Why study Business Studies?
If you are going to succeed as an entrepreneur, you need to have great ideas and plan how you are going to put them into practice. Any enterprise needs to plan how it will succeed through working out how it can harness physical, financial and human resources – which means the skills that you and others bring.
Enterprise is the set of skills and characteristics that an entrepreneur requires in order to be innovative, including creativity, risk-aversion, inventiveness and dedication. It is also the name given to a small start-up business.
Entrepreneurship can be incredibly rewarding both financially and on a personal level. This course aims to get you thinking about starting your own business and becoming a successful entrepreneur.
What will you learn?
This GCSE specification introduces learners to the business world, empowering them to develop as commercially minded and enterprising individuals. Learners will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, enabling them to use business information critically, to develop arguments, to make justified decisions and to prepare them for further study and career pathways. The focus of the specification is to introduce and nurture an enthusiasm for studying business in a range of contexts. Learners will appreciate how businesses operate in a dynamic and competitive environment and develop an understanding of the interdependent nature of business functions from a local to a global perspective.
“Building a successful business is about more than just making money - it’s about creating a great life for everyone around you, including those who work for you.”
The content is presented in six clear and distinct topic areas:
Business activity Influences on business
Business operations
Finance
Marketing
Human resources
How is the course assessed?
There will be written exams at the end of Y11.