Business Studies:Single

Course summary

Studying Business Studies is a great course to do if you have aspirations of one day becoming self-employed or in a managerial position within a company. A Level Business Studies can give you the tools and information required to understand how businesses are created, managed and the many decisions that need to be taken to become successful. The course covers budgeting and how to attain financial stability. If you like the idea of understanding more about the managerial aspects of a job or working for yourself, then perhaps taking an A Level in Business Studies is a good idea. The A Level Business Studies course favors those with good Mathematical and English skills as the approach is academic. The course is linear with all students entered for both the AS towards the end of Year 12 and then the A Level at the end of Year 13. There are 6 topics studied at AS Level: ● Topic 1: What is business? ● Topic 2: Managers, leadership and decision making ● Topic 3: Decision making to improve marketing performance ● Topic 4: Decision making to improve operational performance ● Topic 5: Decision making to improve financial performance ● Topic 6: Decision making to improve human resource performance ● There are 4 additional topics studied at A Level: Topic 7: Analyzing the strategic position of a business Topic 8: Choosing strategic direction ● Topic 9: Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies ● Topic 10: Managing strategic change Career & Further Study: Business Studies enables students to go on to a range of degree courses including Marketing, Public Relations, Sociology and Law.