The A Level Business course includes the following topics: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. This course enables students to engage with, explore and understand business behaviour and develop a critical understanding of what business is and does. It offers students an insight into the world in which they will eventually be working. Potential students will have: An interest in how businesses function An interest in how businesses influence groups in society An interest in what influences and affects businesses The ability to take part in discussion and use examples to help emphasise issues The ability to organise work and meet deadlines. Further information on what the course specifically covers can be found on the AQA website www.aqa.org.uk. Wider reading of newspapers and watching daily news programmes will help students to gain a broad understanding of topical issues. What could I go on to next? The course is designed to lead students towards employment or higher education. Employment opportunities include: Marketing, Event Management, Ecommerce, Finance and Recruitment and degree opportunities include: Business, Marketing, Retail Management, Public Relations and Finance.
Name: A Level in Business Qualification title: GCE A Level in Business Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment A-level Business is assessed by three, two-hour written exams at the end of the course: Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions, short answers and two essays. Paper 2: Three compulsory data response questions. Paper 3: One compulsory case study consisting of six questions. Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20150928 12:59:54 Updated 20161024 13:44:57
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