Cambridge has released the following syllabus for business studies till 2019:

  

1 Understanding business activity

1.1 Business activity

1.2 Classification of businesses

1.3 Enterprise, business growth and size

1.4 Types of business organization

1.5 Business objectives and stakeholder objectives


2 People in business

2.1 Motivating workers

2.2 Organisation and management


2.3 Recruitment, selection and training of workers

2.4 Internal and external communication


3 Marketing

3.1 Marketing, competition and the customer

3.2 Market research


3.3 Marketing mix

3.4 Marketing strategy


4 Operations management

4.1 Production of goods and services

4.2 Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis

4.3 Achieving quality production

4.4 Location decisions


5 Financial information and decisions

5.1 Business finance: needs and sources

5.2 Cash-flow forecasting and working capital

5.3 Income statements

5.4 Balance sheets

5.5 Analysis of accounts

 

6 External influences on business activity

6.1 Government economic objectives and policies

6.2 Environmental and ethical issues

6.3 Business and the international economy

 

 

 

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