Courses / AS/A Level Business Studies
AS/A Level Business Studies
- Provider
- Suffolk New College
- Course ID
- BUSS, BUSS2
- Summary
- The aim of this full-time course is to develop a critical understanding of organisations, the context in which they operate and the markets they serve.
About the Course
- Target
- Students need to take an active interest in the world, in which we live and work to benefit fully from this subject.
- Entry requirements
- You will need to have 5 GCSE's at grade C or above, including English and Maths and at least three other different subjects (double science can be counted as two different subjects).
- Outcome
- The AS course in Business Studies is self-contained, but leads on to a second year of study (the A2). Module results in the AS and the A2 are combined to provide an 'A' level award after two years.
- Qualifications
- AS/A Level in Business Studies
- Content
- The AS course involves the study of two separate units:
Unit 1 BUSS1
Planning and Financing a Business
Starting a Business - introduction to Business Studies, overview of activities involved in setting up a small business
Financial Planning - essential financial concepts, basic relationships between finance and other organisational functions.
Unit 2 BUSS2
Managing a Business
Finance - using budgets, improving cash flow and profits
People - organisational design, recruitment, selection, training, motivation
Operations Management - operational decisions, quality, customer
service, suppliers, technology
Marketing and Competition - designing and using an effective marketing mix, market conditions and competitiveness.
Key features of the A2 course in Business Studiesinclude:
Unit 3 BUSS3
Strategies for Success
Financial strategies and accounts - financial information, measuring
performance, making investment decisions
Marketing strategies - analysing markets and selecting successful
marketing strategies, developing marketing plans
Operations strategies - operational issues, innovation, location,
improving operational efficiency
HR strategies - workforce planning, adapting organisational structures,
successful employee relations.
Unit 4 BUSS4
The Business Environment and Managing Change
Mission, aims and objectives - purpose and nature of corporate
strategies, stakeholder perspectives
External influences - the effects of changes in the economic, political,
social, ethical and technological environment and responses of business
Managing change - planning for change, leadership and corporate
culture, making strategic decisions, managing change, decision making. - Cost
- Please contact Suffolk New College for course costs.
- Enrolment
- Please contact Suffolk New College for details.
Availability
- Starts
- September 2008
- Duration
- AS Level, one year. Full A Level, two years
- Timetable
- Most full-time AS or A2 students will attend college for a minimum of 19 hours per week, which will be between 9am and 4.40pm and will study approximately 5 hours of study per each AS or A2 subject. Times of classes vary according to the other AS/A2 subjects that you are taking. You do not have to stay in college when not required to be in a class, but there are ample opportunities to complete private study and homework tasks in the College Library and elsewhere.
- Provider
- Suffolk New College
Venue and Contact details
Main
Rope Walk
IPSWICH
IP4 1LT
Telephone 01473 296606
Email info@suffolk.ac.uk
Website www.suffolk.ac.uk
Contact Tracey Bailey
Contact Notes Sue Nunn
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