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AQA BUSS3/BUSS4 Revision Thread

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Original post by 28/01/2016


Hahahahah thats a good answer :wink:

Original post by AfroBella
Buss3 concerns me. BUSS4 was ok because I'm good at essay writing and BSing through an essay in an exam. But with BUSS3 you have to have a good knowledge of all the content because there's no telling what could come up in the examPosted from TSR Mobile

Yeah, I'll take some of your buss4 confidence please! Im not looking forward to that one especially, I have 2 exams on that day :/

Since its the last year of doing it because of the new specification think they'll come up with some outlandish questions?
Original post by AdamThePhysicsMo
Hahahahah thats a good answer :wink:


Yeah, I'll take some of your buss4 confidence please! Im not looking forward to that one especially, I have 2 exams on that day :/

Since its the last year of doing it because of the new specification think they'll come up with some outlandish questions?


Lol, have all the confidence you need :biggrin:
And I don't think so with buss4 but they might add some topics that haven't been covered in a while in buss3

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Original post by AdamThePhysicsMo
Hahahahah thats a good answer :wink:


Yeah, I'll take some of your buss4 confidence please! Im not looking forward to that one especially, I have 2 exams on that day :/

Since its the last year of doing it because of the new specification think they'll come up with some outlandish questions?


No, papers are made 1 and a half years before getting released. There is also a Resit paper. So officially we are not the last year of the spec doing this paper
Original post by imran_
No, papers are made 1 and a half years before getting released. There is also a Resit paper. So officially we are not the last year of the spec doing this paper


I always think resits are somehow harder than the real actual time you sit the paper especially for aqa but that could just be me..... Do you have any topics you think are likely to come up in the buss3 exam?

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Original post by 28/01/2016
Hey, I cant really offer tips for BUSS3 because im struggling with that too, but i wanted to ask you, how did you go about researching BUSS4 and how did you answer the questions? What structure did you use? Also do you have any notes from last year that you don't mind sharing.... i'm struggling so much with business because my teacher isn't great at teaching! Thankssssss!!!!


There are a lot of notes so I'll break it up in sections :smile:
BUSS4.2EconomicEnvironment.pptx199.4KB
BUSS4.9 Leadership.pptx148.4KB
BUSS4.8PlanningforChange.pptx124.9KB
BUSS4.7InternalCauses1.pptx98.9KB
BUSS4.7InternalCauses.pptx101.9KB
BUSS4.6CompeititveEnvironment.pptx169.7KB
BUSS4.5TechnologicalEnvironment.pptx133.1KB
BUSS4.4SocialEnvironmen.pptx119.6KB
BUSS4.3PoliticalandLegalEnvironment.pptx148.8KB
BUSS4.10Culture.pptx105.4KB
More section B notes and model answers
BUSS4.10Culture.pptx105.4KB
Culture 3.doc44.5KB
Culture 2.doc44.0KB
Culture 1.doc48.1KB
BUSS4.1Mission,AimsandObjectives.pptx175.4KB
Some of Ms Wynnes real business research.pptx462.9KB
BUSS4ExamPreparation.pptx70.0KB
BUSS4.12ImplementingChange.pptx115.3KB
BUSS4.11Decisions.pptx150.9KB
Essay a1 Mission Statement.docx34.8KB
model answers
Essay b2 Economic environment.docx34.2KB
Essay j10 Competitive Markets.docx32.5KB
Essay i9 Technological Change.docx31.4KB
Essay h8 Demographics.docx31.5KB
Essay g7 European Union.docx34.8KB
Essay f6 Government_Intervention.docx34.6KB
Essay e5 Regulation.docx30.0KB
Essay d4 Emerging Markets.docx30.9KB
Essay c3 Global marketing.docx35.1KB
Essay k11 Changing Markets.docx31.6KB
model answers..
Essay l12 New entrants.docx32.8KB
Essay m13 Takeovers.docx36.5KB
Essay n14 Poor Business Peformance.docx34.5KB
Essay o15 Planning for change.docx29.6KB
Essay p16 Leadership.docx34.3KB
Essay q17 Culture.docx36.2KB
Essay r18 Strategic Decisions.docx33.1KB
Essay s19 Managing change.docx38.6KB
Essay t20 Growth.docx29.1KB
section A stuff
BP1 Technology - model answer.docx28.5KB
BP2 Globalisation model essay.docx25.1KB
BP3 Gov policy model essay.docx23.8KB
BP4 Location.docx26.6KB
BP5 Opportunities and Threats.docx23.4KB
Manufacturing in the UK.pptx1822.6KB
Research activity BP1 Automotive.docx61.1KB
Research activity BP1 Fashion.docx24.6KB
BP1 essay map.pdf222.1KB
Original post by afrobella
model answers..


omg!!!! Thank you sooo much!!!!!!
Original post by AfroBella
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Yes this is greatly appreciated! Thanks!!!
Original post by AfroBella
There are a lot of notes so I'll break it up in sections :smile:


Wow how do you get all these resources?


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Original post by flamigos123
Wow how do you get all these resources?


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My lovely BUSS4 teacher uploaded them to the school portal. She left last year but thankfully they're still on the database. Got nothing for BUSS3 though :frown:

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Does anyone think moving averages will come up? It has never come up before
Original post by Luis Suarez
Does anyone think moving averages will come up? It has never come up before


I think it will
Does anyone have any Payback, ARR, NPV, or CPA practice questions?
Original post by AfroBella
I think it will


How do you think it will come up, do you think they'll ask us too calculate some moving averages or do you think they'll give us the moving averages and ask us about the usefulness of them?
Looking at last years exam Q1 was a 10 mark calculation question and Q3 was a question entirely based around CPA which suggests to me that exam was very number heavy.
Consequently, I would expect the opposite this year. Moving averages to my knowledge has never actually come up before which suggests to me that they could throw it on, albeit unlikely seen as though they usually follow patterns but with it being the last year they could in theory do anything they wish.
I would presume that most likely there will be a question on marketing as that hasn't come up in a while and is always a hard one to answer, especially if they ask about influents on a marketing plan.
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-BUSS3-W-MS-JUN15.PDF

For payback period, does anyone understand where the 137.5 comes in for this calculation on the mark scheme?

I thought you divide the amount needed to cover the initial cost which would be £333.5 from 137.75+195.75
The 137.75 is for NPV after the Net Cash Flow has been discounted using the discount factors, you do not discount for payback period

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