Tauranga Boys’ College
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Business Studies 3
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Aaron Leech.
The study of business is about how individuals and groups of people organise, plan, and act to create and develop goods and services to satisfy customers.
The knowledge and skills gained in business studies, and exposure to enterprise culture, can help shape “creative, energetic, and enterprising” young people who will contribute to New Zealand’s economic future.
In business studies, students develop their understanding of business theory and practices in a range of relevant contexts, through experiential approaches to learning.
Topics include:
- Develop a marketing plan
- Analyse future proofing strategies to ensure long term viability of a business
- Analyse a current Human Resource Issue and how it affects business
- How does a product meet market needs through innovation
- Complex Business Problems (external)
- Opportunity to compete in the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme
Course Overview
Term 1
Introduction &
AS91382 Marketing Plan (Internal)- students will produce a Marketing Plan and implement real life research and come up with strategies to market a real product/service
Term 2
AS91383 - Analyse a Human Resources Issue that affects a business
AS91869 - Analyse future proofing strategies to ensure long term viability of a business (Internal)
Term 3
AS91871 - How does a product meet the market needs through the Value Chain
AS91381 - Apply Business Knowledge to Address a Complex Problem(s) - EXTERNAL
Term 4
AS91381 - Apply Business Knowledge to Address a Complex Problem(s) - EXTERNAL ..continued...
Prerequisites
This course is open entry.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
Course endorsement provides recognition for a student who has performed exceptionally well in an individual course.
Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single school year, they achieve:
* 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and
* at least 3 of these credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
For a full list of UE approved subjects, go here:
https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/awards/university-entrance/approved-subjects
External
NZQA Info
Business Studies 3.3 - Apply business knowledge to address a complex problem(s) in a given global business context
NZQA Info
Business Studies 3.4 - Develop a marketing plan for a new or existing product
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Business Studies 3.5 - Analyse a human resource issue affecting businesses
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Agribusiness 3.8 - Analyse future proofing strategies to ensure long term viability of a business
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Agribusiness 3.10 - Analyse how a product meets market needs through innovation in the value chain
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 21
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Tags
All students who take business studies gain knowledge, skills, and attributes that they will need should they become entrepreneurs, run their own business, or become involved in a business or community organisation. The skills students learn in business studies are transferable to learning in many other areas, and to real life.,
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