EDEXCEL Level 3 Advanced GCE in Applied Business (Double Award)
Qualification summary
The GCE in Applied Business has been designed to ensure that learners develop the general skills, knowledge and understanding needed within the sector. The aims of the GCE in Applied Business is:
• To provide learners with a broad introduction to the business sector and should encourage learners to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in realistic business contexts, such as discovering the problems and opportunities faced by local businesses and/or organising an enterprise activity.
• To provide opportunities for learners to develop sufficient depth of understanding to
inform their choices between further study or training.
• To encourage learners to acquire the following range of skills through the study of realistic
business contexts:
- practical skills: personal organisation and time management; ICT skills
- presentational skills: producing a business report; making an oral presentation
- personal skills: initiative; creativity; perseverance; willingness to learn and progress
- interpersonal skills: working in teams; discussing problems or issues; leading a team
- cognitive skills: investigative and research skills; problem solving; decision making; using theory to analyse a real organisation; planning a project.
The GCE in Applied Business encourages learners to develop knowledge and understanding of:
- the practices and techniques used within marketing, finance, operations management, human resource management and the links between them
- the processes, attractions and risks of setting up an enterprise
- the relationship between the business and the changing external environment
- social and ethical issues in business
- contribute to the development of the skills required for success as an entrepreneur, manager of employee
- apply numerical and written business techniques to a variety of business contexts
- explore business problems and learn to identify possible solutions.
Qualification details
Accreditation start date:
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Section 96 website.
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Section 97 website.
For further information on Wales, visit the
DCELLS website.
For further information on Northern Ireland, visit the
DELNI and
DENI websites.
This qualification supports progression into further education, training or appropriate employment. Appropriate further education includes:
•BTEC Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business or related subject
•BTEC Foundation Degree in Business
•Honours Degrees in Business
•Level 3 NVQs, for example in Administration, Customer Service or Management
•Level 4 NVQs, for example in Administration or Management
•Advanced Modern Apprenticeships, for example in Administration or Management
•BTEC National Diploma in Business or related subject.
No specific job occupation
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15 Business, Administration and Law
A*A*/A*A/AA/AB/BB/BC/CC/CD/DD/DE/EE
Portfolio of Evidence
Written Examination
Units 1, 6, 8 and 10 are external units. The external assessment for Unit 8 will be in the form of a scenario for which the work will be individually produced by learners in controlled circumstances (maximum of 15 hours). The work is internally marked and externally moderated by Edexcel.
Other units are internally assessed and externally moderated by Edexcel.
Students must select units 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 & 10 and choose six further optional units from the list of eight.
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A -
Mandatory units
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H/102/6097 - Investigating people at work
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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K/102/6098 - Investigating business
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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M/102/6099 - Investigating marketing
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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H/102/6102 - Investigating promotion
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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M/102/6104 - Business development
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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A/102/6106 - Marketing decisions
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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B -
Optional units
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Y/102/6100 - Investigating electronic business
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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D/102/6101 - Investigating customer service
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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K/102/6103 - Investigating enterprise
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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T/102/6105 - Managing and developing people
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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F/102/6107 - Impact of finance on business decisions
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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J/102/6108 - International dimensions of business
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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L/102/6109 - Organising an event
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.
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F/102/6110 - External influences on business
The relative percentage weighting of this unit within the qualifications is 8.33%.