What is Business?
This dynamic and engaging A level Business course offers you an exciting opportunity to explore how real businesses operate in a changing world. You’ll learn why businesses exist, how they make decisions, how they respond to internal and external pressures , and how they plan for long-term success, ethically and sustainably.
Why study Business?
By studying AQA A level Business you will:
Understand how businesses, large and small, respond to challenges in a rapidly changing global and digital market.
Gain insight into core business functions , marketing, operations, finance, human resources , and how they interrelate to support strategy and growth.
Explore strategic decision-making: how businesses choose their direction, adapt to change, and measure success in varied contexts.
Develop critical thinking, business analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills highly valued by employers and universities.
Understand modern business concerns like ethics, sustainability, supply-chain transparency, employee wellbeing and inclusion , as well as competitiveness and globalisation.
Is Business right for you?
This course is ideal for students who:
Are curious about how businesses work and compete at local, national and global level.
Enjoy analysing data, tackling real-world problems, and making informed decisions.
Are interested in business, management, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship , or careers in these areas.
Want to develop strong communication, teamwork, leadership, and strategic thinking skills.
Care about contemporary issues such as ethical business practices, sustainability, the impact of technology, and the workforce (inclusion, wellbeing, flexible working).
What will you study?
What is business? Managing marketing and finance
Business purpose, business forms, objectives, ownership and stakeholders. Marketing theory and the marketing mix. Costs, revenues, profit and financial performance
Managing operations, people and business culture
How businesses produce goods and services, supply chains, quality, customer experience and sustainability. Workforce, organisational structure, motivation, talent development and inclusion. Organisational culture, values and ethics, and how culture affects performance and change
Business and society, the external environment, strategy and change
Economic, political, social, legal, technological and environmental factors, CSR, sustainability and ESG. Corporate strategy, competition, growth, globalisation and innovation. Managing change, restructuring, risk and uncertainty, and future trends such as disruptive technology
What happens outside lessons?
Trips, for example Teesside University for workshops, Darlington Economic Campus (DEC), Tutor 2 U revision workshops
Guest speakers from various industries and businesses
Enrichment activities and business competitions
Clubs or extracurricular: Enterprise Club to develop your own business idea, plan and implement it.
Where can Business take you?
Completing A level Business gives you a strong foundation for:
University courses , Business Management, Marketing, Finance, International Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship.
Apprenticeship Careers in business, marketing, management, finance, HR, operations, consultancy, or business development.
Entrepreneurship , launching your own business with understanding of strategy, finance, operations, ethics and sustainability.
A broad understanding of contemporary issues ethics,sustainability, globalisation, workforce wellbeing , preparing you to think responsibly and strategically in the modern business world.
What subjects go well with Business?
Accounting, Economics, Law, Mathematics, Geography, Psychology, Sociology.
However, it can be combined with any other subject as well.