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Business A Level (Pearson Edexcel)
Head of Department:
Mr E Reynolds
Teaching Staff:
Mr E Reynolds
Mr M Pitteway
Mrs M Mackenzie-Foster
Mr G Treharne
Overview
Studying A Level Business does not guarantee that you will
become a future Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos, but detailed analysis
you undertake of key business functions and the global issues
that affect them will help you understand the world and help
with virtually any job in your future life.
Course Content
Theme 1:
Marketing and People
Meeting customer needs
Marketing mix and
strategy
Managing people:
entrepreneurs and
leaders
Theme 2:
Managing Business
Activities
Raising finance
Financial planning
Managing finance
Resource management
External influences
Theme 3:
Business Decisions and
Strategy
This theme develops the
concepts introduced in
Theme 2
Business objectives and
strategy
Business growth
Decision-making
techniques
Influences on business
decisions
Assessing
competitiveness
managing change
Theme 4:
Global Business
This theme develops the
concepts introduced in
Theme 1
Globalisation
Global markets and
business expansion
Global marketing
Global industries and
companies (multinational
corporations)
The course structure is:
Paper 1 (Themes 1 and 4)
– 2hrs: 35%
Paper 2 (Themes 2 and 3)
– 2hrs – 35%
Paper 3 (Synoptic)
– 2hrs – 30%
Expectations
Students need to have a
keen interest in current
affairs and a willingness to
engage in discussion and
debate. You will need to read
extensively to broaden your
understanding and apply it
to real-life business.
Future Pathway
Many Business students go
on to study a related degree;
most universities offer a very
wide variety of Business
and Management courses.
After university, a Business
degree will enable you to
work in almost any work
environment, from starting
your own business to
working for a multinational
corporation.
Key Skills
You will need to show
the ability to interpret
information (written and
numerical), demonstrate
a range of numerical skills,
and write clearly and fluently
using effective business
language
Recommended Entry
Requirements
Grade 6 in GCSE English
Language and Maths.
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