Business Studies: skills level 1
You’ll find the following topics in the Business Studies area for students aged 14–16:
Human Resources
Learn about the function of Human Resources (HR) and how the Cadbury HR department uses appraisals to develop their employees.
Finance
This section explains the terminology used in financial analysis and guides you through the use of some simple calculations that can be used to assess Cadbury’s recent performance.
Product development
Discover more about why and how new products are created and existing ones are developed.
Production
Explore the different features of job, batch and flow production and find out about batch and flow production at Cadbury.
Stakeholders
This section explains who stakeholders are, and why they matter, and takes a look at some Cadbury stakeholders.
Marketing
Learn about the factors that contribute to the successful marketing of a product.
Enterprise
Learn about the importance of enterprise and teamwork at Cadbury and take our quiz to find out what sort of team player you are.
The enterprise challenge
Take a look at a Cadbury product and plan an exciting marketing campaign. Then find out about the real campaign and see how yours compares.
The numbers game
Try your hand at being a product development manager, and see if you can co-ordinate the different departments of your organisation to create a successful new product.