HSC Business Studies Free Online Pack 0
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- Finance: cash flow management – cash flow statements; distribution of payments, discounts for early payment, factoring 1 mark · 1 question
- Finance: debt and equity financing – advantages and disadvantages of each; matching the terms and source of finance to business purpose 1 mark · 1 question
- Finance: ethical issues related to financial reports 1 mark · 1 question
- Finance: financial ratios – liquidity, gearing, profitability and efficiency 10 marks · 1 question
- Finance: profitability management – cost controls; cost centres; expense minimisation; revenue controls – marketing objectives 1 mark · 1 question
- Finance: working capital management – control of current assets and current liabilities; leasing, sale and lease back 1 mark · 1 question
- Human Resources: effectiveness of human resource management – corporate culture, benchmarking key variables, staff turnover, absenteeism, accidents, disputation and worker satisfaction 11 marks · 2 questions
- Human Resources: recruitment – internal or external, general or specific skills 1 mark · 1 question
- Human Resources: rewards – monetary and non-monetary, individual or group, performance pay 1 mark · 1 question
- Human Resources: training and development – current or future skills 1 mark · 1 question
- Human Resources: workplace disputes – resolution through negotiation, mediation, grievance procedures, involvement of courts and tribunals 1 mark · 1 question
- Marketing: consumer laws – deceptive and misleading advertising; price discrimination; implied conditions; warranties 1 mark · 1 question
- Marketing: e-marketing 1 mark · 1 question
- Marketing: identifying target markets 10 marks · 1 question
- Marketing: implementation, monitoring and controlling – developing a financial forecast; comparing actual and planned results, revising the marketing strategy 20 marks · 1 question
- Marketing: market segmentation, product/service differentiation and positioning 1 mark · 1 question
- Marketing: price including pricing methods – cost, market, competition-based; pricing strategies – skimming, penetration, loss leaders, price points; price and quality interaction 1 mark · 1 question
- Marketing: situational analysis – SWOT, product life cycle 1 mark · 1 question
- Operations: corporate social responsibility – the difference between legal compliance and ethical responsibility; environmental sustainability and social responsibility 1 mark · 1 question
- Operations: interdependence with other key business functions 20 marks · 1 question
- Operations: performance objectives – quality, speed, dependability, flexibility, customisation, cost 31 marks · 3 questions
- Operations: quality management – control; assurance; improvement 1 mark · 1 question
- Operations: sequencing and scheduling – Gantt charts, critical path analysis 1 mark · 1 question
- Operations: supply chain management – logistics, e-commerce, global sourcing 1 mark · 1 question
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Examination 1 questions (100 marks)
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- HSC Business Studies
- 2026 edition · Pack 0 · v2.0
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