. Viewed through the experience of Maureen, a factory worker who has lived there all her life. 30 minutes  Made 2002. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB17  Business Structures   TV Choice       Business structuring - by function, product, geography. Theory v the Real World. Tall vs Flat. Communications - managing because of, or in spite of structure? Impact on lives. Time 30 minutes. Made 2003.   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB21 Enterprise Case Studies: Winners and Losers - TV Choice  ** Best Seller          Four case studies of new enterprise. Starting a business sounds easy, but how do you keep going before the orders come in? What if the orders don't come in? Stories of success (and failure) from a perfume-blending enterprise; an osteopath; a crisp-maker; a corporate venue-finder. Looks at cash-flow issues, franchises, the niche market, the reality of self-employment. 45 mins.  Made 2007.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB22 Enterprise Case Studies 2: Technology and Innovation  -TV Choice    Three case studies looking at business startups in new technology. Possibilities and problems are illustrated by Glasses Direct (online business); the Mobile Phone Men; the Website Designers. All agree you should start small, but what else did they learn? 35 mins Made 2007.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN28 Innocent Drinks: Good Ethics - Good Business? -  TV Choice The story of a highly successful fruit drink firm. Features their quirky and successful approach to marketing; the Innocent sustainable development foundation; and Innocent's in-house, bio-friendly, sustainability squad. Can Innocent really make a difference? 27 minutes   Made 2006 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB25  Finance for Starting a Business  - TV Choice                                        Case studies illustrate the practical problems of raising finance.  Loans or share capital.  Partnerships.  Grants. Banks.  Venture Capitalists.    Starting is a challenge but staying there is tough!   Made 2005 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB26 Finance for the Established Business  - TV Choice                                                How does the established business raise finance? Why do companies become PLCs? Illustrated with case studies. Made 2005. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB29  How to do a Business Plan - TV Choice Every business needs one - so how is it done?   Objectives. Marketing. Production. Resources.   30 minutes.   Made 1997 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB32  Management Styles  2 - TV Choice            Autocratic, democratic or laissez-faire? Four lively case studies show what happens in the real world, and how it compares with the text books. Featuring: Angel or Devil? Limits of Democracy. Honest Tyrant. The Invisible Manager.  25 minutes. Made 2003.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TB33  Organisations compared  - TV Choice                                                                       A light-hearted exploration of central and local government, limited companies, franchises and co-operatives.   Advantages/disadvantages of each organisation.   25 minutes.   Made 2002. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB28  How a Business Works - TV Choice Organisational basics at Cameron Balloons. Marketing. Production. Personnel. Finance. The Future.   30 minutes   Made 2003. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB35 What is a Business? - TV Choice                                                                            Company structure.  Marketing.  Production.  Personnel. Last but not least - Finance.    22 minutes.  Made 1995. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities £95 + VAT. Support Booklet: £28.

TB36  Where Does All the Money Go? - TV Choice The routine nuts and bolts of a business. Start-up finance.   Invoicing and ordering.Direct and indirect costs. Added value. Break-even.    33 minutes. Made 1996 "Wish I had had this last term!" J.T., Godalming College DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TB37  Whose Business ..? - TV Choice     ** Best Seller                                     Business activity.    Stakeholders.   Ethics. Conflicts in business.  Corporate social responsibility.     Made 2005.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT. Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

Also available: TB15 Business in the Economy  35 minutes. Made 1997 TB34  Starting a Business: The Cafe Bar 30 mins. Made 2000 TB24  Financial Decisions 30 mins.  Made 1996 B31  Managing the Money 30 mins. Made 1996 Each DVD: £46+VAT (schools and FE colleges) :£95 + VAT (universities) Support Booklet: £28 each. Contact us if you'd like more details on these titles.

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IT / ICT and Business Systems  - TV Choice DVDs

TV32 Designing a Website - TV Choice Principles of good website design. Planning, testing, navigation and getting the home page right. How do famous name websites measure up? How might user-led sites like Facebook affect the future? Two film package- great value 30 mins plus 17 mins. Made 2007.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT.  Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV36 -  ICT and Society - TV Choice   ** Best Seller    How ICT is changing our society. Older and disabled people, among others, find ICT a lifeline. But what about young people: is ICT increasingly a substitute for as life, or just a supplement to it?  DVD extras.     30 minutes   Made 2009         DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV37 -  ICT and Business - TV Choice Computers were once huge behemoths, confined to climate-controlled rooms. Now they're everywhere, and have transformed business and working life. Three case studies look at our dependency and use of ICT. With DVD extras.    30 mins.  Made 2009        DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV38 -  Great Firewall of China - TV Choice Can the web be censored - and what happens when it is? This film explores how the Chinese government is trying to restrict web access and content, including the controversy with Yahoo and Google.      20 minutes   Made 2009         DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV39 -  Converging Technologies - Mobile Phones, Internet, Games Consoles - TV Choice Technology is becoming increasingly versatile, with cross-functionality between mobile phones, computers, TVs and games consoles. What are the benefits and downsides of this market-driven revolution?   31 minutes   Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT. Support Booklet: £28. Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV34 -  E-Portfolios and Multimedia- TV Choice Looking at the value of e-portfolios at school and university. E-portfolios are mini-websites, where students can store work, reflect on their learning, and communicate online. How useful are they? Are there problems with privacy issues, and is there a 'digital divide'? DVD extras included.    26 minutes .  Made 2008.DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT. Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV35 -  Systems at Dickens World  - TV Choice  ** Best Seller    An exciting new approach to the world of Charles Dickens, this leisure attraction was launched in 2007. This film looks at the systems needed to run the complex, including the sophisticated booking system, the boat ride attraction, and the animatronics theatre. Also featured are the 4-D cinema, biometric clocking-in system, and the Victorian Classroom.  30 minutes   Made 2008. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT. Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV33 You Only Live Twice - A Journey Into Virtual Worlds - TV Choice The commercial and social impact of the virtual world Second Life, a 3D computer generated second universe. What happens there? Is Second Life being over-sold? 34 minutes (edited version).    Made 2007. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT.  Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

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TP18   Managing Personnel - A Systems Story at Sainsbury's - TV Choice Use of IT systems.   Keeping the essential individual records, recording holidays and absences and scheduling time to meet the anticipated demand at busy periods.    Recruiting staff, monitoring performance, and even dismissal.     Sounds a tough  job !   25 minutes.   Made 2006.        DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TF15  Systems in a Factory - TV Choice                                                     Computer-aided design.  Stock control and production planning.   Quality control.  Robotics.  Continuous flow production (for toothpaste)  and batch production  (for plastic components).   26 minutes.   Made 2004  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV27  Systems in Local Government- TV Choice                                   How Cornwall County Council operates.  Systems for electronic data management with an eye to the Freedom of Information Act. Performance monitoring.   Web site management, maintaining the 'house' style.  Social care databases.  Weather & roads systems.   (Education must be somewhere in the mix!).     27 minutes.   Made 2006.   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TV29  Systems in a Theatre - TV Choice                                                    The Marlow Theatre.   Marketing: a database for mailshots and targeted marketing.  Finance: monitoring costs and income (the ice cream is a money spinner).   Ticketing including online booking.   Lighting: programming the production.   Made 2005.            DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TV30 Systems in a Theme Park - TV Choice  Computer Systems at Drayton Manor Park. Ticket to Ride. Shooting Sensors. Stock Control. Controlled Danger - the Storm Force 10. Changing Business - finding new ways to frighten people!   23 mins. Made 2003 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

Also available: TV11  Great IT Horror Story 30 mins, made 1999 TV13  IT Decisions 28 mins. Made 1998 TV15  Computers in Accounting 29 mins. Made 2002 TV22  Systems in Banking   29 mins. Made 2002 TV23 Systems in a Cinema 30 mins. Made 2000 TV25  Systems in an Hotel 30 mins. Made 2000 TV26  Systems for Leisure II 26 mins . Made 2004 TV28  Systems in Retailing - Marks and Spencers 25 mins. Made 2002 TV31  Systems in a Travel Agency -25 mins. Made 2002 Each DVD: £46+VAT (schools and FE colleges) :£95 + VAT (universities) Support Booklet: £28 each. Contact us if you'd like more details on these titles.

Environment - Fair Trade -  Business and Society TV Choice DVDs

TN52  Responsible Corporations? The Social Cost of The Cigarette Business In Indonesia, young people are easy targets for aggressive marketing campaigns by large tobacco companies. Indonesia is the third largest market for tobacco products, and people there do not believe smoking is dangerous to health. Are global tobacco companies cashing in on people's naivete?  23 minutes  Made 2010 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT   FREE download: Support Notes

TN53  The Power Of A Multinational: Monsanto & GM Foods - TV Choice The story of a farmer who stood up to GM food giant Monsanto. Monsanto accused the farmer  of illegally using their patented genetically modified seeds: he counter-sued the company for causing environmental pollution. The case raised a profound question: who owns life?  30 minutes  Made 2010 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT   FREE download: Support Notes

TN54  Impact of Globalisation III-  Car Makers.  TV Choice Global manufacturing is having a huge effect on the car industry. Managers and shop floor workers in India, Britain and the US talk about their work in a multinational industry. What does the future hold - and how might China affect them?   30 minutes  Made 2010 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT   FREE download: Support Notes

TN55  Too Much Tourism - Snowdonia.  TV Choice Snowdonia National Park was established to protect the countryside for the public. But how does traffic affect the area? How do holiday homes affect the economy? Can Snowdonia sustain the number of tourists who want to visit - and what's happening to the environment? 27 minutes  Made 2009. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN51  Pig Business - TV Choice The true price of cheap pork in UK supermarkets. Factory farming; impact on small farmers; Poland and the European angle; the future of cheap meat. TV Choice describe this film as 'shocking and provocative'. 32 mins. Made 2009. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN50  Australia's Water Crisis: Climate Change, Salinisation - TV Choice  1. The Big Dry. Parts of Australia are suffering the worst drought in living memory. How will it affect farms? Is it due to man-made or natural climate change? 2. The Salt Problem.  Problems of irrigation in a land containing layers of salt. New methods of tackling the water crisis.  69 minutes  Made 2009 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TN49   China - The Three Gorges Dam - TV Choice The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest hydro-electric power project. It could soon power one third of China's homes. But this apparently eco-friendly project is having a severe impact on the Yangtze river and the landscape, and the people who live in it.  19 minutes . Made 2009 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TN48   Water Crisis - Three Case Studies - TV Choice Will there be a world shortage of water? This film looks at major water issues in India, Africa, and the Middle East.     62 minutes  Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

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TN44   Amazon- The Logging Wars - TV Choice The Amazon rainforest is considered crucial to the earth's ecology. But the area is rife with crime and civil conflict. This film looks at illegal logging, community attempts to stop it, and the people who depend on revenue from illegal trade.  25 minutes  Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN46   Global Warming - The Tipping Point? - TV Choice This film looks at global warming, the evidence for it, and its potential to affect the world. Follow a ship on a trip to the Arctic Circle to see the apparent effect of greenhouse gases.  35 minutes  Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN47   Bhutan - Impact of Globalisation - TV Choice Bhutan was a Himalayan kingdom untouched by the Western world. But now, TV, advertising, pop music and drugs are having an impact. How will globalisation change Bhutan?   30 minutes. Made 2008.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN42   Fair Trade In Action (Fair Trade Fashion) - TV Choice People Tree is a fair trade fashion company with producers in five countries. Workers are guaranteed a decent basic standard of living, including healthcare. In the highly competitive world of high street fashion, can People Tree really make a difference?     30 minutes   Made 2008                                  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN43   Green Pioneers (Sustainability in Business) - TV Choice Profile of Green People and Ecover, two companies which make environment friendly products. They claim their way is sustainable, and their products are better for people's health. Do the scientists agree? DVD extras included for further research.   29 minutes  Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN40  Black Gold (Multinationals and the Coffee Trade) - TV Choice After oil, coffee is the world's most valuable trading commodity: but coffee farmers' income remains very low. This story records one man's attempt to bring fair trading to Ethiopian coffee farmers, and the challenges he faces from the WTO and elsewhere. 45 minutes  Made 2007 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN41  Greening a Business - TV Choice Two films looking at the work of an 'eco-auditor'. He is asked to help two very different organisations move to sustainable, environmentally-friendly practices. DVD extras include a tour of an eco-house and in-depth interview on global warming.   2 films 31 minutes and 30 minutes  Made 2007                                  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN11   A Decent Factory ?   (Globalisation / Role of Multinationals) - TV Choice An ethical audit of a Chinese factory.   A German company visits a Chinese subsidiary.   Ethics.  Health and Safety (12 hour shifts.  Noise.  Storage of hazardous chemicals.   Wage rates (As low as £14 per month).  Living conditions in the huge dormitory.  The Workers' views.   23 minutes  Made 2006    DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN12 Always Coca Cola  - TV Choice   ** Best Seller                                                         Coca-Cola sponsored the World Cup in Germany - but why are some Germans angry with the company? What happened when Coke came to the rescue in an unemployment blackspot in former East Germany? Does Coca-Cola have a role in water shortage in India? These stories are explored in this new film.   26 minutes   Made 2006.     DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN13 An Energy Revolution? - TV Choice Germany's renewable energy business is a powerful new industry, employing 170,000 people. Power companies must pay above market prices for renewable electricity suppliers. One village is 'energy independent'. But is this initiative costing jobs?  21 minutes  Made  in 2006 for Australian TV.  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TN15 Biofuel From Brazil  - TV Choice                                                            Brazil's revolutionary fuel - ethanol, from sugar. Could this help us when the petrol runs out? Looks at the 'flex car', which can run on ethanol and petrol. Brazil seeks to become a major exporter of biofuel - yet could there be an environmental downside?  41 minutes    Made 2007  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN17 Can You Be Sure Of Shell?   - TV Choice                                                           A penetrating insight into the activities of a multinational company, using case studies and evidence from all over the world. Includes both the controversies that have troubled Shell, from Nigeria to Brent Spar, and Shell's recent commitment to renewable energy. 30 minutes    Made 2006. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17        "[Shows] great deal of knowledge and history about Shell and the impacts on society..."         T.B., Kingsbrook B & E College

TN23  Impact of Tourism 5 -Ecotourism in the Amazon  - TV Choice Examining the effectiveness of attempts by the Brazilian government to promote the Amazon as a tourist attraction.   Made 2002  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN24 Flip Flotsam - Recycling in Africa  - TV Choice                                              Charting the surprising journey of a simple piece of footwear, the flip-flop From  manufacture in Mombasa, through specialist maintenance, to their final destiny as sculptures. 26 minutes  Made 2006. "Very well-paced and enjoyable." KM, Belfast High School DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TN27 India - 100% Cotton. The Human Cost of T-Shirts  - TV Choice                              Powerful film, produced for German TV. What is the real cost of the cheap T-shirts we buy on the High Street? Banned, expensive and hazardous pesticides are being used by Indian cotton farmers, with a huge human and environmental cost. Why does this happen?  30 minutes  . Made 2007   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TN31 Made In China  - TV Choice                                                                         The reality behind just one Chinese factory, where teenage girls make beads used for dubious purposes in the US. This award-winning film explores the potential for exploitation on both sides of the equation, and the reality behind global trade. With extras, including an interview with Noam Chomsky. 72 minutes  including extras: film itself is 31 minutes    Made 2006. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN36 Sustainable Development - Why Should We Care?  - TV Choice            A compelling visual account of issues facing our global environment. Covers fossil fuels and their relationship to global warming, disappearing rainforests, the depletion of natural resources, and how tourism is changing local cultures and ecology. Suggests positive action that can be taken for sustainability.  26 minutes   Made 2006. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17      "Good, flexible resource. Useful for a variety of age groups." A.S., Kingussie High School

TN38 The Green Factory - Ecover Cleaning Products  - TV Choice                        Ecover is a washing powder company with a difference. They make eco-friendly products, in biodegradable packaging, and use 'green electricity'. What's more, they operate to quality standard ISO14001, AND make a profit. Can big business really be this sustainable?     27 mins PLUS 50 mins extras.   Made 2007.   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

Also available: Can Regeneration Work? 30 mins. Made 1998 TN32 McLibel (Globalisation / Role of Multinationals) 54 mins. Made 2005. TN39  Too Much Tourism (Lake District)45 mins. Made 1997 Each DVD: £46+VAT (schools and FE colleges) :£95 + VAT (universities) Support Booklet: £28 each. Contact us if you'd like more details on these titles.

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Industry at Work  - TV Choice DVDs

TF16  Inside a Factory 4 - Manufacturing a DVD Player - TV Choice                               The story of a new DVD player, from drawing board to market.  Making a prototype - Design: form, and function - Manufacturing: UK or overseas? - Stock control  - Assembly and testing - Selling in a changing market. 28 minutes     Made 2009                DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TF17  Inside a Factory 5 - Manufacturing a Printed Circuit Board   - TV Choice      The story of a PCB for a DVD player, from drawing board to market. Covers: design; the Material Resources Planning system; manufacturing processes - soldering, printing, insertion; automation and manual work; environmental control; quality checks.   26 mins. Made 2009 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TF18  Methods of Production - Manufacturing in The Real World - TV Choice      Job, batch, and continuous flow manufacture - how do they work in real life? Covers: choosing a method, based on cost, product and market size; batch production and changeover; continuous flow, and automation; flexible vs mass production; implications for environment and society.  28 minutes   Made 2009     DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TF19  Inside a factory VI - The Global Car.  TV Choice      Cars are now assembled from parts manufactured all over the world. This film explores the fascinating and complex global supply chain behind the Dodge Ram pickup truck.  28 minutes   Made 2010. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT   FREE download: Support Notes

TF11  How A Factory Works - TV Choice                                                The inside story from a cooker manufacturer.   Batch production, assembly, flow production. Lean manufacture, self-managing teams, multi-skilling. Candid opinions of management and staff.   30 minutes . Made 2001.   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TF12 Inside a Factory 1- The New BMW  Mini.  TV Choice   Robotics.  Paint shop.  Just-in-time ordering and assembly of the parts.  Quality control.  Team-working.  Health & Safety.   29 minutes.  Made 2003.DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TF13  Inside a Factory 2 - Cadbury's.  TV Choice                                            Quality control.  Computers in process control.  Robots in use for packing. Flow and batch production.   Made 2005                DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

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TF14 Inside A Factory 3 - The Crisp Makers.  TV Choice                      Compares the manufacturing processes of hand-cooked Tyrell's crisps with those of mass-market giant Walkers. Covers production processes, use of IT systems, quality control, the healthy eating debate, local vs mass production.  30 minutes   Made 2006    DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TF15  Systems in a Factory - TV Choice                                                            Computer-aided design.  Stock control and production planning. Quality control.  Robotics.  Continuous flow production (for toothpaste)  and batch production  (for plastic components). 26 minutes.   Made 2004     DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

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Personnel / Human Resources (HR) - TV Choice DVDs

TP12  Bullying At Work - A Case To Answer? - TV Choice                                  A case study.    Small changes lead to conflict.  Who is right - or wrong ? 30 minutes.   Made 2002.    DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TP14 Case Studies In Recruitment ** Best Seller    Recruitment  in a small business, a hospital, and supermarket Asda. Covers job specifications, group assessments, psychometric testing; then moves on to the interview. Open questions; body language; appearance; value of interviewing as a recruitment procedure. TV Choice.    26 minutes.     DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT.  Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TP18  Managing Personnel - A Systems Story at Sainsburys  Use of IT systems.   Keeping the essential individual records, recording holidays and absences and scheduling time to meet the anticipated demand at busy periods.    Recruiting staff, monitoring performance, and even dismissal.  Sounds a tough  job ! TV Choice.   25 minutes.   Made 2006              DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TP19  Motivation Decisions - TV Choice                                         Computers and Me. Is She Losing it?   If Anyone Ever Listened to Me!   They Don't Pay Me Enough ! The topic titles say it all.  30 minutes  Made 2000  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TP22  Recruitment in Action- TV Choice                                                             Job description. Interview. Decision. Assessment of the outcome.    32 minutes.  Made 1995.   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TP25  What is Motivation? - TV Choice Uses interviews and case-studies. Teamworking.  Empowerment. Adventure courses  "Rich source of interesting and worthwhile material"   (People Management).  27 minutes. Made 1999. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TP26   Working in Sainsburys - TV Choice                                           Workers in the retail sector are always under pressure.  Targets to meet. Customers, some awkward, needing attention.   Shelves to keep stocked. Senior management always looking over your shoulder.    Quite a challenge. 25 minutes.   Made 2006    DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TP27  Working in Organisations - TV Choice                                         Working practices. Productivity. Unions. Self-employment. Supermarket. Accountancy. Factory. Public Sector.   39 minutes    Made 1996.   DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

Also available: TP16  Health and Safety in the Office. 30 mins. Made 1999 TP21  Personnel Decisions. 34 mins. Made 1998 TP24  The Team Working Experiment.  30 mins. Made 1999  Each DVD: £46+VAT (schools and FE colleges) :£95 + VAT (universities) Support Booklet: £28 each. Contact us if you'd like more details on these titles.

 

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Leisure and Tourism  - TV Choice DVDs

TN44   Amazon- The Logging Wars. TV Choice      The Amazon rainforest is considered crucial to the earth's ecology. But the area is rife with crime and civil conflict. This film looks at illegal logging, community attempts to stop it, and the people who depend on revenue from illegal trade.   25 minutes   Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN45   World Tourism Case Studies: China, Nepal, Dubai, Africa Tourism is a global industry having a major impact on the economy, culture and environment of countries worldwide. These four films explore important examples from China, Nepal, US, Africa, Dubai.    TV Choice.    62 minutes    Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TT14  Impact of Tourism  - Majorca.  TV Choice                                              Sun, sea, sand ---development, traffic, rubbish, noise.    But the local economy depends on tourism.  30 minutes.   Made 2008 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TT15  Impact of Tourism   - Thailand.  TV Choice      Thailand and its problems. "Shockingly good, hard-hitting, thought provoking and excellent for promoting discussion"  - Burntwood School.  25 minutes.  Made 2003 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TN35  Struggle for Sustainable Tourism - Ecuador.  TV Choice                      A farming community attempts to re-brand itself as a tourist attraction.    Made 2005     DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

Also available: TT13  Impact of Tourism - Antigua. 31 mins. Made 1998 TT16  Impact of Tourism  - The Gambia  32 mins. Made 2001 TT18 Inside a Travel Business - 28 minutes. Made 2000 TT19  Inside a Leisure Business -30 mins. Made 2001 TT21  Tourism Businesses in the Lake District -30 mins. Made 1997 TN23  Ecotourism in the Amazon. Made 2002 Each DVD: £46+VAT (schools and FE colleges) :£95 + VAT (universities) Support Booklet: £28 each. Contact us if you'd like more details on these titles.

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Marketing and Advertising -  TV Choice DVDs

TM40   Marketing a National Park - Snowdonia.  TV Choice        Product, Place, Price, Promotion - how can  the 4 Ps of marketing apply to a National Park? Attractions, Green Businesses, Tourist 'Hot Spots', and environmental impact are also covered. 27 minutes    Made 2009 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TM38 Coca-Cola Conquest 1 - A Classic Marketing Story.  TV Choice        Looks at classic Coke adverts, use of imagery, brand recognition, and the intricacies of market research. Also considers the social impact of Coca-Cola's marketing, and consumerism.  From the classic 1998 series 'The Cola Conquest', this new updated edition has been re-cut for educational use. DVD extras include further extracts and expert interviews to update the Coca-Cola story. 40 minutes   Made 2007 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TM39 Cola Conquest 2 - How Coca-Cola Took Over The World. TV Choice        How Cola became the world's most famous multinational. Coke's role in boosting troop morale in WWII, and how it was boycotted in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. 'Coca-colonisation' in China, France and Mexico. Unrest and worse at a Guatamalan bottling plant. From the classic 1998 series 'The Cola Conquest', this new updated edition has been re-cut for educational use. 35 minutes    Made 2007 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TM31  Tesco's -  Marketing Mix.  TV Choice                        Product, price, promotion....Tesco is more than just a supermarket - it sells books, white goods and mortgages too. Tesco claims to pursue socially responsible policies, yet how is it really using its enormous power?  Clubcards and 'computers for schools' schemes are popular - are they ethical too? Time 30 minutes.  Made 2002  DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.   "Like the way it splits into the four Ps so it can be used in sections" P.S., Robert Pattinson School "Very good, went down well with the students" F.M., Lanark Grammar School

TM14  Language of Advertising  - TV Choice                                                  How ads are made.   How they work.  Stereotyping, imagery, irony, music, images. Changing styles over time.  Depictions of domesticity.   Advertisements which provoke and often seem irrelevant (agreed !)      30 minutes. Made 2001 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

TM17  Marketing Decisions - TV Choice                                                                Explains the background to marketing problems facing three companies.    Should they concentrate on advertising, direct marketing, PR, research ?  29 minutes.    Made 1998 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

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TM19  Marketing Leisure    - TV Choice         Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre. Product: 'A total experience' - though does it cater for local people's needs? Promotion: Websites and email marketing vs word of mouth. Profit: Making money - at a price? 25 minutes.  Made 2005   "[Pulls] together the whole marketing concept using something students could relate to." D.B., North Kesteven School DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TM26  The Marketing Mix Explained.     Product, price, place, promotion, people, process and physical evidence.  The product life cycle, market research, the internet.  A lightning tour of Glaxo, Unilever, Comet and Sainsburys. TV Choice.    25 minutes.   Made 2002 DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.

TM36  What is Marketing?    - TV Choice                                              The impact of TV in the 1950's.  The consumer boom.  Classic breakdown into the 4P's.  Promoting the brand rather than the product. Research.  Globalisation. 35 minutes. Made 2001. DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.       "The students found it very valuable" D.Q., Lees Brook School

TM37  What's Going  On in Market Research?   - TV Choice                                      The methods of data mining may be changing but the classic divisions of Qualitative, Quantitative, Primary and Secondary research still apply.    Made 2005         DVD price schools & colleges: £46+VAT. DVD price Universities     £95 + VAT Support Booklet: £28.  Support Booklet as E-Book £17

Also available: TM24  Marketing on the Web.   28 mins. Made 2000 TM29  Niche Marketing: a Sportswear Business . 35 mins. Made 1999 TM33  TV Advertising - Lucozade and Lara Croft 32 mins. Made 2000 TM11  Cadbury's Marketing Mix. 35 mins. Made 1998 TM21  Marketing a Service.  33 mins. Made 1999. TM35  What is Market Research? 27 mins. Made 1996 TM22  Marketing a Theme Park. 35 mins. Made 1998. TM18   Marketing a Hotel   25 mins. Made 2001 Each DVD: £46+VAT (schools and FE colleges) :£95 + VAT (universities) Support Booklet: £28 each. Contact us if you'd like more details on these titles.

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