Business A Level

Introduction

Business A level is an exciting and challenging subject that offers real-world application insights combined with problem solving and decision-making skills. It can open doors to a wide range of careers and degrees in business, finance, marketing and management.

Pupils are encouraged to challenge themselves and develop their learning by extra reading as well as listening to podcasts, watching relevant TV shows and carrying out their own research.

This qualification offers pupils an excellent insight into the fast-paced business environment and what it takes to succeed.

Course Content

Business is an exciting, academic and contemporary subject. We begin by assessing the challenges and problems faced by businesses at start up and how they can overcome them. Later, we move on to how businesses manage to grow successfully. Students learn about business strategies and how businesses cope with change in the internal and external environment.

Students sit four exams over the length of the course. There is no coursework.

1. Marketing and People

Marketing includes:

Market research
Marketing strategy
Marketing mix

People includes:

Recruitment and selection
Organisational structure
Motivation and leadership

2. Managing Business Activities

Raising finance
Financial planning and management
Production and efficiency, and external factors

3. Business Decision Making

Business objectives and strategies
Business growth
Decision making techniques
Managing growth and change

4. Global Businesses

Globalisation
Global expansion and marketing
The role of multinational companies

Course Assessment

Paper 1 – Marketing, People and Global Business

Paper 1 will assess marketing, people and global businesses. Questions will be drawn from Themes 1 and 4, and from local, national and global contexts.

35% of A level

Paper 2 – Business Activities, Decisions and Strategy

Paper 2 will assess business finance and operations, business decisions and strategy. Questions will be drawn from Themes 2 and 3, and from local, national and global contexts

35% of A level

Paper 3 – Investigating Business in a Competitive Environment

Paper 3 will assess content across all four themes. Questions will be drawn from local, national and global contexts. For Paper 3, there will be a pre-released context document issued in November.

30% of A level

Looking Further Ahead

Currently, Business and Economics related subjects are the most popular degree choice for Royal Russell students, reading at a variety of universities including; Warwick, Manchester, Loughborough, Leeds, UCL, City, Durham and Surrey.

Most areas of finance, accountancy, general management and consultancy require the study of business at some point. The subject leads to a wide variety of careers within the business sector, including: Marketing, Accounting, Human Resource Management, Investment Banking and Public Relations.

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