Level 2 Business Studies
12BUSS Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge:
Recommended Prior LearningStudying business enables students to appreciate the issues that challenge businesses and stakeholders. In a rapidly changing world, it is important that citizens are able to make informed and rational decisions about business matters. Business contributes to the development of a culture of enterprise in New Zealand and supports our efforts to improve economic and community wellbeing. By completing this course successfully students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
•Explore how and why large businesses in New Zealand make operational decisions in response to internal and external factors.
•Plan, take to market, review, and then refine a business activity incorporating a community well-being focus, basing recommendations for the future on market supplementary
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- Proposed Field Trip (TBC)
The standards offered in this course may be altered at the discretion of the Head of Department.
Course Overview
Term 1
Business Studies 2.4 - Conduct market research for a new or existing product (Internal)
Business Studies 2.6 - Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance (Internal)
Term 2
Business Studies 2.6 - Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance (Internal)
Business Studies 2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how a large business responds to external factors (External)
Term 3
Business Studies 2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how a large business responds to external factors (External)
Business Studies 2.3 - Apply business knowledge to a critical problem(s) in a given large business context (External)
Term 4
Revision
Business Studies, Social Science
Pathway Career Pathways
Auditor, Accounts Officer, Office Administrator, Finance Manager, Advertising Specialist, Sales and Marketing Manager, Agricultural/Horticultural Consultant, Business Analyst, Retail Manager, Auctioneer, Bank Worker, Hotel/Motel Manager, Farmer/Farm Manager, Property Manager, Building and Construction Manager, Dairy Processing Operator, Line Mechanic, Cafe/Restaurant Manager, Motor Vehicle Salesperson, Clinical Physiologist, Urban/Regional Planner, Chef, Managing Director/Chief Executive, Insurance Claims Officer, Information Technology Helpdesk/Support Technician, Information Technology Manager, Event Manager, Crop Farmer/Manager, Customs Officer, Personal Assistant, Early Childhood Teacher, Economist, Human Resources Adviser, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Importer/Exporter, Financial Adviser, Health Services Manager, Immigration Officer, Industrial Spray Painter, Primary School Teacher, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Market Research Analyst, Mortgage Broker, Office Manager, Payroll Officer, Private Teacher/Tutor, Production Manager, Project Manager, Real Estate Agent, Recruitment Consultant, Secondary School Teacher, Management Consultant, Network Administrator, Marketing Specialist, Case Manager