Business Studies:Single

Course summary

Business is front-page news. The way companies operate is under greater scrutiny than ever before, while TV programs like The Apprentice and Dragon’s Den have raised the profile of Business to a new generation. This course enables students to engage with, explore, and understand business behavior and develop a critical understanding of what Business is and does. It offers students an insight into the world in which they will eventually be working in. The A-level Business course includes the following topics: • What is Business? • Managers, leadership, and decision-making. • Decision-making to improve marketing performance. • Decision-making to improve operational performance. • Decision-making to improve financial performance. • Decision-making to improve human resource performance. • Analysing the strategic position of a business. • Choosing strategic direction. • Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies. • Managing strategic change.