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Business

A Level - OCR Course H431

Year 1 

Considers smaller, predominantly UK based firms and how they operate in their local and national environment.
  • Introduction to Business
  • Business Objectives and Strategy
  • External Influences
  • Accounting and Finance within a Business Environment
  • Human Resource Management within a Business Environment
  • Marketing within a Business Environment
  • The Production Process

Year 2 

This will include further development of the topics below, look at the bigger (more strategic) angle and considers how firms compete in the global environment.
 
  • Introduction to Business
    • Includes franchises
  • Business Objectives and Strategy
    • Includes corporate social responsibility and contingency planning
  • External Influences
    • Includes emerging markets and the global environment
  • Change
    • Causes of change and managing change
  • Accounting and Finance within a Business Environment
    • Including accounting concepts, detailed ratio analysis
  • Human Resource Management within a Business Environment
    • Including workforce planning, communication and functions of management
  • Marketing within a Business Environment
    • Including strategic marketing models
  • The Production Process
    • Including the production process and operational strategy
 
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