Business Studies

Course summary

This course takes a more vocational and practical approach than the A Level, and looks at how businesses make and carry out their decisions. The types of topics studied include: • How companies market their products • The organisation of their workforce • How companies raise finances • Preparation of accounts Assignments will require you to carry out your own research, analyse your information and present your findings, sometimes in the form of a written report and occasionally in an oral presentation to others. Some research may be conducted as part of a group. Throughout the course there will be contact with real business organisations through visits, speakers and work experience placements. Spreadsheets and databases will be used to analyse business data while word processing and presentation software will be used to present business information.