Business studies equips students with a wide range of transferable skills including problem-solving, communication and financial and IT skills, invaluable to all careers and industries. It also provides the knowledge students need to be entrepreneurial and start up their own company, as well as opening up diverse career opportunities and support for the navigation of the modern global economy.
Studying the business environment gives students an understanding of the wider contexts in which businesses operate and of internal business functions and their interdependencies. They learn to appreciate how legal, financial, ethical and resource constraints can affect business behaviour and the influence that different stakeholders can have and how businesses must respond.
They will also gain an understanding of the type of critical skills needed when working in business, such as organisation, prioritisation and effective communication. They will learn about different business documents and protocols that most businesses expect employees to follow.
Studying customers and communication allows students to appreciate how vital customers are to the success of a business, and gives them an understanding of how important it is for businesses to know their customers and what influences their behaviour.