Business Studies - Level 3
BUS3 Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: A. 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. (running your own business)
Topics include:
• Operating a small business
• Develop a marketing plan
• Investigating the exporting potential of a NZ business in the global market.
• Understanding of human resource issues in a NZ business context.
• Opportunity to compete in the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme
• Understanding of innovation and sustainability in a NZ business context.
Course Overview
Term 1
Introduction &
AS91382 Marketing Plan (Int)- students will produce a Marketing Plan and implement real life research and come up with strategies to market a real product/service
Term 2
AS91382 Marketing Plan (Int)- students will finish Marketing Plan
AS91384 Running a Business (Int)- students will have the opportunity to start a real life business and make some profits. They will also have the opportunity to enter the Young Enterprise Scheme.
Term 3
AS91384 Running a Business - students will finish this standard
AS91381 - Complex Problem(Ex) - students will learn about how businesses deal with problems and come up with possible solutions to these
Term 4
AS91381 - Complex Problem(Ex) - revision for exam
This course is open entry.
Credit Information
| Assessment | Level |
Internal or External |
Credits |
L1 Literacy Credits | UE Literacy Credits | Numeracy Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.S. 91384 v2 Business Studies 3.6 - Carry out, with consultation, an innovative and sustainable business activity | 3 |
I |
9 |
Y |
9r * |
|
| A.S. 91382 v2 Business Studies 3.4 - Develop a marketing plan for a new or existing product | 3 |
I |
6 |
Y |
6r * |
|
| A.S. 91381 v2 Business Studies 3.3 - Apply business knowledge to address a complex problem(s) in a given global business context | 3 |
E |
4 |
Y |
4r,4w * |
|
Total Credits |
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Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19
* 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.
Total Credits Available: 19 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.
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.
Disclaimer
POLICY
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