Business Studies

Course summary

This qualification will provide learners with the skills, knowledge and understanding to progress into Higher Education (HE) in a business-related programme such as Business, Business Management, Marketing, Business and Finance, Business and Economics, Accounting, and Certificate or Diploma in Human Resource Management. It will also allow learners to choose non-business-related degree programmes. The qualification is designed to be taken as part of a study programme alongside other vocational qualifications, such as Cambridge Technicals in IT, Science or Sport and Physical Activity and A levels including subjects such as Economics, Maths, Geography, Computer Science, Sociology or Psychology. Learners will take one mandatory unit, The Business Environment - this is an externally assessed unit and one optional unit. The mandatory unit will give learners an understanding of the wider external contexts in which businesses operate and of internal business functions and their interdependencies. The unit will allow learners to appreciate how legal, financial, ethical and resource constraints can affect business behaviour the influence that different stakeholders can have and how businesses must respond. The optional units cover a wide range of topics to give learners the opportunity to take a unit that is relevant to a specific aspect of business; for example marketing, accounting, human resources or business planning. Learners will also develop transferable skills such as: • Communication • Planning • Teamwork • Research • Analysis