Business

AIMS OF SUBJECT:

• To contribute to a balanced and appropriate general education, leading to the personal and social development of students through a study of business and enterprise.
• To encourage initiative and self-reliance in each student and help prepare them for participation in a changing business environment for adult and working life and also as a basis for further education.
• To develop a clear understanding of the role of enterprise, to encourage the development of appropriate enterprise learning skills, and to generate in students a positive and ethical attitude to enterprise in personal, business and public life.
• To develop a critical understanding of the overall environment in which business functions.

RATIONALE FOR SUBJECT:

Business for Leaving Certificate is concerned with the understanding of the environment in which business operates in Ireland and in the wider world. It also involves equipping the students with a positive view of enterprise and its applications in the business environment, in both the public and private sectors.

SUBJECT TOPICS/ SYLLABUS CONTENT:

The syllabus is broken down into three sections:
Section A : People in Business
This includes topics such as :
 Introduction to people in business People and their relationships in business
  Conflicting interests and how they are resolved

Section B : Enterprise & Management
This includes topics such as :
 Enterprise Introduction and definition of enterprise
  Entrepreneurs and enterprise skills
 Introduction and definition of management
  Managers and management skills
  Management activities
 Household and business manager
  Human resource management
 Changing role of management
 Monitoring the business
 Business in action
 Identifying opportunities
 Marketing
 Getting started
 Expansion

Section C : Environment
This includes topics such as :
 Domestic environment
 Categories of industry
 Types of business organisation
 Community development
 Business and the economy
 Government and business
 Social responsibilities of business
 International environment
 Introduction to the international trading environment
 European Union
 International business

ASSESSMENT:

There is a full 3 hour exam for Leaving Certificate Business Students

POSSIBLE CAREER OPTIONS:

This list is endless but here are some of the Career choices former Business Students from this school have ventured into
 CEO
 Managers
 Company Secretary
 Loans executive
 Human Resource manager
 Certified Financial Planner
 Economist
 Venture capitalist
 Agriculture Economists
 Accountants
 Banking
 Teachers
 Stock Brokers

Some Useful Links :
http://www.businessleavingcert.com/

https://new.edmodo.com/groups/leaving-cert-business-2018-2019-28077304

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QWk_Z9UyW05MrIeOFLGV_67R1-300jJEb1apqPht_S0/htmlview

Each year Leaving Certificate Business Students go on a Subject School Tour, this has proved very beneficial in the Applied Business Question and for the students to get actual experience of the workings of a factory, Advertising agency, Multinational corporation, Indigenous companies etc.