Specification

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Specification
(PDF), Last Updated: 02 August 2010
For first teaching from September 2009, for first award in Summer 2011.

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GCSE Applied Business: Controlled Assessment (S/IF/89/11)
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Our GCSE Applied Business course is divided into seven themes:

  • Business Start Up;
  • Production;
  • Finance;
  • Marketing;
  • Managing People;
  • Business Growth; and
  • Business Plan.

These are outlined in more detail in the table below:

Theme Content
Business Start Up
  • Business ownership
  • Business aims
  • Stakeholders
  • Resources of business
  • Entrepreneurs
Production
  • Types of production
  • Methods of production
  • Health and safety
Finance
  • Sources of finance
  • Cash flow forecasts
  • Ratios
  • Break-even
Marketing
  • Market research
  • Competition
  • Marketing mix
Managing People
  • Recruitment
  • Selection
  • Developing people
Business Growth
  • Business success or failure
  • Business growth
  • International business
Business Plan
  • Business plan

For more information, see the specification.