Course Content
The course will develop knowledge and understanding of:

• the aims and objectives of business enterprises and other organisations; how business operates in the economy.
  
• the four main areas of business activity – Finance, Operations, Marketing and Human Resources and the role management plays in the effectiveness of business.

Pupils will use a range of resources in this course, including textbooks, business publications, newspapers and videos. The course will provide opportunities for pupils to use IT to handle, present and interpret data in realistic business contexts.

Folio/Project work
Pupils will do an internally assessed project, which will be based on a business simulation run on a CD Rom. This will form one-third of the final grade as the Practical Abilities element.

Course Assessment
Examinations will be offered at 3 levels – Foundation, General and Credit. In all papers the elements Knowledge and Understanding and Decision Making will be assessed with equal weighting being given to each element.