A-level Business Studies

£495.00

Your Gateway to Success in the Modern World. An A-level in Business equips you with the essential skills and knowledge to thrive in the fast-paced world of business. This dynamic, interdisciplinary course covers key areas such as accountancy, management science, economics, social psychology, and law, giving you a well-rounded understanding of how businesses operate and succeed.

Whether you’re aiming for a leadership role, career advancement, or planning to launch your own business, this course provides the strategic thinking, financial literacy, and decision-making skills needed to excel in any business environment.

SKU: X908 Categories: ,

250 – 300 Study Hours

Level 3 Difficulty

Up to 56 UCAS Points

AQA Awarding Body

Course Overview

You’ll be required to complete three standard A-level written exams:

  • Paper 1: 2 hours, 33.3% of A-level, 100 marks.
  • Paper 2: 2 hours, 33.3% of A-level, 100 marks.
  • Paper 3: 2 hours, 33.3% of A-level, 100 marks.

These exams contain a mixture of short and long answer questions and extended response questions.

Course Content

  • Different types of business
  • Mission statements
  • Business and the external environment
  • Environmental issues and fair trade
  • Cost and demand
  • Difference between managers and leaders
  • Types of management and leadership styles
  • Influences on the styles of management and leaders
  • The types of decisions a business makes
  • Stakeholders
  • The purpose of marketing
  • Marketing objectives
  • Ethical and environmental marketing object objectives
  • Types of market research
  • Qualitative market research
  • Quantitative market research
  • Market mapping
  • Understanding extrapolation
  • Interpretation of price and income elasticities of demand
  • Segmentation, targeting and positioning
  • The marketing mix
  • The promotional mix
  • The product life cycle
  • Types of distribution channel
  • Digital marketing and E-commerce
  • Setting operational objectives
  • Analysing operational performance
  • Increasing efficiency and productivity
  • Managing quality
  • Managing inventory and supply chains
  • Types of financial objective
  • Return on investment
  • The distinction between cash flow and profit
  • Gross profit, operating profit, and profit for the year
  • Types of budget
  • Value of budgeting
  • How to analyse profitability
  • Different sources of finance
  • Improving cash flow and profits
  • Human resource objectives
  • Maintaining good employer and employee relations
  • Internal and external influences on HR objectives and decisions
  • Organisational structures and influences
  • Recruitment
  • Human resource / workforce planning
  • Importance of effective recruitment and selection
  • Training
  • Redeployment
  • Redundancy
  • Theories of motivation
  • Methods of employee representation
  • Mission corporate objectives and strategy
  • The distinction between strategy and tactics
  • SWOT Analyses
  • The value of a SWOT Analysis
  • Analysing balance sheets
  • Classifying business expenditure
  • Profitability and performance ratios
  • Financial performance indicators
  • Political and legal change
  • Economic change and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • Social and technological change
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting
  • Competitive environment
  • The factors influencing which markets to compete in and which products to offer
  • Ansoff’s Matrix
  • Competitive advantage
  • The differences between organic and external growth
  • Issues involved with managing growth
  • The experience curve
  • Greiner’s Model of Growth
  • Assessing innovation
  • Assessing internationalisation
  • The pressures to adopt digital technology
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
  • Causes of and pressures for change
  • The value of change
  • The value of a flexible organisation
  • Organic structures vs mechanistic structures
  • Managing information and knowledge
  • Kotter and Schlesinger’s Four Reasons for Resistance to Change
  • The importance of organisational culture
  • The influences on organisational culture
  • Managing strategic implementation
  • Planned vs emergent strategy
  • The value of strategic planning
  • The value of contingency planning
  • Paper 1
  • Paper 2
  • Paper 3
  • Awarding body: AQA
  • Our course code: X908W
  • Qualification code: 7132

The AQA qualifications are internationally recognised and taught in 30 countries around the world, highly valued by employers and universities and enable young people to progress to the next stage of their lives. AQA qualifications suit a range of abilities and include GCSEs, IGCSEs and A-levels.

Entry Requirements

A general education up to GCSE level or equivalent is recommended for this course. This is an online course so you will also need access to the internet.

Distance Learning

With online A-level study, you’ll sit the same exams and earn the same qualifications as you would in a traditional school setting, but with the flexibility to study when and where it suits you.
Your final results and transcript will be identical to those of students who studied in a classroom, ensuring your A-levels are fully recognised and respected by colleges, universities, and employers worldwide. Whether you’re looking to broaden your subject choices, balance study with other commitments, or take control of your learning, distance learning gives you the freedom to achieve your academic goals on your terms.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. There will be additional fees for your exams that are payable to the centre upon booking. Your personal tutor can provide more details.
Yes! You study the same curriculum, take the same examinations and get the same qualification. The only difference is that the course is specially designed to be studied from home in your own time.
You will have access to your personal tutor, via email, who will mark your assignments and guide you through the course to help you get ready for your examinations. In addition, you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process. Assignments are marked by your personal tutor within 5 days. Your personal tutor will be highly experienced in their subject area and qualified to teach.
You will need to pay separately for your final examinations. Additional texts may also need to be purchased to supplement your learning on the course.
We are able to offer places at partnership exam centres across the UK for our students, therefore, guaranteeing an exam venue. If you choose to find your own exam centre, you can, you will need to register with them as an external or private candidate. Fees vary across the country so we recommend enquiring prior to enrolment.
That’s fine, this course can be studied anywhere and is completed by submitting Tutor marked assignments (TMAs).
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