Enrolment Fee £395
The International A Level Business Online course with Learn Now follows the Pearson Edexcel (YBS11) specification and is equivalent to the qualification you would achieve if attending mainstream college. Once completed, you will obtain UCAS points which will support progression to university in degrees such as Business Management, Finance, Economics and Marketing.
This course would suit adult learners returning to education, students resitting exams or studying alongside other commitments, and learners looking to be accepted into University.
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This International A Level Business Course with Edexcel will help you develop an enthusiasm for studying business and allow you to gain a holistic understanding of business in a range of contexts.
You will develop a critical understanding of organisations and their ability to meet society’s needs and wants.
You will acquire a range of relevant business and generic skills, including decision making, problem solving, the challenging of assumptions and critical analysis.
The Full A Level has four topics you will need to cover (IAS and IA2). The AS Level has two topics and these are all listed below.
Marketing helps us to understand our customers and ensure we are selling the right product for the right price. In this topic we will consider a customer’s needs and how we research the market to help us understand more about what a customer wants.
Meeting customer needs
1 The market
2 Market research
3 Market positioning
The market
1 Demand
2 Supply
3 Markets
4 Price elasticity of demand (PED)
5 Income elasticity of demand (YED)
Marketing mix and strategy
1 Marketing objectives and strategy
2 Product/service design
3 Promotion and branding
4 Pricing strategies
5 Distribution
Managing people
1 Approaches to staffing
2 Recruitment, selection and training
3 Organisational design
4 Motivation in theory and practice
5 Leadership
Entrepreneurs and leaders
1 Role of an entrepreneur
2 Entrepreneurial motives and characteristics
3 Business objectives
4 Business choices
This topic will look into how a business plans, finances and runs efficiently in order to survive and expand. You will look at how businesses form and raise money whether this is internally or externally. You will also gain an understanding of how businesses manage money through financial planning and break-even analysis.
Planning a business and raising finance
1 Planning
2 Internal finance
3 External finance
4 Forms of business
5 Liability
Financial planning
1 Sales, revenue and costs
2 Sales forecasting
3 Break-even
4 Cash flow
5 Budgets
Managing finance
1 Profit
2 Liquidity
3 Business failure
Resource management
1 Production, productivity and efficiency
2 Capacity utilisation
3 Inventory control
4 Quality management
External influences
1 Economic influences
2 Legislation
3 The competitive environment
This topic explores how businesses grow and the challenges they face when trying to expand. It will also cover decision making such as forecasting, investment appraisal and decision trees to reduce risks. Finally, you will look at factors that influence decisions, for example, corporate culture, stakeholders and ethics.
Business objectives and strategy
1 Corporate objectives
2 Theories of corporate strategy
3 SWOT analysis
4 Impact of external influences
Business growth
1 Growth
2 Organic growth
3 Inorganic growth
4 Problems arising from growth
Decision-making techniques
1 Quantitative sales forecasting
2 Investment appraisal
3 Decision trees
4 Critical path analysis
5 Contribution
Influences on business decisions
1 Corporate culture
2 Stakeholder model versus shareholder model
3 Business ethics
Assessing competitiveness
1 Interpretation of financial statements
2 Ratio analysis
3 Human resources
Managing change
1 Key factors in change
2 Contingency planning
This topic will look at how businesses operate and expand across countries. You will consider how growing economies and international trade create opportunities for business growth and the factors driving globalisation. The topic will also consider barriers like protectionism and the role of trading blocs. Finally, you will consider multinational corporations (MNCs) and their impact on economies and societies. Also, the ethical issues and regulations involved in operating globally.
Globalisation
1 Growing economies
2 International trade and business growth
3 Factors contributing to increased globalisation
4 Protectionism
5 Trading blocs
Global markets and business expansion
1 Conditions that prompt trade
2 Assessment of a country as a market
3 Assessment of a country as a production location
4 Reasons for global mergers, takeovers or joint ventures
5 Global expansion and uncertainty
Global marketing
1 Marketing
2 Niche markets
3 Cultural/social factors
Global industries and companies (multinational corporations)
1 The impact of MNCs
2 International business ethics
3 Controlling MNCs
The skills you gain from A’ Level Business will allow you to go into Industries as diverse as chemicals, utilities, fashion, health, grocery and construction. All these require managers with a clear understanding of systems, efficiency and operational issues.
If you are looking to progress onto University, students in the past have taken subjects in marketing, finance, human resources, computing/ICT and international business management.
There are no previous entry requirements for this course, however students are expected to have a reasonable standard of literacy.
You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 24 months from initial registration with the full support of your Tutor.
Our Enrolment fee for this course is noted at the top of this page where you can enrol directly onto the course. This fee includes access to your course including tutor support for 2 years.
Our enrolment fee includes:
The only other fee you will need to pay is for your exams which is due approximately six months prior and this will be paid directly to the exam centre.
Students will be required to arrange and pay for their examinations at an Edexcel approved centre. We can provide an extensive list of these centres for you.
A Level Exams
There are four exams for the full A Level qualification. The length of each exam is as follows:
Paper 1 – 2 hours
Paper 2 – 2 hours
Paper 3 – 2 hours
Paper 4 – 2 hours
AS Level Exams
There are two exams for the AS Level qualification. The length of each exam is as follows:
Paper 1 – 2 hours
Paper 2 – 2 hours
For Edexcel International AS & A Level Business, learners can:
take Papers 1 and 2 only (for the Edexcel International AS Level qualification) or
follow a staged assessment route by taking Papers 1 and 2 (for the Edexcel International AS Level qualification) in one series, then Papers 3 and 4 (for the Edexcel International A Level qualification) in a later series or
take Papers 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the same examination series, leading to the full Edexcel International A Level.
On successful completion of all your exams for the A Level Business Online Course, you will be awarded one of the following qualifications:
International A Level in Business with Pearson Edexcel | International AS Level in Business with Pearson Edexcel
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Some learners may struggle initially if they are unfamiliar with applying theory to case studies. Also, learners can find calculations such as break-even and essay writing hard. However, the content within Business for most units will relate to real-life examples. If learners practise case study questions and implement structures like PEE (point, evidence and explanation), they should have no problems achieving top grades.
You will not be required to purchase any books with this course. We automatically include logins to our online e-Library which includes access to following eBook(s):
Pearson Edexcel International AS/A Level Business Student Book 1 – Rob Jones (Pearson)
Pearson Edexcel International AS/A Level Business Student Book 2 – Rob Jones (Pearson)
Not see the book you are looking for? Ask us and we will let you know if we have it!
International A Level Mathematics – Maths will help with topics such as break-even, ratios and forecasting. Also, if you are applying for degrees such as Economics or Finance, then Maths would help in this instance.
International A Level Economics – Overlaps in content include supply and demand, elasticity, market structures and globalisation. Pathways lead onto degrees in Economics and Finance.
The Pearson Edexcel Business course can be taken worldwide except for the UK. Content within the specification is adapted for international learners and the qualification is comparable to UK A Level standards.
There may be a few centres within the UK allowing you to take this specification but it is best to check with us beforehand.
You will receive access and support for two years, however you can complete it much sooner if you want to. Exams for this subject fall in January, June and October each year and therefore you are able to choose which exam sitting you want to apply for. We have more information on exam timetables here.
