Business (A Level)

Studying Business has great relevance to a wide range of employment and university courses because it is all around us. This subject allows students to develop an enthusiasm for studying business through gaining a holistic understanding of business in a range of contexts. This is a subject that requires an enquiring and analytical mind, an aptitude for calculating data and a keen interest in current affairs and world financial news.

During the course, students will gain an understanding of business organisations, how they organise themselves and what factors have an impact on their success. You will examine the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities faced by organisations and individuals including the strategies they use to achieve success. You will also have the opportunity to explore the world of work through work experience and internship placements. Business students participate in several external events and initiatives, which can develop your employability skills.

If you are studying at Attlee Academy:

The overall purpose of the programme is to study the internal functions of contemporary business organisations. You will also learn how to recognise the nature of problems in businesses, solving problems and making decisions using appropriate business tools. These skills will enable you to gain the experience needed to secure internships, progress toward completing a Business Management degree or going into full-time employment.

If you're studying at Havering Sixth Form:

• Acquire a range of relevant business and generic skills, including decision-making, problem solving and critical analysis
• Apply numerical skills in a range of business contexts
• Business decisions and strategy
• Decision making, problem solving and numerical skills
• Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility
• Generate enterprising and creative approaches to business opportunities, problems and issues
• Global business
• Investigate real business situations. Examine and think critically about the problems they face
• Managing business activities
• Marketing and people
• Understand that business behaviour can be studied from a range of perspectives; small scale to global

If you're studying at Attlee A Level Academy:

• Analysing the strategic position of a business
• Choosing strategic direction
• Decision making to improve human resource performance
• Decision making to improve marketing performance
• Decision making to improve operational performance
• Managers, leadership and decision making
• Managing strategic change
• Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies
• What is business?