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Business Studies

Aims: Could you be like Karen Walker, Carmel Fisher or Nadia Lim and be a successful
business woman of the future? This course will allow you to experience starting up and
running a small enterprise, but without the risk. It will also introduce some of the forces that
impact on small businesses operating in NZ.
Competencies: Making sense of information, experiences or ideas; Problem solving; Being
enterprising, resourceful, reliable and resilient; Creative thinking; contributing appropriately
as a group member.

Pathways this course contributes towards: Entry to Commerce courses that may involve
any of Business Studies, Economics and Accounting.

Other essential information: You should have an interest in the problem solving, team
work, risk-taking, resource management and business planning. There is the opportunity for
you to run a small business activity.

For further information see: Mrs Slater.

Level 1 Proposed Assessments
Standard Standard Title Credits Vocational Pathways
CI PI SI S&C M&T C&I
90842 Carry out and review a product-based L 6
activity within a classroom context with
direction
90840 Apply the marketing mix to a new or L 3
existing product
90841 Investigate aspects of human resource L 3
processes in a business
90837 Demonstrate an understanding of L 4
internal features of a small business
90839 Apply business knowledge to an L 4
operational problem in a given small
business context
L = standard counts towards Level 1 literacy credits
Level 2 Proposed Assessments
Standard Standard Title Credits Vocational Pathways
CI PI SI S&C M&T C&I
90846 Conduct market research for a new or L 3
existing business N
90847 Investigate the application of motivation L 3
theory in a business
90848 Carry out, review and refine a business L 9
activity within a community context with
guidance
91868 Demonstrate understanding of cash flow L 4
forecasting for a business

CI = Creative Industries PI = Primary Industries SI = Service Industries
S & C = Social and Community Services M & T = Manufacturing and Technology C & I = Construction and Infrastructure

Internally Assessed Externally Assessed