Business Studies & Economics

KS4

Unit 1 Introduction to Small Business
Pupils study topics which include Spotting business opportunities, Showing enterprise skills, Putting business ideas into practice, Making the start-up of a business effective and the economic context a business will operate in.

It is a compulsory assessed unit with multiple-choice and objective test questions with a total of 40 marks.

Unit 2 Investigating Small Business
This unit is internally assessed under controlled conditions. Research/investigation conducted by pupils will take approximately two weeks of curriculum time (a maximum of six hours). The Analysis/evaluation part of task (final write-up) will take approximately one week of curriculum time

Unit 5 Introduction to Economic Understanding
Pupils face assessment that comprises of a combination of multiple-choice, short-and extended-answers, data response and scenario-based questions with a total of 90 marks.

Sixth Form

Business Studies and Economics are offered as individual subjects.

Business Studies
Business Studies investigates the operation of businesses. Students will have the opportunity to consider how business can improve to benefit customers, managers, owners and the public at large.

This subject provides an integrated study of the main areas of business - Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance and Economics. You will develop skills in analysis and evaluation of case studies.

Economics
Economics examines the ways in which the economy of a country can improve the quality of life for all its inhabitants. The subject deals with the global problems of poverty and wealth creation. It considers employment and unemployment, waste and efficiency; industrial expansion and contraction and economic growth and its consequences. It considers why countries trade with one another and what role the government should play in the economy. There is clearly much economic content in newspapers and on television (as it is a social science) therefore the subject is taught through the use of ICT and discussions However, emphasis is also placed on independent study. Economics is seen as a strong subject by Universities and combines well with a range of different subjects. For example, the analytical approach used is similar to Mathematics courses, while the essay writing and research techniques are similar to those in History, English and Psychology.