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Leaving Certificate Business (NCCA specification), Higher and Ordinary Level, with the SEC examination.
Overview
Leaving Certificate Business (NCCA specification), Higher and Ordinary Level, with the SEC examination.
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
Section A: the principal parties in business and their relationships, co-operative and competitive interactions, areas of conflict, and how disputes are resolved through non-legislative means, contract law and consumer/industrial relations legislation.
A broad definition of enterprise across personal, business and public life, the characteristics of entrepreneurs, and innate and learned enterprise skills applied to different situations.
Defining management as achieving results through people, the characteristics of managers, the difference between enterprise and management, and core skills of leading, motivating and communicating.
The management activities of planning, organising (formal/informal structure, staffing, span of control, project teams) and controlling, including theory, principles and types.
Comparing household and business management across finance (cash flow, sources and cost of finance, loans), insurance (principles, risks, types) and taxation (main types, basic computations, tax forms).
HR functions including recruitment and selection, employer-employee relationships, teamwork, and people development through performance appraisal and reward.
Managing new relationships and technologies (empowerment, total quality management, technology impacts) and monitoring the business using final accounts, balance sheets and profitability, liquidity and debt/equity ratios.
Sources of internal and external business opportunities, the new product/service development process, the marketing concept and strategy, and building the marketing mix of product, price, promotion and place.
Setting up an enterprise through finance, ownership and production options and a business plan, plus the reasons, finance, implications and methods of business expansion.
Categories of industry (agriculture, manufacturing, services, natural resources), changing business trends, and the range of business ownership types from sole trader to PLCs, co-operatives and state-owned enterprises.
Community development and local initiatives, the two-way interaction between business and the economy (inflation, interest rates, tax, employment, environment), and the Government's role as regulator and employer.
Ethical business practice and socially responsible behaviour at local and national level, including the cost implications of meeting ethical, social and environmental responsibilities.
The significance of international trade for the Irish economy, the changing global economy, opportunities and challenges for Irish business, and trading blocs and agreements.
The importance of the EU, the purpose and impact of main EU policies and directives on Irish business, the decision-making process of the main EU institutions, and the role of interest groups.
The global marketing of products and services and the development and impact of transnational companies on Irish and world trade.
Where this subject applies
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Higher Level
Higher Level — the more demanding level, with broader and deeper content and the H1–H8 grade scale.
Ordinary Level
Ordinary Level — the foundational level covering the core of the syllabus, graded O1–O8.
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