Cambridge IGCSE
International 🌍FoundationsCambridge IGCSE — tiered Core and Extended practice for eleven subjects, from Mathematics 0580 to Computer Science 0478.
📏 IGCSE subjects are tiered: Core candidates sit the shorter objective and structured papers for grades C to G, Extended candidates sit the same papers at a harder tier plus the Supplement, for A* to E. Typical weightings are 30-40% for the objective paper, 50-60% for the structured/theory paper and 20% for the practical or alternative-to-practical paper; syllabus codes and windows are printed on the question papers.
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Purpose, added value and size; the forms of ownership and their trade-offs; and human resource management from workforce planning through recruitment, motivation and reward.
Business Studies — Business Concepts & People
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Production methods, lean production and quality; segmentation and the marketing mix; cash flow, financial statements, ratios, investment appraisal and the sources of finance; growth, multinational business and failure.
Business Studies — Operations, Marketing & Finance
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- Needs, wants, goods and services, scarcity, choice and opportunity cost; added value, specialisation and division of labourIGCSE Business Studies — Concepts, Ownership and People →
- Business objectives, mission and vision, SMART objectives, and the conflicts between stakeholders' objectivesIGCSE Business Studies — Concepts, Ownership and People →
- Types of business organisations — sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies, franchises and social enterprisesIGCSE Business Studies — Concepts, Ownership and People →
- Ownership, control and the liability of owners; public corporations, privatisation and nationalisationIGCSE Business Studies — Concepts, Ownership and People →
- Organisational structure — span of control, chain of command, delegation, and centralisation versus decentralisationIGCSE Business Studies — Concepts, Ownership and People →
- Recruitment, selection, training and motivation; Taylor, Maslow and Herzberg; labour turnover and flexible workingIGCSE Business Studies — Concepts, Ownership and People →
- Location of business activity — primary, secondary and tertiary sectors and the factors in choosing a locationIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →
- Production and operations — job, batch and flow production, lean production, quality assurance and control, and inventory managementIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →
- Economies and diseconomies of scale, outsourcing and add value in operationsIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →
- Marketing — the marketing plan, market research, segmentation, the marketing mix and the 4Ps, branding and pricing strategiesIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →
- Sources of finance — short and long-term, business plans, budgets and cash-flow forecastingIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →
- Accounting principles and practice — documents of original entry, ledgers, the trial balance, statements of profit or loss and financial position, and ratio and break-even analysisIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →
- External influences — government economic policies, taxation, legislation, globalisation and the effect of the exchange rateIGCSE Business Studies — Operations, Marketing, Finance and Change →