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Business is a dynamic and broad subject, providing real world application to enable students to access and interpret the world around them.
The course aims to provide assessment that enables students to know and understand business concepts then apply them in various contexts ranging from different scopes and scales. They will learn about how businesses make decisions and solve problems using data and information
Content
The course covers the full range of business topics to introduce students to all business functions. These are split into two “Themes”.
Theme 1: Investigating small businesses In this theme, students will be introduced to local and national business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour and decisions. Local contexts refer specifically to small businesses or those operating in a single UK location and national contexts relate to businesses operating in more than one location or across the UK. The topics range from the concept of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship to understanding how the business environment influences a businesses decision making.
Theme 2: Building a business In this theme, students will be introduced to national and global business contexts and will develop an understanding of how these contexts impact business behaviour and decisions. National contexts build on those in Theme 1 and relate to businesses operating in more than one location or across the UK. Global contexts relate to non-UK or transnational businesses. The topics range from business growth models and looking at the functional areas of business (Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Operations)
Business A Level
Students are introduced to business in Themes 1 and 2 through building knowledge of core business concepts and applying them to business contexts to develop a broad understanding of how businesses work.
Students are encouraged to use an enquiring, critical, and thoughtful approach to the study of business, to understand that business behavior can be studied from a range of perspectives, and to challenge assumptions.
Business BTEC (Equivalent to one A Level)
Business BTEC National Extended certificate (Single BTEC equivalent to one A Level) is a varied and unique course. The content of this qualification has been developed in consultation with schools to ensure that it supports progression to higher education.
The course is composed of three units: Exploring Business, Developing a Marketing Campaign, and Personal and Business Finance.
BTEC provides the same weighting for UCAS (university applications) as A-Levels. The vast majority of universities accept BTECs as a substitute for A Levels.