'A' Level Business Studies

Exam Board and syllabus code

AQA ADV Business Studies – award code 7132

Year 12 Content

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

Year 13 Content

In addition to the Year 12 content, students will also study:

Unit 7– Analysing strategic position of a business

Unit 8 – Choosing strategic direction

Unit 9 – Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies

Unit 10 –Managing strategic change

Assessment

ADV Business Studies Paper 1

Written Paper (2 hours)
100 marks/33.3%

ADV Business Studies Paper 2

Written Paper (2 hours)
100 marks/33.3%

ADV Business Studies Paper 3

Written Paper (2 hours)
100 marks/33.3%

Home Learning

Home learning is set regularly throughout the fortnight and will take pupils up to one hour to complete. Tasks range from practice questions to independent research and will link closely to the lesson content.

How Parents and Carers Can Support

Parents and carers can encourage pupils to complete home learning and engage with the content.

Parents may find it useful to go onto the useful links below to get a feel for the subject specific content covered during the course.

Prior to exams, parents and carers can encourage pupils to create a revision timetable to ensure revision exams is spaced evenly.

Additional Support Available/Useful Links