Higher Business Management

Course Overview

The aims of the course are to enable learners to develop and extend:

• knowledge and understanding of the ways in which the needs of society can be satisfied by business

• understanding of how businesses use resources to achieve maximum efficiency

• understanding of the steps taken by business to improve overall performance and effectiveness

• knowledge and understanding of the main effects that external influences, such as economicvimpact and sustainability, have on organisations

Course Content

There are three main areas of study.

1. Understanding Business

2. Management of People and Finance

3. Management of Marketing and Operations

Assessment

There is an assignment and exam.

Recommended Entry

Learners would normally be expected to have the skills, knowledge and understanding attained by having studied National 5 Business Management.

Pupils with no previous experience of Business Management can achieve success in this subject provided they have good extended writing skills and will undertake a substantial amount of background reading.