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Year 8 Taster Sessions
Year 8
students all have a term long introduction to Business Studies
that covers the following topics.
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Marketing
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Business Terms
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Practical finance
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addition to this the students undertake the ‘Stockmarket
challenge’ which allows them to follow the investment of an
imaginary £100,000 over a period of 10 weeks with weekly prizes
for the best achievers.
Year 10 and 11 GCSE Business Studies
The
college provides the Edexcel single GCSE business studies course
and this takes the business principles that were looked at in
Year 8 to a higher level. The course allows students to gain an
insight into different aspects of the working world. The course
aims to provide a qualification that is both useful if going
onto further education or straight into the workplace. The unit
content is set out below and is assessed in the form of a two
hour examination (75%) and one piece of coursework (25%).
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Unit Title |
Content Summary |
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Unit 1: Business Activity and the Changing Environment |
Examines the objectives of businesses, the changing
business environment and the criteria for judging
success |
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Unit 2: Human Resources |
Looks at people in organisations with a focus on their
roles, relationships and management in business |
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Unit 3: Accounting and Finance |
Focuses on the use of accounting and financial
information as an aid to decision making |
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Unit 4: Marketing |
Looks at identifying and satisfying customer needs in a
changing and competitive environment |
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Unit 5: Production |
Considers the way organisations use and manage resources
to produce goods and services |
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