The department offers the OCR Cambridge National in Enterprise and Marketing level ½ certificate.
Content of course
Unit R064: Enterprise and marketing concepts
Unit R065: Design a business proposal
Unit R066: Market and pitch a business proposal
Assessment
You will have 1 exam and 2 coursework projects:
Cambridge National in Enterprise and Marketing encourages you to develop the skills and applied knowledge you’ll need in the business and enterprise sector. It is a vocational qualification, equivalent in value as a GCSE and contains both practical and theoretical elements.
As part of the Cambridge National, you’ll cover:
Assessment Overview – The qualification consists of 3 Mandatory Units
|
UNIT |
MARKS |
DURATION |
Assessment type |
|
R067: Enterprise and Marketing Concepts |
70 |
1 hour 15 minutes |
Written paper, OCR set and marked |
|
R068: Design a Business Proposal |
60 |
Approx. 10-14 hours |
NEA OCR Set Brief Centre-assessed tasks, OCR moderated |
|
R069: Market and Pitch a Business Proposal |
60 |
Approx. 10-14 hours |
NEA OCR Set Brief Centre-assessed tasks, OCR moderated |
Course Content
R067: Enterprise and marketing concepts
In this unit, students will learn how market research gives an entrepreneur an insight into the wants and needs of their customers, so that products and services can be developed to satisfy them. It also complements other competing products and services on the market to ensure a financially viable business.
As well as understanding the target market’s needs, students will learn how the marketing mix elements must be carefully blended to enhance business performance. They will examine each element individually and explore the decisions that an entrepreneur needs to make. They will learn about the types of ownership for an enterprise and sources of capital available. Running a successful enterprise can be tough, but there is a lot of support available, which students will learn about so that they can understand how to obtain timely and appropriate guidance.
R068: Design a business proposal
In this unit, students will learn how to develop market research tools and use these to complete market research. They will use their research findings to decide who their customers will be, create a design mix and produce product design ideas.
To help decide on the final design, students will gain feedback and then assess the strengths and weaknesses of their initial ideas. They will complete financial calculations to determine whether the proposal is likely to make a profit. They will use the evidence generated to decide whether they think that the new product is likely to be financially viable.
On completion of this unit, students will have gained some of the essential skills and knowledge needed if they want to start a business, but also the transferable skills of creativity, self-assessment, providing and receiving feedback, research and evaluation. The skills and knowledge developed from this unit will also be transferable to further learning in and when completing unit R069 Market and pitch a business proposal.
R069: Market and pitch a business proposal
In this unit, students will learn how to design a brand which will make their product stand out in the market, before creating a promotional campaign to get the brand noticed by customers. Their promotional campaign will include choosing different methods of promotion which they think are most suitable for their target customers. They will then need to create a presentation to pitch to an audience. To help prepare for this, they will first practise in front of their peers, asking them to review the presentation and feedback ways to improve it. They will also need to offer feedback to others in the group about their pitches. After delivering their professional pitch to an audience, they will reflect on their pitching skills, brand, promotional campaign and the likely success of the product.
On completion of this unit, students will have gained some of the essential skills and knowledge needed to start a business. They will also have gained the transferable skills of creativity, self-assessment, providing and receiving feedback, communication and evaluation.
Future opportunities
By developing applied knowledge and practical skills in setting up and running a successful business enterprise, this course will help give you the opportunity to progress on to a Cambridge Technical in Business (offered at St. Peter’s Sixth Form) or A Level Business, a T Level in Digital Business, or an apprenticeship before starting university or work. Careers in Business could take you anywhere – from working in top city offices to launching your own business and being an entrepreneur.
You’ll develop a range of skills which will help you succeed in other subjects too. These skills include:
No matter what you progress on to, the transferable skills you’ll learn from Enterprise and Marketing will prepare you for your future. Developing the ability to communicate confidently will make you stand out from the crowd.
Link to Specification
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/610949-specification-cambridge-nationals-enterprise-and-marketing-j837.pdf
Parent/Carer and Student Guide to Cambridge Nationals
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/641258-a-student-and-parents-guide-to-cambridge-nationals.-.pdf
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