Business Studies

KEY STAGE 4

Qualification: GCSE Business Studies

Examination Board: Edexcel

Exam Specification

Theme 1: Investigating Small Business

This unit contains five topics. Enterprise and entrepreneurship, spotting a business opportunity, putting a business idea into practice, making the business effective and understanding external influences on business.

Theme 2: Building a Business

This unit contains five topics. Growing the business, making marketing decisions, making operational decisions, making financial decisions and making human resource decisions.

Theme 1: Investigating Small Business (50% Exam in Year 11)

Theme 2: Building a Business (50% Exam in Year 11)