PEARSON EDEXCEL INTERNATIONAL AS / A LEVEL

BUSINESS SYLABUS

Date Week TOPICS CHAPTERS Activities/Remarks

11 Jul 22 W1 Unit 1: Marketing and Meeting Customer Needs Term 1 Begin
People 1. The market
2. Market Research
3. Market Positioning
18 Jul 22 W2 The Market
4. Demand
5. Supply
6. Markets
7. PED
8. YED
25 Jul 22 W3 Marketing Mix and Strategy
(Jul 29 – 9. Marketing Objectives
Islamic NY)
and Strategy
10. Product/service Design
11. Promotion and
Branding
12. Pricing Strategy
13. Distribution
1 Aug 22 W4 Managing People
14. Approaches to Staffing
15. Recruitment, Selection
and Training
16. Organisational Design
17. Motivation in Theory
and Practice
18. Leadership
8 Aug 22 W5 Entrepreneurs and Leaders
19. Role of an
Entrepreneurs
20. Entrepreneurial Motives
and Characteristics
21. Business Objectives
22. Business Choices
15 Aug 22 W6 Review all previous materials
(Aug 17) (Unit 2: 1 – 22)
22 Aug 22 W7 Unit 2: Managing Planning a Business and Raising
Business and Activity Finance
23. Planning
24. Internal Finance
25. External Finance
26. Forms of Business
27. Forms of PLCs
28. Liability
29 Aug 22 W8 Financial Planning
 29. Sales, Revenue, and
Costs
30. Sales Forecasting
31. Break-even
32. Cash Flow
33. Budgets
5 Sept 22 W9 Managing Finance
34. Profit
35. Liquidity
36. Business Failure
12 Sept 22 W10 Review all previous materials
(Unit 2: 23 – 36)
19 Sept 22 W11 ASSESSMENT WEEK &
REPORT CARD
26 Sept 22 TERM BREAK
3 Oct 22 W1 Unit 2: Managing Resource Management Term 2 Begin
Business and Activity 37. Production, Productivity
(continuing term 1) and Efficiency
38. Capacity Utilisation
39. Inventory Control
40. Quality Management
10 Oct 22 W2 External Influences
(Oct 7 – Birth 41. Economics Influences
od Prophet
Muhammad 42. Legislation
SAW) 43. The Competitive
Environment
17 Oct 22 W3 Review all previous material of
Unit 2 (23 – 43)
24 Oct 22 W4 Unit 3: Business Business Objectives and
Decisions and Strategy Strategy
1. Corporate Objectives
2. Theories of Corporate
Strategy
3. SWOT analysis
4. Impact of External
Influences
31 Oct 22 W5 Business Growth
5. Growth
6. Organic Growth
7. Inorganic Growth
8. Problems Arising From
Growth
7 Nov 22 W6 Decision Making Techniques
9. Quantitative Sales
Forecasting
10. Investment Appraisal
11. Decision Trees
12. Critical Path Analysis
13. Contribution
14 Nov 22 W7 Influences on Business
Decisions
 14. Corporate Culture
15. Stakeholder Model
Versus Shareholder
Model
16. Business Ethics
21 Nov 22 W8 Assessing Competitiveness
17. Interpretation of
Financial Statements
18. Ratio Analysis
19. Human Resources
28 Nov 22 W9 Managing Change
20. Key Factors in Change
21. Contingency Planning
5 Dec 22 W10 Review all previous material of
Unit 3 (1 – 21)
12 Dec 22 W11 ASSESSMENT & REPORT
CARD
19 Dec 22 TERM BREAK
26 Dec 22 TERM BREAK
2 Jan 23 W1 Unit 4: Global Business Globalisation Term 3 Begin
22. Growing Economies
23. International Trade and
Business Growth
24. Factors Contributing to
Increased Globalisation
25. Protectionism
26. Trading Blocs
9 Jan 23 W2 Global Markets and Business
Expansion
27. Conditions that Prompt
Trade
28. Assessment of a
Country as a Market
29. Assessment of a
Country as a Production
Location
30. Reason for Global
Mergers, Takeovers or
Joint Ventures
31. Global Expansion and
Uncertainty
16 Jan 23 W3 Global Marketing
32. Marketing
33. Niche Markets
34. Cultural / Social Factors
23 Jan 23 W4 Global Industries and
Companies
35. The Impact of MNCs
36. International Business
Ethics
37. Controlling MNCs
30 Jan 23 W5 Review all previous material of
Unit 4 (22 – 37)
6 Feb 23 W6 REVIEW UNIT 1
13 Feb 23 W7 REVIEW UNIT 2
20 Feb 23 W8 REVIEW UNIT 3
27 Feb 23 W9 REVIEW UNIT 4
6 Mar 23 W10 ASSESSMENT & REPORT
CARD
13 Mar 23 TERM BREAK
20 Mar 23 W1 DRILLING TERM REVIEW UNIT 1
27 Mar 23 W2 REVIEW UNIT 2
3 Apr 23 W3 REVIEW UNIT 3
10 Apr 23 W4 REVIEW UNIT 4
17 Apr 23 IED FITR BREAK
24 Apr 23 IED FITR BREAK
1 May 23 W5
8 May 23 EXAM WEEK
15 May 23 EXAM WEEK
22 May 23 EXAM WEEK
29 May 23 EXAM WEEK
5 Jun 23 EXAM WEEK
12 Jun 23 EXAM WEEK
19 Jun 23 EXAM WEEK
BREAK
14 Aug 23 RELEASE OF RESULT
BREAK
20 Nov 23 CERTIFICATE ISSUED