BUSINESS
Leaving Certificate business
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'Business' is a business studies option within the established Leaving Certificate programme. It is concerned with the understanding of the environment in which business operates in Ireland and in the wider world. It also involves equipping the students with a positive view of enterprise and its applications in the business environment, in both the public and private sectors. The principles on which this syllabus has been prepared are as follows:
Syllabus
The syllabus is broken down into three sections: A, B, and C.
Section A: People in Business (Unit 1) Introduction to people in business
People and their relationships in business
Conflicting interests and how they are resolved
Section B: Enterprise (Unit 2) Enterprise
Introduction and definition of enterprise
Entrepreneurs and enterprise skills
(Unit 3) Managing 1
Introduction and definition of management
Managers and management skills
Management activities
(Unit 4) Managing 2
Household and business manager
Human resource management
Changing role of management
Monitoring the business
(Unit 5) Business in action
Identifying opportunities
Marketing
Getting started
Expansion
Section C: Environment (Unit 6) Domestic environment
Categories of industry
Types of business organisation
Community development
Business and the economy
Government and business
Social responsibilities of business
(Unit 7) International environment
Introduction to the international trading environment European Union
International business
Assessment - Exam Structure
Higher Level – 3hr exam – 400 marks
The exam is broken up into 3 sections
Section 1 – 80 marks
Ten short questions to do eight ranging over the entire syllabus
Section 2 – Applied business question (ABQ) – 80 marks
This is compulsory. Each year it is based on 3 different units of the course.
2013 – Units 5, 6 and 7
Section 3 – Long questions (60 marks each) – 240 marks
Students must do four out of seven possible questions. The questions are divided into 2 parts. Students must do:
Common questions asked by students and Parents
Do you need to have studied business studies for junior cert????
Answer: No, however it is a huge advantage to students as a lot of the topics on the course they would have covered at JC level
Are Leaving Certificate Business and LCVP related?????
Answer: Yes, LCVP and Business have a lot of material that overlap. So students studying Business have an advantage if they are also taking LCVP.
Award for best Leaving Cert Business results
Every year the student who achieves the best Leaving Certificate Business result in Ireland is presented with an award by the Minister for Education in connection with the Irish Banking Federation and the Business Studies Teachers Association (BSTAI).
In 2008 Thomas Moore a CBS student was awarded with this achievement. He is now studying Medicine in UCC.
NCCA Link here
'Business' is a business studies option within the established Leaving Certificate programme. It is concerned with the understanding of the environment in which business operates in Ireland and in the wider world. It also involves equipping the students with a positive view of enterprise and its applications in the business environment, in both the public and private sectors. The principles on which this syllabus has been prepared are as follows:
- A common syllabus at higher and ordinary levels to fulfill the aims and objectives of the course
- A course structured to provide continuation from, and development of, Business Studies at Junior Certificate; however, it can also be studied 'ab initio'
- A flexibility of design that caters for present-day Irish business education and yet is capable of adaptation to future developments in a structured and efficient way
- The preparation of students for further education and for adult and working life, including the creation of positive attitudes towards self-employment.
Syllabus
The syllabus is broken down into three sections: A, B, and C.
Section A: People in Business (Unit 1) Introduction to people in business
People and their relationships in business
Conflicting interests and how they are resolved
Section B: Enterprise (Unit 2) Enterprise
Introduction and definition of enterprise
Entrepreneurs and enterprise skills
(Unit 3) Managing 1
Introduction and definition of management
Managers and management skills
Management activities
(Unit 4) Managing 2
Household and business manager
Human resource management
Changing role of management
Monitoring the business
(Unit 5) Business in action
Identifying opportunities
Marketing
Getting started
Expansion
Section C: Environment (Unit 6) Domestic environment
Categories of industry
Types of business organisation
Community development
Business and the economy
Government and business
Social responsibilities of business
(Unit 7) International environment
Introduction to the international trading environment European Union
International business
Assessment - Exam Structure
Higher Level – 3hr exam – 400 marks
The exam is broken up into 3 sections
Section 1 – 80 marks
Ten short questions to do eight ranging over the entire syllabus
Section 2 – Applied business question (ABQ) – 80 marks
This is compulsory. Each year it is based on 3 different units of the course.
2013 – Units 5, 6 and 7
Section 3 – Long questions (60 marks each) – 240 marks
Students must do four out of seven possible questions. The questions are divided into 2 parts. Students must do:
- One from part one
- Two from part two
- One from either part one or two
Common questions asked by students and Parents
Do you need to have studied business studies for junior cert????
Answer: No, however it is a huge advantage to students as a lot of the topics on the course they would have covered at JC level
Are Leaving Certificate Business and LCVP related?????
Answer: Yes, LCVP and Business have a lot of material that overlap. So students studying Business have an advantage if they are also taking LCVP.
Award for best Leaving Cert Business results
Every year the student who achieves the best Leaving Certificate Business result in Ireland is presented with an award by the Minister for Education in connection with the Irish Banking Federation and the Business Studies Teachers Association (BSTAI).
In 2008 Thomas Moore a CBS student was awarded with this achievement. He is now studying Medicine in UCC.
Thomas Moore pictured with his teacher Ms Deirdre Roche, Minister Mary Coughlan and retired CBS Principal Dermot Curran
