Business
Examination Board: Edexcel Business A-level will enable you to understand how businesses make decisions and the challenges they face. It will develop your knowledge and understanding of all areas of business including finance, strategy, marketing, human resources and production, as well as the economic environment in which businesses operate. Business A-level will develop your decisionmaking and problem-solving skills and enable you to tackle complex business decisions, considering a wide variety of factors, in a structured manner. You will learn about many topical issues affecting a wide range of companies. To succeed in the Business A-level, you need to be very comfortable with numbers, data 36
and graphs. Students should be at ease with ratios and percentages as these calculations and relationships are at the core of analysing the financial success of companies. This subject suits students who enjoy discussion and have an interest in business and an entrepreneurial spirit. A-level Business lends itself to many degree courses including Marketing, Management or Business Administration. Alternatively, the course provides a useful bridge for those students thinking of working in their gap year or going straight into the world of work. Business develops students’ analytical and decision-making skills, which are useful in a wide range of practical and academic fields. At the beginning of the course, you will learn about how businesses start, what is required
