Project Description
Course Overview
AQA Qualification Code: 7132
Our AQA A-level Business online course is known as an inter-disciplinary subject where you combine elements of accountancy, leadership, economics, social psychology, and law. Business is a contemporary and “real world” subject sought after by many employers!
The A-level Business online course will give you a thorough grounding in the skills required for today’s rapidly changing business world. You will gain skills in all aspects of running a business and we even cover the skills required to start your own. Once complete, you’ll fully understand and appreciate the nature and scope of business, and the role it plays in society.
On this course, you will develop a critical understanding of different business forms, the markets they serve, and the process of adding value. A-Level Business online course will give you the tools and information required to understand how businesses are created, managed, and become successful, making you a real asset for future employers.
Our online course is delivered via our online learning platform as this provides learners with a dynamic and engaging experience.
The learning resources are in a range of different media including videos, quizzes, and interactive activities.
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Course Contents
The course is structured into bite-sized parts:
- Understanding the nature and purpose of business
- Understanding different business forms
- Understanding that businesses operate within an external
environment
- Understanding management, leadership and decision making
- Understanding management decision making
- Understanding the role and importance of stakeholders
- Setting marketing objectives
- Understanding markets and customers
- Making marketing decisions: segmentation, targeting, positioning
- Making marketing decisions: using the marketing mix
- Setting operational objectives
- Analysing operational performance
- Making operational decisions to improve performance:
increasing efficiency and productivity - Making operational decisions to improve performance:
improving quality - Making operational decisions to improve performance:
managing inventory and supply chains
- Setting financial objectives
- Analysing financial performance
- Making financial decisions: sources of finance
- Making financial decisions: improving cash flow and profits
- Setting human resource objectives
- Analysing human resource performance
- Making human resource decisions: improving organisational design
and managing the human resource flow - Making human resource decisions: improving motivation and engagement
- Making human resource decisions: improving employer-employee
relations
- Mission, corporate objectives and strategy
- Analysing the existing internal position of a business to assess
strengths and weaknesses: financial ratio analysis - Analysing the existing internal position of a business to assess
strengths and weaknesses: overall performance - Analysing the external environment to assess opportunities and
threats: political and legal change - Analysing the external environment to assess opportunities and
threats: economic change - Analysing the external environment to assess opportunities and threats: social and technological
- Analysing the external environment to assess opportunities and threats: the competitive environment
- Analysing strategic options: investment appraisal
- Strategic direction: choosing which markets to compete in and what products to offer
- Strategic positioning: choosing how to compete
- Assessing a change in scale
- Assessing innovation
- Assessing internationalisation
- Assessing greater use of digital technology
- Managing change
- Managing organisational culture
- Managing strategic implementation
- Problems with strategy and why strategies fail
There are no previous entry requirements for this course
Assessment
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course.
To achieve the full Business A Level you will be assessed across all 3 parts. All parts will be assessed by three paper-based examinations.
Course Duration
You will have 2 year to complete the full A Level Business online course from the date you start the course. You will be able to study at your own pace and in your own time.
Study Method
This course enables you to study for a A Level in Business by online learning. Full tutor support is available via email, so help is only a click away!
Course Outcome
A Level in Business (you must take the A Level exams and to achieve this). Upon successful completion of the exams, you will receive an A Level in Business issued by AQA.
Thinking of Going to University?
A Levels are assessed primarily through examinations, and in some cases, coursework and/or practicals too, which are then combined to give a final grade. If you are planning to go on to higher education, this grade can then be translated into Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) points. You will be awarded up to 56 points per A Level which can then be added together to reach the total number of UCAS points required by your chosen university.
Exam Details
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Swansea Online Learning College can provide a guaranteed exam space in our affiliated exam centre, taking away the hassle of needing to find your own.
Register for your exams today…
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