Onehunga High School
L2 Business
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mei Ng.
Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to explore how and why medium large businesses in New Zealand make operational decisions in response to internal and external factors, conduct market research for a new or existing product, demonstrate understanding and application of motivation theories, demonstrate understanding of cash flow forecasting for a business and explore critical issues that businesses face and find innovative ways to solve them.
Pre-requisites: 12 credits in L1BUS or 12 credits L1 English or 12 credits in L1 Social Sciences, or with LOLA approval
Approximate Credits: 20
Materials Fee: Nil
Optional: Wellington Trip Approximate cost $400
Subject Overview
Term 1
Motivation Theories and practice
90847 Students will be learning to:
• collect in-depth evidence about the motivation practice(s) in a business from a range of sources
• fully explain the results of the investigation supported by relevant examples
• justify the link between the motivation theory and the motivation practice
• integrate a Māori business concept(s) where relevant to the motivation theory to fully support explanations
Market Research - introduction and conduct research
Term 2
Market Research and market day
90846 Students will be learning to:
• provide an explanation of:
- primary and secondary research
- using tools such as survey, focus group,etc to research
• process data into graphs, tables or reports relevant to the research.
• Write a report on the research
Cashflow Forecast
91868 Students will be learning to: - prepare cashflow statements
- Understand the importance of cashflow
- Explain how external factors impact businesses’ cashflows.
Term 3
90845 Students will be learning to:
• providing an explanation of critical problems such as changes in market, production disruption, internal control issues, etc faced by businesses.
• identifying, explaining, evaluating options to solve those critical problems
90844 Students will be learning to:
• providing explanation of how the effects of external factors on business in terms of
- formation,
- functions,
- people,
- management and
- environment.
• How business respond to these factors and
• Make decisions to mitigate those factors
Term 4
prepare for exams
Recommended Prior Learning
7 credits in L1BUS or 7 credits in L1ENG or 7 credits in L1 Soc Studies or with HOD approval.
Pathway
entrepreneur, manager, inventor, analyst, investment banker, economist, managing director
Assessment Information
All business studies exams are conducted digitally.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Business Studies 2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how a large business responds to external factors
Digital exam
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Business Studies 2.3 - Apply business knowledge to a critical problem(s) in a given large business context
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Business Studies 2.4 - Conduct market research for a new or existing product
NZQA Info
Business Studies 2.5 - Investigate the application of motivation theory in a business
NZQA Info
Agribusiness 2.10 - Demonstrate understanding of cash flow forecasting for a business
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