OCR GCSE Business

What is included

What this course covers

• Topic 1 — Business activity

  • 1.1 – The role of business enterprise and entrepreneurship
  • 1.2 – Business planning
  • 1.3 – Business ownership
  • 1.4 – Business aims and objectives
  • 1.5 – Stakeholders in business
  • 1.6 – Business growth

• Topic 2 — Marketing

  • 2.1 – The role of marketing
  • 2.2 – Market research
  • 2.3 – Market segmentation
  • 2.4 – The marketing mix

• Topic 3 — People

  • 3.1 – The role of human resources
  • 3.2 – Organisational structures and different ways of working
  • 3.3 – Communication in business
  • 3.4 – Recruitment and selection
  • 3.5 – Motivation and retention
  • 3.6 – Training and development
  • 3.7 – Employment law

• Topic 4 — Operations

  • 4.1 – Production processes
  • 4.2 – Quality of goods and services
  • 4.3 – The sales process and customer service
  • 4.4 – Consumer law
  • 4.5 – Business location
  • 4.6 – Working with suppliers

• Topic 5 — Finance

  • 5.1 – The role of the finance function
  • 5.2 – Sources of finance
  • 5.3 – Revenue, costs, profit and loss
  • 5.4 – Break-even
  • 5.5 – Cash and cash flow

• Topic 6 — Influences on business

  • 6.1 – Ethical and environmental considerations
  • 6.2 – The economic climate
  • 6.3 – Globalisation

• Topic 7 — The interdependent nature of business

  • 7.1 – How business functions interconnect and shape decisions
  • 7.2 – Risk, reward and financial information in business decisions

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