"Courage & Confidence" | St Madeleine Sophie Barat
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Founded in 1905 by the Sacred Heart Society
CURRICULUM:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT STAFF
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:
MR M SIMPSON
Teaching Staff: Mrs L Cherryman-Clark, Miss A Parkin
KEY STAGE 3
Business & Economics are not taught at Key Stage 3.
KEY STAGE 4
GCSE Business Studies
Unit 1 – Business activity, Marketing and People – external exam (50% of GCSE)
Unit 2 –Operations, Finance and External Influences– external exam (50% of GCSE)
Examination Board: OCR
KEY STAGE 5
GCE A – Level Business
Unit 1 - What is business?
Unit 2 - Managers, leadership and decision making
Unit 3 - Decision making to improve marketing performance
Unit 4 - Decision making to improve operational performance
Unit 5 - Decision making to improve financial performance
Unit 6 - Decision making to improve human resource performance
Unit 7 - Analysing the strategic position of a business
Unit 8 - Choosing strategic direction
Unit 9 - Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies
Unit 10 - Managing strategic change
Exam Board: AQA
GCE A - Level Economics
Unit 1 – Microeconomics
Unit 2 - Macroeconomics
Unit 3 – Themes in economics
Exam Board: OCR