BTEC International Level 3 Business

Unit 7: Business Decision Making — assessment criteria

Learners use their knowledge and understanding of business concepts and processes from the mandatory content to formulate business decisions and solutions.

Internal set assignment120 GLH15 criteria4 learning aims

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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

8 criteria

A.P1Explain factors that influence the development of a business idea or objective.

A.P2Explain factors that influence the formulation of a business idea or objective in a specific context.

B.P3Extract appropriate data from a given data set to aid decision making.

B.P4Explain the current context of a business organisation using given data.

C.P5Explain the main influences on business performance from a given set of data.

C.P6Explain reasoning for formulating the outcome of a business decision.

D.P7Produce a report with recommendations to aid business decision making.

D.P8Prepare presentation slides with speaker notes, using appropriate software, to summarise key outcomes of a business decision.

Merit

4 criteria

A.M1Analyse the factors that will need to be taken into account when formulating a business decision in a given context.

B.M2Analyse the current context of a business organisation using given data. business problems

C.M3Assess the relative importance of business data and information extracted from a given data set when formulating a business decision with a supported rationale. business decisions

D.M4Prepare a detailed business report, with concise presentation slides, in an acceptable business format that provides a reasoned rationale for a business decision set against other alternatives relating to the future direction of a business organisation.

Distinction

3 criteria

A.D1Evaluate the relative importance of different factors that may influence the outcome of a business decision.

B.D2Evaluate the current context of a business organisation using given data.

CD.D3Justify a logically consistent case for the preferred outcome, and its implications, of a business organisation’s strategy with a detailed, supported rationale, using a comprehensive report and concise presentation slides prepared to a professional standard.

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.

EvaluateExplainAnalyseExtractJustifyAssessProducePrepare

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. Examine the business principles and practices that determine business decisions
B. Review and interpret business data and information
C. Formulate decisions and solutions to business problems
D. Prepare business documents to present business decisions

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