Business Studies 

What is Business Studies about?

Ākonga in Business Studies will learn the fundamental concepts viable businesses use to make decisions and improve business operations over time to become sustainable and successful. Sustainability and success in business involves aspiring to meet the multiple bottom line: people, planet, profit, and purpose. Through innovation, informed decision-making, critical and creative problem-solving, effective communication, and whakawhanaungatanga, ākonga will understand how businesses balance and prioritise each aspect of the multiple bottom line in order to respond and adapt to internal and external factors.

By allowing ākonga to apply business knowledge and theory to practical, hands-on learning that draws from their personal strengths and abilities, Business Studies aims to equip them with essential life skills that foster an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset. The subject helps to build financial literacy, interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication, and resilience, as well as encouraging curiosity and creativity to find better ways of doing things for the benefit of all. Ultimately, businesses are about people, and whether they be the customers who generate profit or the employees who drive production, these stakeholders should be at the forefront of all business planning and decision-making. With this knowledge, ākonga will recognise how their businesses can contribute to the economic, social, environmental, and cultural wellbeing of Aotearoa New Zealand.