Please find the A Level Business Knowledge Organisers.

This theme enables students to understand how businesses identify opportunities and to explore how businesses focus on developing a competitive advantage through interacting with customers. Students develop an understanding of how businesses need to adapt their marketing to operate in a dynamic business environment.

This theme also considers people, exploring how businesses recruit, train, organise and motivate employees, as well as the role of enterprising individuals and leaders.

Students must investigate different types and sizes of organisation in various business sectors and environments, and in local, national and global contexts.

To develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in business, students need to have acquired competence in quantitative skills that are relevant to and applied in the context of this theme (see Appendix 3: Quantitative skills).

This theme enables students to develop an understanding of raising and managing finance, and measuring business performance.

The theme outlines the importance of using resources efficiently within a business to ensure that goods or services can be delivered effectively and efficiently, and to a high quality.

Students also consider the external influences that have an impact on businesses, including economic and legal factors.

Students must investigate different types and sizes of organisation in various business sectors and environments, and in local, national and global contexts.

To develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in business, students need to have acquired competence in quantitative skills that are relevant to and applied in the context of this theme (see Appendix 3: Quantitative skills). For this theme, students will need to be aware of the accounting ratios outlined in Appendix 4: Accounting ratios.

This theme moves from functions to strategy, enabling students to develop their understanding of the core concepts and to take a strategic view of business opportunities and issues. Students analyse corporate objectives and strategy against financial and non-financial performance measures and how businesses grow, and develop an understanding of the impact of external influences.

The theme covers the causes and effects of change and how businesses mitigate risk and uncertainty. Students must investigate different types and sizes of organisation in various business sectors and environments, and in local, national and global contexts.

To develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in business, students need to have acquired competence in quantitative skills that are relevant to and applied in the context of this theme (see Appendix 3: Quantitative skills). For this theme, students will need to be aware of the accounting ratios outlined in Appendix 4: Accounting ratios.

Students investigate businesses that trade on a global scale and explore their reasons for doing so. Students develop an understanding of the globally competitive environment and consider the ethical and moral dimensions of global business activities.

Students must investigate different types and sizes of organisation in various business sectors and environments, and in local, national and global contexts.

To develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in business, students need to have acquired competence in quantitative skills that are relevant to and applied in the context of this theme (see Appendix 3: Quantitative skills).