Sixth Form Subject Choices 2021 - Flipbook - Page 15
What is the course content and how is it assessed?
A Level:
The A Level incorporates the following ten topics:
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What is business?
Managers, leadership and decision making.
Decision making to improve marketing performance.
Decision making to improve operational performance.
Decision making to improve financial performance.
Decision making to improve human resource performance.
Analysing the strategic position of a business;
Choosing strategic direction;
Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies;
Managing strategic change.
A Level assessment
The A Level is assessed by three two hour written exams at the end of the course:
Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions, short answer and two essays.
Paper 2: Three compulsory data response questions;
Paper 3: One compulsory case study consisting of six questions.
Testing quantitative skills:
The Business Studies A Level assesses quantitative skills, making a minimum of 10% of the overall marks.
The skills tested include ratios, averages, fractions, percentages and calculation of profit and loss.
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