A-Level Business

Upon successful completion of this A Level you will be eligible to progress to a wide range of degree programmes at University including a number of business management degree programmes at University Centre Peterborough. Visit here: https://www.ucp.ac.uk/ for course details.

The skills you learn are transferable across a broad range of subjects and careers. Whatever you choose to do in the future, you’ll find that the things you learn in this course will help. For example, you’ll probably work with lots of different people, so knowledge of motivational theory will help you to work well with others and help them achieve their potential.

This course is for students who want to gain an introduction to key business areas such as marketing, operations, finance, human resources and management with a special focus on decision-making. You will learn essential managerial skills alongside techniques to help you become an analytical problem solver through the investigation of the strategic decisions that all businesses have to make.

The A-level Business course introduces you to a range of business concepts and strategies, providing a solid foundation for further study. With a focus on helping you to become a good decision maker, you’ll learn essential managerial skills, alongside techniques to help you become an analytical problem solver. These skills are all highly sought after and valued in a wide range of
careers.

You will study the following units:

• What is business?
• Managers, Leadership and Decision-Making
• Marketing Operations
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Strategic Methods
• Direction and Positioning of a business
• Managing Strategic Change