A Level Business Studies at Ousedale School
| Qualification | Applied Business |
| LEVEL | AS and A2 |
| Examining Board | AQA |
| Head Of Department | Mrs K Bottwood |
AIMS:
This subject provides candidates with a broad introduction to the business sector and should encourage candidates to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in realistic business contexts, such as discovering the problems and opportunities faced by local businesses and/or organising an enterprise activity. It provides opportunities for candidates to develop sufficient depth of understanding to inform their choices between further study or training.
Students are encouraged to acquire the following range of skills through the study of realistic business contexts:
Practical skills: personal organisation and time management
Presentation skills: producing a business report; making an oral presentation to a group
Personal skills: initiative, creativity, perseverance, willingness to learn and progress
Interpersonal skills: working in teams, discussing problems or issues, leading a team
Cognitive skills: investigative and research skills, problem solving, decision making’ using theory to analyse a real organisation, planning a project
The subject encourages candidates to develop knowledge and understanding of:
- The practices and techniques used within marketing, finance, operations management, human resource management and the links between them
- The processes, attractions and risks of setting up an enterprise
- The relationship between the business and the changing external environment
- Social and ethical issues in business
The subject also encourages candidates to:
- Contribute to the development of the skills required for success as an entrepreneur, manager or employee
- Apply numerical and written business techniques to a variety of business contexts
- Explore business problems and learn to identify possible solutions
These AS and Advanced GCEs are broad-based vocational qualifications designed to allow students a flexible progression route, to Higher Education, further training and/or employment.
In the first year of the course (AS level) students are expected to complete three units, two of which are assessed by coursework and a third by external examination.
These units are:
| Unit no | Unit title | Assessed by |
| Unit 1 | Business Organisations | coursework |
| Unit 2 | People in Business | coursework |
| Unit 3 | Financial Forecasting and Monitoring | external examination |
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In the second year of the course (A2 level) students will complete a further three units of study:
| Unit no | Unit title | Assessed by |
| Unit 8 | Business Planning | coursework |
| Unit 11 | The Marketing Environment | external examination |
| Unit 15 | Financial Accounting for Managers | external examination |