Norbury Manor Girls' High School

Awarding body and syllabus number       (AQA AS-5131 A2-6131)

Content    

Business Studies draws on a variety of disciplines and can be studied with any subject combination e.g. medicine, pharmacy, languages, law, mathematics, education, art etc. Careers based around these subjects would usually benefit from a knowledge of business organisations and how they work.

• Business organisations and how they work. Includes Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Management of Human Resources and Production.
• Structure of business organisations including large and small, manufacturing and service, local, regional, national and multinational, profit-making and non-profit making.
• Business behavior from a variety of perspectives e.g. managers, employees, owners/stakeholders, creditors etc.
• How business activity is affected by economics, environmental, ethical, legal, social, governmental and technological issues.
• Decision making and problem solving in a variety of business contexts.

Assessment

(Any of the modules can be examined in January or June).

AS Exams

Unit 1 – Planning and Financing a Business

Short answer questions and extended responses based on a mini case study.  1 hour 15 minutes - written exam – 20% of AS level grade.

Unit 2 – Managing a Business

Multipart data response questions.  1 hour 30 minutes - written exam – 30% of AS Level grade.

A2 Exams

Unit 3– Strategies for Success

Questions requiring extended answers based on an unseen case study.

1 hour 45 minutes – written exam – 25% of A2 Level grade.

Unit 4 – Business Environment and Managing Change.

Prerelease research tasks, leading to first section of 2 section exam.  Second section will consist of a choice of essays.  All questions will be essay style and synoptic, therefore drawing upon knowledge from all 4 units.  1 hour and 45 minutes – written paper – 25% of A2 level grade.

Special Requirements        GCSE Business Studies at grade B or above.