Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary GCE Business Studies

Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary GCE Business Studies

Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements.

About the Course
You are all consumers, meaning you have a daily involvement with the business world. Equally you are all likely to be employees at some time in your life. Business Studies helps you to understand the relationships between employers, managers and employees, and between businesses and their customers. The media constantly reports changes in the business world, examining issues like the effects of new technology, the reason for bankruptcies and takeovers, the consequences of changes in taxation or exchange rates for businesses and ethical questions such as the impact of business operations on the environment.

Following this course will help you develop your understanding of these issues. You will read case studies, analyse business performance, learn how to solve problems and develop future business strategies. You will also develop an awareness of entrepreneurial skills and varying degrees of competition.

The course involves the topic areas of: Starting a Business, Financial Planning, Managing a Business, Strategies for Success and The Business Environment and Managing Change. Within these topics you will learn about Finance, People, Operations Management and Marketing and Competition. There may also be the opportunity to take part in a trip to New York.

Exams include data response and case study questions, a pre-release research task and an essay.

The course provides a good background for those applying to Higher Education and to business careers, such as accounting, insurance, banking, retailing, human resources, marketing and any type of management.