Business Studies
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, the problem is I don't know which half” Lord Leverhulme, British founder of Unilever
The quotations on this page provide an insight to some of the issues facing businesses in our modern world and the study of Business Studies delves deeper into such issues.
Business Studies at Ashville is taught from Year 10 upwards as an option at both GCSE and A Level. It is increasingly popular at both levels. There are a variety of business related trips and visits offered to students which include attending conferences delivered by entrepreneurs such as Theo Paphitis, production visits to companies such as Arla Foods. Business Studies looks at the functions of business which include:
- Business start-ups
- Ownership and control of business
- Aims and objectives of business
- Management of people within a business
- Finance
- Production
- Marketing
Business Studies encourages students to acquire a range of important and transferable skills. Students are expected to manipulate data in a variety of forms and to interpret their results and then to present arguments and make judgments and justified recommendations on the basis of the available evidence. Students develop the ability to recognise the nature of problems and find solutions using appropriate business tools and methods. Students learn how to plan their work, taking into account the demands of the task and the time available to complete it. Conducting research into a specific theme in preparation for one or more tasks is a significant part of both GCSE and A level study. Business Studies teaches students how to challenge their own assumptions using evidence that has become available.
The Head of Business Studies is Mrs C A Guy and the other member of staff in the department is Mrs G Mann. Our department is dynamic and progressive, and in addition all regularly share resources and ideas with other leading independent and state schools.
