Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education
Syllabus Code: 0986
What will I be studying?
1. Understanding business activity
- Business activity
- Classification of businesses
- Enterprise, business growth and size
- Types of business organisation
- Business objectives and stakeholder objectives
2. People in business
- Motivating workers
- Organisation and management
- Recruitment, selection and training of workers
- Internal and external communication
3. Marketing
- Marketing, competition and the customer
- Market research
- Marketing mix
- Marketing strategy
4. Operations management
- Production of goods and services
- Costs, scale of production & break-even analysis
- Achieving quality production
- Location decisions
5. Financial information and decisions
- Business finance: needs and sources
- Cash-flow forecasting and working capital
- Income statements
- Balance sheets analysis of accounts
6. External influences on business activity
- Government economic objectives and policies
- Environmental and ethical issues
- Business and the international economy
How will I be assessed?
This IGCSE has two examination papers at the end of the course:
Paper 1: 1 hour 30 minutes – 50%
Written examination consisting of four questions requiring a mixture of short answers and structured data responses. Candidates answer all questions.
80 marks. Externally assessed.
Paper 2: 1 hour 30 minutes – 50%
Written examination consisting of four questions based on a case study, provided as an insert with the paper. Candidates answer all questions.
80 marks. Externally assessed.
Is there anything else I need to know about this subject course?
Students will need to be genuinely interested in and willing to follow the news media with particular reference to business and economics items. There will be an opportunity to set up and run a mini-enterprise during the course.
Examination method
Written exam 100%
Further information
Please contact Dave McDonagh
david.mcdonagh@sidcot.org.uk