Business Studies:Single

Course summary

Students will develop a critical understanding of business organisations and business activity. In doing so an appreciation of business behaviour from a variety of stakeholder viewpoints will be gained. As an introduction, students will learn why businesses exist and the reasons for choosing and changing business structure. The four key functional areas in Business – Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and Operations - are studied in detail. Students will gain knowledge of how each sector operates in practice and develop the skills to evaluate the impact of decision-making within each and across functions. In Year 13, work builds on that studied in Year 12 by analysing the strategic position of a business, considering challenges faced in a broader and longer-term context. Included here is the extension of study on an international scale with particular emphasis on such external influences as Politics, Economics, Sociology, Technology and the Environment in an increasingly competitive and globalised business arena.