I chose business studies as one of my A-level subjects having enjoyed it and been successful at GCSE. One of the key selling points of the course was the ability to relate the key theory to businesses in the real world. This was something that I enjoyed doing and our teachers encouraged it by bringing their own examples into the classroom and helping us develop the skill of application by always making us think and relate our own examples to a particular theory such as the Boston Matrix.
I found the AS part of the course relatively straightforward as a section of the specification was similar in content to what we had studied at GCSE. The businesses used in the exam case studies tended to be relatively small- or medium-sized firms and my parttime work in a local hotel and in retail gave me a good grasp of how to relate the content to the chosen context.
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