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Business Studies A Level

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Getting Ahead

Business Studies A Level at Havant Campus

Welcome to Business Studies A Level. We look forward to you studying the subject and joining in September. The subject is a highly successful A Level, with excellent results over many years and students progressing into various business-related fields.

The Getting Ahead work that we have set you will help you get to grips with some of the key concepts involved in this course and the business environment we live in. Building these foundations now will put you in good stead when you begin the course in September.

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You should…. Research two businesses 1) An International Business and 2) A UK based Business and link this to the 6 questions listed below.  These six questions link to the 6 units you will study in your first year of study. 

 This will provide you with knowledge of two Businesses that you hopefully can relate to theory over the two years, as well and learning a few elements for units without releasing it. 

 Then in the first lesson when doing introductions to Business A level at Havant, this could form part of a discussion for all students in that lesson. Create a A4 page summarising the answers to these questions for each business. 

 

  1. What is the Businesses mission statement (Unit 1)  
  2. Who is the leader (CEO) of the business, analyse how they manage the staff? (Unit 2)  
  3. What product(s)/service(s) does the Business offer; what is the selling price of the product(s)/services(s); How does the Business promote its product/service to customer; where are the product(s)/service(s) available to customer to buy?  (Unit 3) 
  4. How are these product(s)/service(s) made – handmade or made by machines? (Unit 4) 
  5. Access the annual financial report from financial times or on their website – how much profit has the business made over the last few years? This information could also be gained from News articles. (Unit 5)  
  6. What is the organisational structure of the business? Are there lots of layers of management or a few layers? (Unit 6)  

     

Meet your Teachers

  • construction t level lecturer will sparrow

    Will Sparrow

  • business teacher sharon bradshaw

    Sharon Bradshaw

  • business teacher jamie harrison

    Jamie Harrison

  • business teacher hayley terry

    Hayley Terry

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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