AS & A2 Level Business Studies Revision Notes

Subject: Business Studies and Economics
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 16 - 18
Order Number: 2015

Designed for Business students aged 16+ these notes cover the main AS and A2 level exam topics, as well as those for the International Baccalaureat and even for the first year of Business-related degree course.

Notes are divided into:

1. The Business itself - type and size, how organised, the 'stakeholders', different departments eg Human Resources, Marketing, Production, Accounts', effects of change.
2. The Business in the Market - reacting to customers' wants, effects of change, type of competition, opportunities eg. The E.U.'s 'Single Market'.
3. The Business in the Economy - effects of change e.g. employment law, taxes, interest rates, exchange rates, 'recession', or other political, social and/or legal external factors.

Case studies (real or realistic) feature in most 'Advanced' syllabuses and exams and the notes make it easier to apply important business ideas and information to the particular context.

Encouraging productive structured revision (e.g. with highlighter pens and 'own comments') these notes are an excellent stage between the textbook and the individual's own last-stage revision notes or 'cue-cards'. Using their own copy of the notes encourages the candidate to take 'ownership' of their own revision, and helps maintain their crucial self-esteem as the exam pressures build.

Designed to assist the candidate with 'showing off in the right sort of way', to get high exam marks, the notes encourage development of the 2 highest skills, ANALYSIS (Breaking down information logically, for example, under headings) and EVALUATION (coming to conclusions after weighing up valid/relevant evidence).