Business Studies
Content
In this course you will look into how businesses work in real life, and how different decisions are made within a Business. You will look at how leadership skills are developed and how they make decisions that will impacts parts of the business such as financial performance, marketing performance and operational performance.
Entry requirements
Please refer to The John of Gaunt Sixth Form entry requirements.
Attendance
This is a two year A Level course.
Assessment
By following this link, you can see the specification on the exam board website:
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/business/as-and-a-level/business-7131-7132
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MODULE |
LEVEL |
MODULE TITLE |
MODE OF ASSESSMENT |
TYPE OF QUESTIONS |
BRIEF OUTLINE OF MODULE |
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Paper 1 |
A2 |
Business 1 |
Written exam: 2 hours 100 marks in total 33.3% of A-level |
Section A has multiple choice questions. Section B has short answer questions Section C has extended writing questions |
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 |
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Paper 2 |
A2 |
Business 2 |
Written exam: 2 hours 100 marks in total 33.3% of A-level |
Case study with questions
Data response compulsory questions |
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Paper 3 |
A2 |
Business 3 |
Written exam: 2 hours 100 marks in total 33.3% of A-level |
Case study with questions |
Everything above plus: Analysing the strategic position of a business Choosing strategic direction Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies Managing strategic change |
Moving On
Using the skills and knowledge you will learn from studying A Level Business you will have a perfect stepping stone to a number of different paths. You could look at a Business course at University, or you can use these skills to help you start your own business or move up the ladder in an existing company.
