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Business BTEC Level 3 Diploma

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Getting Ahead

Business BTEC Level 3 Diploma at South Downs Campus

This work will help you to prepare for your Business course. Understanding how businesses work will be a key part of the assignment work you will undertake when you start your course in September.

Did you know? Amazon started out as an online bookstore from the founder’s garage!

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Research the history of Amazon using reliable sources of information. You should investigate warehouse operations, production set-up, staffing levels, markets they operate in – how has this changed since the beginning?

Create a slideshow presentation and add speaker notes in the notes section with added detail to support your slides.

You can use the following resources, alongside your own research:

Check out the resources section for more.

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