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IGCSE Business Studies

Welcome to IGCSE, GCSE Business Studies

The syllabus has been divided into the following sections. Each section has a collection of revision notes, interactive quizzes, crosswords, gap fills, word search quiz, case studies, worksheets and lot of other goodies.

This section also covers most of the topics for IB Business & Management, OCR , AQA, EDEXCEL GCSE Business studies and other curriculums from across the globe.

IGCSE Business Studies (450) at a glance

**IGCSE Business Studies**
Section	Topics
Understanding business activity	Business activity Classification of businesses Enterprise, business growth and size Types of business organisation Business objectives and stakeholder objectives
People in business	Motivating workers Organisation and management Recruitment, selection and training of workers Internal and external communication
Marketing	Marketing, competition and the customer Market research Marketing mix Marketing strategy
Operations management	Production of goods and services Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis Achieving quality production Location decisions
Financial information and decisions	Business finance: needs and sources Cash-flow forecasting and working capital Income statements Balance sheets Analysis of accounts
External influences on business activity	Government economic objectives and policies Environmental and ethical issues Business and the international economy

Scheme of Assessment

Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies Syllabus code 0450

For Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies, candidates take two compulsory components, Paper 1 and Paper 2. Both question papers will draw on topics taken from the whole of the syllabus content. All candidates are eligible for grades A* to G.

Paper 1 - 1 hour 30 minutes

Weightage 50%

Written examination consisting of four questions requiring a mixture of short answers and structured data responses.

Candidates answer all questions.

80 marks.

Externally assessed.

Paper 2 -1 hour 30 minutes

Weightage 50%

Written examination consisting of four questions based on a case study, provided as an Insert with the paper.

Candidates answer all questions.

80 marks.

Externally assessed