SSCBU1

Business Savvies

Course Description

The Big Question: How does Commerce and Enterprise affect people and how is it used in everyday life?

Do you want to make a million dollars?  Do you want to start your own business? Have you got the next amazing invention up your sleeve? 

Students will make links to how the commercial and economic world impacts directly on them and will give a foundation of skills and work habits necessary for NCEA Level 1.
This foundation creates a pathway to senior commerce subjects such as Business, Commerce and Enterprise

Pathway

Do you want to make a million dollars?

Have you ever wondered why Companies do the things they do? Do you want to start your own business? Have you got the next amazing invention up your sleeve?

Become a Business Savvy and you can answer all these questions. Investigate how to plan, budget and market a product, learn about the nature of the Aotearoa business world and the road we have taken to get here, Focusing on Upper Hutt as our nearest Business Hub.

This course will enable you to build a foundation of the knowledge and skills needed to be financially capable entrepreneurs. You will explore topics such as the function of money, budgeting, resources and scarcity, the rights and responsibilities of a financial entity and creating and presenting a plan and budget for an amazing project.