In an increasingly global world, businesses must constantly respond to changing environments and adapt to culturally diverse employees, customers, and management styles in order to generate long-term profits that sustain a continued existence. The Business Management and Enterprise ATAR course focuses on business planning, marketing and growth, and opportunities provided for business by technology and the global environment. Students examine factors that drive international business developments, the features and traits of successful management, and how businesses operate strategically to maximise business performance in a global setting. Through the consideration of real businesses and scenarios, students develop knowledge, understanding and skills that enable them to apply financial and business literacy, analyse business opportunities, evaluate business performance, identify and create opportunities, and make sound, ethical business decisions within a business environment. The course equips students to participate proactively in the world of business, behave responsibly and demonstrate integrity in business activities. In this course, students will undertake an average of 3 hours of theory per week and 1 hour of scenario-based discussions and research relating to case studies.
The study of Ancient History is the process of making meaning of the distant past to understand our present. It provides an opportunity for students to study people from cultures and communities that no longer exist, and to investigate how these communities responded to the problems and challenges of their time. Ancient history allows students to explore the ancient historical narrative and to seek out evidence for this. The Ancient History General course promotes skills of research, hypothesis testing, and analysis of information as students engage with historical inquiries. Students are exposed to a variety of historical sources of both a textual and a material nature, such as letters, speeches, buildings, tombs and works of art, to determine cause and effect, and the motives and forces influencing people and events. In this course, students will undertake an average of 4 hours of theory per week.
The Business Management and Enterprise General course allows students to understand how vital business is to individuals and society, and how it impacts many aspects of our lives. In a constantly changing world, individuals, businesses, and nations must adapt their position in an increasingly global economy and generate the wealth to sustain economic growth. To do this, businesses require people with strategic vision who are enterprising, innovative, and creative. The Business Management and Enterprise General course aims to prepare all students for a future where they will need to identify possibilities and create opportunities within a business environment. The course equips students to proactively participate in the dynamic world of business, behave responsibly and demonstrate integrity in business activities. In this course, students will undertake an average of 3 hours of theory per week and 1 hour of discussions relating to case studies.
The Careers and Employability General course aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to be enterprising, to network effectively and to proactively manage their own careers in a constantly changing digital and globalised world. Students will develop a range of skills such as initiative, communication, problem-solving, technology, planning, and organisation. These skills will help students to anticipate and respond to change, thereby maintaining an edge in the workplace. These skills and experiences will also be used for self-promotion through interview experiences and documented in their career portfolios. This course offers the best preparation a student can have for entering the world of work. In this course, students will undertake an average of 3 hours of theory per week and 1 hour of work skills development. Students in this course will have the opportunity to partake in workplace learning to gain further career and employability skills.
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