From understanding how businesses are owned, to keeping accounts; marketing through new social media and the interaction of organisations in a global economic world, A level Business has a wide range of exciting topics that relate to the world we live and work in. What will you learn? In Business Studies, you will be introduced to the challenges involved in starting a business, including financial planning, and the issues you might face. You will also study how to improve an established business through making tactical decisions and influencing the operation. Key topics across the A Level course include: • 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 How will you learn? • Textbooks • Independent learning and wider reading, including the Economist and Business Review magazine subscriptions • Group activities and research tasks • Interactive on-line resource package (Kerboodle) • Revision Workshops (e.g. at Westfield Stratford) • Guest speakers on specific topics