A Level Buisness
Course Outline
The course offers you practical experience and a holistic understanding of the world of business through visits to businesses and visits by business professionals.
A Level Business helps students:
- develop a critical understanding of organisations, the markets they serve and the process of adding value
- be aware that business behaviour can be studied from the perspectives of a range of stakeholders · acquire a range of skills including decision-making and problem-solving
- be aware of the current structure of business and business practice.
In this course, students will learn:
- What is business
- Managers, leadership and decision making
- Decision making to improve marketing performance
- Decision making to improve operational performance
- Decision making to improve financial performance
- Decision making to improve human resource performance
- Analysing the strategic position of a business
- Choosing strategic direction
- Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies
- Managing strategic change
Exam board
Edexcel – The full specification may be found: HERE
Head of Department
Ms Gray