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Subject content
- 1 What is business?
- 2 Managers, leadership and decision making
- 3 Decision making to improve marketing performance
- 4 Decision making to improve operational performance
- 5 Decision making to improve financial performance
- 6 Decision making to improve human resource performance
- 7 Analysing the strategic position of a business (A-level only)
- 8 Choosing strategic direction (A-level only)
- 9 Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies (A-level only)
- 10 Managing strategic change (A-level only)
AS
Assessments
| Paper 1: Business 1 |
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What's assessed 1-6 above |
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Questions Three
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| Paper 2: Business 2 |
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What's assessed 1-6 above |
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Questions One compulsory case study consisting of approximately seven questions. |
Before the qualification can be awarded, students must undertake both the assessments.
A-level
Assessments
| Paper 1: Business 1 |
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What's assessed All content above |
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Assessed
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Questions Three compulsory sections:
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| Paper 2: Business 2 |
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What's assessed All content above |
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Assessed
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Questions Three data response compulsory questions worth approximately 33 marks each and made up of three or four part questions |
| Paper 3: Business 3 |
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What's assessed All content above |
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Assessed
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Questions One compulsory case study followed by approximately six questions |
Before the qualification can be awarded, students must undertake all the assessments.
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