View Year 13s Business ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.4.3 Shareholders versus stakeholders
3.4.4 Business ethics |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.5.1 Interpretation of financial statements
3.5.2 Ratio analysis |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.5.3 Human resources
3.6.1 Causes and effects of change |
| Business decisions and strategy | 3.6.2 Key factors in change
3.6.3 Scenario planning |
| Global business | 4.1.3 Factors contributing to increased globalisation |
| Global business | 4.1.4 Protectionism |
| Global business | 4.1.5 Trading blocs
4.2.1 Conditions that prompt trade |
| Global business | 4.2.2 Assessment of a country as a market
4.2.3 Assessment of a country as a production location |
| Global business | 4.2.4 Reasons for global mergers or joint ventures
4.2.5 Global competitiveness |
| Global business | 4.3.1 Marketing
4.3.2 Niche markets |
| Global business | 4.3.3 Cultural/social Factors
4.4.1 The impact of MNCs |
| Global business | 4.4.2 Ethics |
| Global business | 4.4.3 Controlling MNCs |
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Exam Board – Edexcel
What will you study?
Theme 4:
globalisation
global markets and business expansion
global marketing
global industries and companies (multinational corporations).
Paper 1 and 2 revision and exam technique
Paper 2 revision and exam technique; Paper 1 and 2 revision
Useful tips and resources
• Hall, Jones et al – Edexcel AS/A level Business 5th ed ActiveBook
• Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner – Freakonomics
• Paul Ormerod – Positive Linking – Networks and Nudges
• Gerd Gigerenzer – Risk Savvy – How to make good decisions
• Broadsheet newspapers: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Financial Times
• The Economist
• Tutor2u
• Bank of England
• Khan Academy
• BIMA
• Dublin City University
• Entrepreneur-now network
What super curricular activities can KS5 students engage with at school for your subject?
Economics and Business society – discussing current themes in the financial, business and economics worlds.
LEAD – GDST organised entrepreneurial project.
Browse:
BBC Business news www.bbc.co.uk
Skynews https://news.sky.com/uk
Read:
• Walter Isaacson – Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
• Gareth Stedman Jones – Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
• Dharshini David – Almighty Dollar
• Stephen R. Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Ferguson, Alex and Moritz, Michael – Leading
• Alan Sugar – What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography
Visit:
Museum of Brands, London
Browse:
Financial Times
LEAD – GDST organised entrepreneurial project. Autumn and Spring Terms.
Read:
Duncan Bannatyne – Anyone can do it
Richard Branson – Losing my virginity
Judi Bevan – The rise and fall of Marks and Spencer
Richard Branson – Screw it lets do it
Theo Paphitis – Enter the dragon
Visit:
LSE for free conferences/seminars
Browse:
The Independent
Bloomberg
The Times
