Business Studies

Faculty Leader – (Mr D Mooney)

Business studies is designed to:

Allow students studying business to develop a range of life skills including: enhancing team working, problem solving, and independent learning and communication skills whilst instilling confidence in our students to make themselves stand out in a competitive working environment. Students will take a proactive part in their studies by maintaining a good understanding of current affairs and applying this to their studies on the impact of the external environment on business.

Business Studies will also nurture their creative side in developing marketing and promotional campaigns, planning and pitching a business idea whilst also developing their financial acumen when it comes to understanding personal finance in the form of; mortgages, lending, savings and investments. Students will also have the opportunity to partake in employment interviews and hone their CV and interview skills in order to be in a strong position to gain employment or continue into higher education.

We aim to do this by:

Showing learners how to:

• Understand entrepreneurial characteristics and business aims and objectives.
• Legal structures, organisational structures and stakeholder engagement.
• Understand the marketing mix, market research, market types and orientation types.
• Understand operations management.
• Understand internal and external influences on business.
• Understand research, resource planning and growth for business.
• Understand human resource requirements for a business start-up.
• Understand sources of enterprise funding and business finance.
• Understand business and enterprise planning. 

What do we expect learners to get from studying Business?

• Students will be able to make sound business decisions, overcome barriers and find solutions.
• Ignite their curiosity through the development of their entrepreneurial, problem solving and team working skills to enable them to develop a successful business.
• Develop their knowledge as students explore business start-ups, their highs and lows and how to eventually build a stronger business through research, marketing and financial opportunities.