The six AS units are: - Why businesses exist, business objectives and different business forms. - Managers, leadership and decision making – what management do, leadership styles, management decision making and stakeholders. - Performance – marketing objectives, primary and secondary research, segmentation, target markets, the marketing mix. - Decision making to improve operational performance – operational objectives, analysing operational performance, improving quality, increasing efficiency and labour productivity - Decision making to improve financial performance – financial objectives, budgeting, breakeven, cash flow, profitability, sources of finance. - Decision making to improve human resource performance – training, ethical and environmental influences, market conditions, improving motivation. The four other units which students study for the whole A level are: - Analysing the strategic position of a business – SWOT analysis, strategy and tactics, internal and external influences on corporate objectives, assessing short term and long term performance, political and legal issues. - Choosing strategic direction – Ansoff matrix, strategic positioning, and difficulties of maintaining competitive advantage. - Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies – how to manage and overcome problems of growth or retrenchment, assessing methods of growth, assessing innovation, assessing use of digital technology. - Managing strategic change – managing organisational culture, pressures of change, barriers to change, managing strategic implementation, why strategies fail.
- If Business has been studied at GCSE, a minimum of a Grade 6 or above. - It is not necessary for Business to have been studied at GCSE level for it to be taken at A Level. Students need at least 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including Maths and English at Grade 6 or above. - The minimum general requirements for Sixth Form entry are a minimum of 5 GCSE Grade 4s including English and Maths.
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| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Warwickshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Welsh Road West, Southam, CV47 0JW |
The six AS units are: - Why businesses exist, business objectives and different business forms. - Managers, leadership and decision making – what management do, leadership styles, management decision making and stakeholders. - Performance – marketing objectives, primary and secondary research, segmentation, target markets, the marketing mix. - Decision making to improve operational performance – operational objectives, analysing operational performance, improving quality, increasing efficiency and labour productivity - Decision making to improve financial performance – financial objectives, budgeting, breakeven, cash flow, profitability, sources of finance. - Decision making to improve human resource performance – training, ethical and environmental influences, market conditions, improving motivation. The four other units which students study for the whole A level are: - Analysing the strategic position of a business – SWOT analysis, strategy and tactics, internal and external influences on corporate objectives, assessing short term and long term performance, political and legal issues. - Choosing strategic direction – Ansoff matrix, strategic positioning, and difficulties of maintaining competitive advantage. - Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies – how to manage and overcome problems of growth or retrenchment, assessing methods of growth, assessing innovation, assessing use of digital technology. - Managing strategic change – managing organisational culture, pressures of change, barriers to change, managing strategic implementation, why strategies fail.
- If Business has been studied at GCSE, a minimum of a Grade 6 or above. - It is not necessary for Business to have been studied at GCSE level for it to be taken at A Level. Students need at least 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including Maths and English at Grade 6 or above. - The minimum general requirements for Sixth Form entry are a minimum of 5 GCSE Grade 4s including English and Maths.