A First Look at the New AQA Business Spec

Interesting taking a brief look at the new AQA Business specification (for first teaching Sept 2015): highlights below. Full specs and sample assessment materials are out on 11 June 2014.Don't forget to pre-order your free A Level Business Specification Comparison Report from tutor2u, where we'll compare and contrast ALL the new Business specs side-by-side.

The new A Level Business from AQA is broken up into the following ten topics:

1. What is business? [AS & A Level]
2. Managers, leadership and decision making [AS & A Level]
3. Decision making to improve marketing performance [AS & A Level]
4. Decision making to improve operational performance [AS & A Level]
5. Decision making to improve financial performance [AS & A Level]
6. Decision making to improve human resource performance [AS & A Level]
7. Analysing the strategic position of a business [A Level only]
8. Choosing strategic direction [A Level only]
9. Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies [A Level only]
10. Managing strategic change [A Level only]

Assessment:

AS Business:

Two one-and-a-half hour written exams at the end of the course.

Paper 1: Two compulsory sections, including multiple choice, short answer questions and data response questions.

Paper 2: One compulsory case study consisting of seven questions.

A Level Assessment:

Two hour written exams at the end of the course.

Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions, short answer and two essays.

Paper 2: Three compulsory data response questions.

Paper 3: One compulsory case study consisting of six questions.