Business Studies A Level Linear

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Business enables students to engage with, explore and understand business behaviour and develop a critical understanding of what business is and does. Exciting new aspects of the reformed AS: no duplication with GCSE Business as entrepreneurship and starting a business are no longer coveredshares and share dealing studied for the first timecourse content updated to include areas such as: digital marketing, data mining, and e-commercemore theories and quantitative techniques to increase challenge and credibility of qualificationAS Level 1. What is business? 2. Managers, leadership and decision making 3. Decision making to improve marketing performance 4. Decision making to improve financial performance 5. Decision making to improve operational performance 6. Decision making to improve human resource performance A Level (as well as the above) will also include:- 7. Analysing the strategic position of a business 8. Choosing strategic direction 9. Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies 10. Managing strategic change

Course information

Name: Business Studies A Level Linear Qualification title: GCE A Level in Business Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment AS Assessment: AS is a stand alone qualification and its 200 marks do not count towards the A Level. It is taken in the summer of the first year. Paper 1 1.5 hour written exam100 marksMultiple choice questionsShort answer questionsData response questionsPaper 2 1.5 hour written exam100 marks1 case study and 7 questionsA Level Assessment: Is based on 3 papers taken in the summer term of the second year. Paper 1 2 hour written exam100 marks in total33.3% of A level15 Multiple choice questionsShort answer questions2 essaysPaper 2 2 hour written exam100 marks in total33.3% of A level3 data response questions (made up of 3 or 4 part questions)Paper 3 2 hour written exam100 marks in total33.3% of A level1 case study with 6 questionsAll A Level exams taken at the end of the second year Awarding Assessment & Qualifications Alliance Created 20170119 13:25:53 Updated 20170119 13:25:53

Entry requirements

None

Provider

Peter Symonds College: Adult Education
Further Education
ace@psc.ac.uk
01962 886166
http://www.psc.ac.uk/ace/

Address

Stoney Lane
Weeke Town: Winchester County:Hants