BTEC International Level 2 Business

Unit 2: Business Organisations — assessment criteria

Learners will investigate the activities, aims and objectives of different business organisations. They will also explore the different functional areas in business organisations and how they link and interrelate.

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

4 criteria
A.P1Explain the aims and objectives of contrasting businesses.
A.P2Describe the activities of contrasting businesses.
B.P3Explain the activities of the functional areas in contrasting businesses.
B.P4Describe the links between the functional areas in contrasting businesses.

Merit

2 criteria
A.M1Analyse how the activities help meet the aims and objectives in contrasting businesses. their interaction in different businesses.
B.M2Analyse the links and the interaction between the functional areas in contrasting businesses.

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the effectiveness of how the activities help meet the aims and objectives in contrasting businesses.
B.D2Assess how the links and interaction between the functional areas help each contrasting business meet its aims and objectives.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateExplainDescribeAnalyseAssess
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A.
  • B. Explore the functional areas and their interaction in different businesses.

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