GCSE Business
Subject leader: Elaine Benjamin
Exam board: Edexel
Course Description:
This course teaches students to understand business concepts and the impact of business on individuals and wider society. Students can then apply this knowledge to different types and sizes of businesses in local, national and global contexts.
This in turn develops students to be enterprising individuals with the ability to think commercially and creatively solve business problems. They are able to develop their financial knowledge relevant to business such as using and interpreting data.
Course Units
Theme 1: Investigating small business
- Topic 1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Topic 1.2 Spotting a business opportunity
- Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice
- Topic 1.4 Making the business effective
- Topic 1.5 Understanding external influences on business
Theme 2: Building a business
- Topic 2.1 Growing the business
- Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions
- Topic 2.3 Making operational decisions
- Topic 2.4 Making financial decisions
- Topic 2.5 Making human resource decisions
Assessment:
100% examination
Two papers each 1 hour and 30 minutes and 90 marks
Why should I study this course?
Student Quote:
‘GSCE Business helped me to grasp a better understanding of how businesses are set up, developed and how they can become successful.’ -Ciara
