Business Management

Course Overview

This course is theoretical and experiential in its nature. Skills, knowledge and understanding are enhanced through a range of real life contexts within the broad discipline of Business Management. The combination of knowledge of current business theory with practical aspects of learning will enable learners to apply their skills and knowledge to real -life business situations. By developing many transferable skills, the course prepares learners for everyday life, the world of work or further study of business and other business-related disciplines. It extends and deepens their understanding of business and highlights a range of business-based career opportunities that are available within all business sectors.

Understanding Business: Learners will extend their understanding of the ways in which organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors operate.They will carry out activities that highlight the opportunities and constraints on these organisations in the pursuit of their strategic goal. This unit also allows learners to analyse and evaluate the impact that the external environment has on the organisation's activity and to consider the implication of a range of external factors that affect an organisation's decision making.

Management of People and FInance: Learners will develop skills and knowledge that will deepen their understanding and critical awareness of the issues facing organisations in the management of people and finance. It will allow them to carry out activities that will extend their grasp of relevant theories, concepts and procedures used in planning for an organisation's success - including leadership, motivation and finance. It will also allow learners to explain analyse and evaluate business information in each of these contexts, relating to business structure and activity.

Management of Marketing and Operations: Learners will extend their knowledge that will deepen their understanding of the importance to orgaisations of having effective marketing and operations systems. It will allow them to carry out activities that will extend their grasp of relevant theories, concepts and procedures used to imporve and/or maintain quality and competitiveness. It will also provide learners with a firm grasp of the importance of satisfying both internal and external customers' needs, along with critical awareness of the issues facing organisations in relation to marketing and operations.

Homework

You will receive homework on a regular basis. This may consist of completing an exercise started in class, completing a homework sheet, revising for an end of topic test (timed questions), completing past paper questions or undertaking research/investigation work in preparation for the assignment.

Assessment Approaches

Course assessment at Higher:

• Assignment – 30 marks (25%)

• Question Paper: 90 marks (75%)