Business Studies

If you have ever wondered how small shops manage to survive when consumers can get products much more cheaply from a supermarket, why some people earn vast incomes for doing very little while others cannot even get a job, and why it is that some businesses are richer than most countries on the planet, then Business Studies is for you.   Business Studies aims to shed light on these questions and many more, by examining how firms of all shapes and sizes behave in an ever-changing world.

 

 

 

 

Key features of the specification

• The qualification is built around a core unit with an enterprise theme, to enable students to think of a new business idea and how they might research and develop it.
• Students will think about how their learning applies to their own business idea.
• The qualification will introduce students to international business, equipping them either to work in or to manage a business in an international context.
• The GCEs enable progression from GCSEs in Business Studies, Business and Economics, Applied Business and Business and Communications.
• An Advanced GCE Business with its economics content will give students enhanced career choice and progression opportunities.
• A variety of assessment techniques will be used – supported multiple-choice questions, data-response questions, case studies and a decision-making report.

Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced GCE in Business Studies:

• AS level – Unit 1: Developing New Business Ideas; Unit 2a: Managing the Business (exams in January and July)
• A2 level – Unit 3: International Business; Unit 4a: Making Business Decisions (exams in January and July)

Entry requirement

This subject is available to any student who gains 5 C grades at GCSE level. 

It is not necessary to have any previous knowledge of business but good grades elsewhere at GCSE will be beneficial.