September 5 2010
Welcome to the Higher Business Management Homepage
Course outline
Business Management aims
- To develop an understanding of the importance of business and enterprise in society
- To develop an understanding of the structure of organisations and the key functional areas of business
- To develop problem solving, decision making and analytical skills
The Higher external exam will consist of a case/interpretation item. This is usually constructed from such items as newspaper/magazine articles - with a number of compulsory questions (50 marks) and 5 KU/PS questions of which the candidate must answer 2 for 25 marks each.
Candidates may be asked to:
- Analyse information given
- Identify problems
- Identify constraints
- Devise solutions
- Make recommendations
- Justify recommendations
These pages focus on the externally marked components of the Course as detailed in the Conditions and Arrangements.
SQA Documents
This link will open the Higher Conditions and Arrangements document in a new window, page 11 contains information on the External Exam.
The Principal Assessor Report is published each year, it contains useful information about the exam, e.g. areas of the exam which candidates struggled with. This link will open the current External Assessment Report in a new window.
