Business and Management

What levels are on offer?

You can take Business and Management at Higher Level or at Standard Level.

How do I decide which to choose?

Business focuses on how a business organisation can manage its resources in order to meet its objectives, which are usually profit-maximising. In 2010 81% of our students achieved a Level 5 or above.

Higher Level Business and Management is aimed at students who enjoy any Business-related issues and those who are interested in studying the subject at an advanced stage. It incorporates aspects of marketing, finance and management of people (HRM) which have been very popular degree course choices among previous Tollbar graduates. Its major difference from GCSE or A Level is the focus on Management techniques which are of vital importance for students' future careers.
Standard Level is aimed at students who may want to choose a practical or vocational focus for their Group 3 subjects that gives them an insight into the world of work and industry and prepares them for the years ahead. There is less focus on Management techniques and financial management methods in the Standard Level course.

What will I need?

Either GCSE Business Studies or Economics (or equivalent) may be useful but are not essential. A reasonable grasp of mathematics will also be beneficial.
Students are expected to be able to perform independent research and to undertake wider reading so an interest in current business affairs is needed.

What will I study?

Business and Management is concerned with the ways in which individuals and groups interact in a dynamic and fast-changing business environment. We examine how business decisions are made and the impact of those decisions on internal and external environments. Concepts of international cooperation and responsible citizenship are at the heart of the course. In IB Business and Management students have been to a business seminar with Theo Paphitis and visited the Coca Cola factory in Leeds.

How will I be assessed?

Higher Level: students sit two external exams worth 75% of the grade and produce a 2000 word Research Plan and Project worth 25%.
Standard Level: students sit two external exams worth 75% of the grade and produce a 1500 word Written Assignment worth 25%.