Level 2 Business Studies
12BUS Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr B. Peel
Can you use your business skills to make a better world? Well, you’ll get the chance to in Business Studies in Year 12. We will give you the opportunity to develop a business plan that improves the wellbeing of a community group – it could be a charity, primary school or local club. In recent years we’ve had students collect $1000’s for charity through selling many products; students have worked in special needs as well as primary schools. Will you be next? But before you start, you’ll need to find-out exactly what your market wants – that’s where the unit on market research comes in.
On top of this you will have to make connections to business people and analyse how they motivate their staff; could you offer suggestions to raise productivity in a real business?
Finally, we do external papers. The first looks at the internal features a business – leadership, production and corporate culture, the things that makes a business tick. Then we look at the external factors impacting on business – laws, social ex
You will learn to:
• develop a business plan for a real business that benefits a community group
• understand and undertake market research
• develop enterprising and entrepreneurial attributes through running a business activity
• explore the dynamic nature of large businesses and their internal and external operations
Pathway Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Workbook costing approximately $41 and approximately $40 for EOTC activities. As part of the course students are in groups conducting a business activity. There may be some financial contributions involved in setting this up. Students will be encouraged to fundraise for this.
Recommended Prior Learning NCEA Level 1 – But we will look at this if you can show evidence about being successful elsewhere – business is not all about academics.
Credit Information
| Assessment | Level |
Internal or External |
Credits |
L1 Literacy Credits | UE Literacy Credits | Numeracy Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.S. 90848 v2 Business Studies 2.6 - Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance | 2 |
I |
9 |
Y |
||
| A.S. 90847 v2 Business Studies 2.5 - Investigate the application of motivation theory in a business | 2 |
I |
3 |
Y |
||
| A.S. 90846 v2 Business Studies 2.4 - Conduct market research for a new or existing product | 2 |
I |
3 |
Y |
Y |
|
| A.S. 90844 v3 Business Studies 2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how a large business responds to external factors | 2 |
E |
4 |
Y |
||
| A.S. 90843 v2 Business Studies 2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of the internal operations of a large business | 2 |
E |
4 |
Y |
||
Total Credits |
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Total Credits Available: 23 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.