A founding member of
.png)
Welcome to Business
Course Details
Why choose this course?
Do you enjoy:
• Exploring and evaluating alternative ways to solve problems?
• Working with numbers to solve problems?
• Keeping up to date with business news across the world?
Whether you hope to start your own business one day or are interested in learning more about how businesses work and the challenges they face, this course will help you to develop valuable transferable skills and commercial awareness that will prepare you for studying at university or moving into the world of work. Business is a modern qualification that maintains an academic approach to business, developing analytical and evaluative skills. Students will learn how businesses are started and managed, including the development of enterprise skills.
Course Content/Main Topics
Theme 1: Marketing and people
Students will develop an understanding of the how and why businesses try to understand their customers. They will explore different markets and different marketing strategies. This course then leads into people management and leadership with a focus on entrepreneurs and leaders.
Theme 2: Managing business activity
This unit covers key activities involved in running a business or organisation. The course develops understanding of sources of finance, financial planning and financial management. This course develops understanding of resource management and how external economic factors can impact the success of a business.
Year 2 content:
Theme 3: Business decisions and strategy
This theme looks at various topics involved with decision making for business including decision making techniques, influences on business decisions and change management. The theme also incorporates business objectives and strategy, business growth and assessing competitiveness.
Theme 4: Global business:
As business are not limited to our shores, this unit develops understanding of the main benefits and issues of international trade and global corporations. Globalisation is analysed as well as the expansion of firms into global markets. An in-depth look of various multinational companies is undertaken to understand how they can benefit and implement global marketing.
Careers and Higher Education
Business provides an excellent foundation into a range of university courses, such as business, management, finance, accountancy, law, events, marketing and international business. Any joint honours including business e.g. Business and language. Business qualifications are very well received by employers.
In addition, it provides a very wide range of careers opportunities across commercial, public sector and charitable organisations including:
• Consulting
• Marketing
• Advertising and Public Relations (PR)
• Banking and Insurance
• Retail Buying
• Retail Management
• Sales
• Logistics / Distribution
• Human Resources
• Accountancy
Qualification
A-Level
Assessment
Paper 1: data response and essay questions on marketing, people and global businesses.
Paper 2: data response and essay questions on business activities, decisions and strategy.
Paper 3: a research task before the exam. The data response and essay questions are linked to the context you will research.
Entry Requirements
Mr S Hussain
shussain@kinverhigh.co.uk
For general sixth form enquires, please email: K6comms@Kinverhigh.co.uk
Ready to Apply?
Once you have looked at all of your options and selected the courses you are interested in, hit the 'Apply Now' button below, if you would like to check out other courses click the 'Courses' button!