12BES

12 Business Studies (12BES)

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Nadene Brouwer, Allan Taylor.

12 Business Studies

Business for beginners: get started on your pathway to business success and gain real world entrepreneurial experience. Students will develop an understanding of issues affecting a business and apply this through case studies and real life examples.

Course Components:

  • Gain practical experience in operating a business as part of a group, creating a product, and selling it
  • Develop creative thinking and problem solving skills
  • Investigate how businesses motivate their staff, and look at this firsthand when visiting a local business
  • Apply business knowledge to a critical problem in a large business context


Course Overview

Term 1
Throughout Term 1 and Term 2 students will be writing a business plan and running a business in a group. The first sales day will be at the end of Term 1.

Term 2
Throughout Term 1 and Term 2 students will be writing a business plan and running a businesses in a group. The second sales day will be part-way through Term 2.
US9677 - Communicate in a team or group which has an objective, 3 credits.
AS90848 - Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance, 9 credits.

Term 3
In Term 3 we will investigate how businesses motivate their staff, and look at this firsthand when visiting a local business.
AS90847 - Investigate the application of motivation theory in a business, 3 credits.

Term 4
AS90845 - Apply business knowledge to a critical problem(s) in a given large business context, 4 credits.

Recommended Prior Learning

Entry Requirements

10 credits in a Level 1 writing-rich subject

Pathway

Assessment Information

Possible Credits
External - 4 credits
Internal - 15 credits

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.

Total Credits Available: 19
Internal Assessed Credits: 15
External Assessed Credits: 4
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
U.S. 9677 v11
NZQA Info

Communicate in a team or group which has an objective


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 90845 v2
NZQA Info

Business Studies 2.3 - Apply business knowledge to a critical problem(s) in a given large business context


Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 90847 v2
NZQA Info

Business Studies 2.5 - Investigate the application of motivation theory in a business


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 90848 v2
NZQA Info

Business Studies 2.6 - Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 9
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 19
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0