ADVANCED HIGHER

Entry Level:
Higher Business Management.

Summary of Course Content
The course is made up of two units.

• The Management Context - 40 hours
• Business Investigation - 80 hours

The Management Context unit looks at the current business environment and how various policies such as the Common Agricultural Policy and European Monetary Union have impacted on the activities of business. It also addresses management / motivation theory and looks at the theories of management experts such as Mintzberg, Fayol and Hawthorne. The Management Context unit looks at the causes and the effects of change within an organisation.

The Business Investigation unit looks at a similar spread of topics as the Higher course, but in greater detail. These topics include the internal organisation of businesses, their organisational aims and objectives, SWOT analyses of organisations, sources of finance and assistance available, the marketing mix of a business, the operations function, and the human resource function. In addition the pupils will study successful time management and look closely at the behavioural qualities of the business owner in terms of personal assertiveness, the ability to cope with risk and uncertainty, communication skills and organisational abilities.

Assessment & Examinations
Each unit will be assessed with a series of internal assessments, which will be undertaken by the pupil during class time. The external examination will take the form of a 2½ hour written paper worth 100 marks, split into two sections each worth 50 marks.

Folio/Project Work:
None required