Eduqas A-Level Business
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66 topics
Business Opportunities and Functions43 topics
Enterprise
Component 1: Enterprise9 objectivesBusiness plans
Component 1: Business plans3 objectivesMarkets
Component 1: Markets18 objectivesMarket research
Component 1: Market research13 objectivesBusiness structure
Component 1: Business structure10 objectivesBusiness location
Component 1: Business location3 objectivesBusiness finance
Component 1: Business finance3 objectivesBusiness revenue and costs
Component 1: Business revenue and costs12 objectivesMarketing
Component 1: Marketing2 objectivesThe marketing mix
Component 1: Marketing – The marketing mix1 objectiveProduct
Component 1: Marketing – Product12 objectivesPrice
Component 1: Marketing – Price4 objectives
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Business Analysis and Strategy10 topics
Data analysis
Component 2: Data analysis1 objectiveMarket analysis
Component 2: Market analysis4 objectivesSales forecasting
Component 2: Sales forecasting11 objectivesAnalysing financial performance
Component 2: Analysing financial performance15 objectivesAnalysing non-financial performance
Component 2: Analysing non-financial performance1 objectiveAims and objectives
Component 2: Aims and objectives5 objectivesStrategy and implementation
Component 2: Strategy and implementation22 objectivesDecision-making models
Component 2: Decision-making models11 objectivesInvestment appraisal
Component 2: Investment appraisal7 objectivesSpecial orders
Component 2: Special orders2 objectives
Business in a Changing World12 topics
Change
Component 3: Change10 objectivesRisk management
Component 3: Risk management9 objectivesPolitical
Component 3: PEST factors – Political7 objectivesEconomic
Component 3: PEST factors – Economic7 objectivesSocial
Component 3: PEST factors – Social4 objectivesTechnological
Component 3: PEST factors – Technological2 objectivesEthical
Component 3: Ethical, legal and environmental factors – Ethical6 objectivesLegal
Component 3: Ethical, legal and environmental factors – Legal2 objectivesEnvironmental
Component 3: Ethical, legal and environmental factors – Environmental5 objectivesInternational Trade
Component 3: International Trade7 objectivesGlobalisation
Component 3: Globalisation13 objectivesThe European Union
Component 3: The European Union7 objectives
Quantitative Skills in Business1 topic
Assessment and exam guidance
Assessment Objectives
AO1
24%-26%Demonstrate knowledge of terms, concepts, theories, methods and models to show an understanding of how individuals and organisations are affected by and respond to business issues.
AO2
24%-26%Apply knowledge and understanding to various business contexts to show how individuals and organisations are affected by and respond to issues.
AO3
24%-26%Analyse issues within business, showing an understanding of the impact on individuals and organisations of external and internal influences.
AO4
24%-26%Evaluate quantitative and qualitative information to make informed judgements and propose evidence-based solutions to business issues.
Exam Structure
Eduqas A-Level (A510QS)
Business Opportunities and Functions
2h 15m
Duration
80
Marks
33.33%
Weighting
Business Analysis and Strategy
2h 15m
Duration
80
Marks
33.33%
Weighting
Business in a Changing World
2h 15m
Duration
80
Marks
33.33%
Weighting
Tips and common mistakes
Common Exam Mistakes
Pitfalls to avoid in your exams
- •Treating enterprise and entrepreneur as the same word, so the answer describes a person when the question asks about an activity.
- •Claiming every small firm is nimble and every large firm is slow, with no evidence from the case study and no counter example.
- •Quoting the size thresholds and then never returning to them, which leaves knowledge marks with no application marks attached.
- •Asserting there is a gap in the market without checking whether there is a market in the gap, which loses every evaluation mark.
- •Confusing price elasticity with income elasticity, so the answer predicts the wrong effect when the case study mentions a recession.
- •Defining needs and wants and never connecting either to the named entrepreneur's product or customers.
- •Describing an idea rather than an opportunity, so nothing in the answer explains why customers would switch supplier.
- •Using the Ansoff matrix as a label and never saying what it ignores, which caps the answer below the top band.
Top Examiner Tips
Expert advice for exam success
- •Definitions carry at most a mark or two, so spend one clause on the meaning and the rest of the paragraph on the named business.
- •Where the stem gives staff numbers or turnover, say which band the firm sits in and use that to predict its access to finance.
- •In an assess or evaluate question, finish with a judgement on whether the firm should stay at its current size.
- •Questions here usually hang on a short piece of market research data, so quote the figure and say what it implies about demand.
- •If the case mentions a recession or falling real incomes, income elasticity of demand is almost always the intended tool.
- •An analyse question wants a chain: unmet need, therefore demand, therefore revenue, therefore the entrepreneur's decision.
- •Identify questions are worth few marks, so answer in a phrase and save the writing for the analyse or evaluate part that follows.
- •Use the stem's own evidence, a sales trend or a competitor leaving the market, as the trigger for the opportunity.
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