COURSE OVERVIEW

There are 5 units in this course:

Understanding Business: Discovering how businesses operate in society, their objectives, how they grow, factors impacting them, stakeholders, structures and decision making models.

Marketing: Exploring how to undertake market research, determining the product, price, place and promotion and how to satisfy customers.

Operations: Analysing inventory management, methods of production, how to ensure quality, and ethical and environmental issues at an advanced level.

Human Resources: Researching workforce planning, training and development, motivation and leadership, employee relations and legislation.

Research skills: Analysing a real business and presenting a formal business report with conclusions and recommendations.

METHODOLOGY

We use teacher-led discussion, cooperative group work and many formative assessment strategies to give pupils the opportunity to demonstrate and improve their knowledge, practical skills and skills for learning, life and work.

ASSESSMENT

Pupils are formally assessed using SQA assessment resources. At Higher level there are three units of work which are assessed – there is one formal assessment per unit. We also issue homework which covers each unit of work. This homework is a vital part of the course as it helps to develop the answering techniques which are vital for success at Higher. The final grade comprises an external question paper during the exam diet (70 marks) and a report which is produced internally but externally marked (30 marks).

RECORDING & REPORTING

The SQA assessments and homework results form the basis for the comments in parental reports. These results are also used to inform decisions about level presentation.

We use teacher-led discussion, cooperative group work and many formative assessment strategies to give pupils the opportunity to demonstrate and improve their knowledge, practical skills and skills for learning, life and work.

Pupils are formally assessed using SQA assessment resources. At Higher level there are three units of work which are assessed – there is one formal assessment per unit. We also issue homework which covers each unit of work. This homework is a vital part of the course as it helps to develop the answering techniques which are vital for success at Higher. The final grade comprises an external question paper during the exam diet (70 marks) and a report which is produced internally but externally marked (30 marks).

The SQA assessments and homework results form the basis for the comments in parental reports. These results are also used to inform decisions about level presentation. There is no formal exam for this course.