This article has been reproduced with the permission of Access Education and authored by Belinda Taylor of Padua College.

The November exam for Business Management is worth 50% of your study score. It is important to start preparing as soon as possible to maximise your result.

The Exam

The current study design runs from 2005 – 2008. Only use previous exam material and practice exam material from 2005 as the course content and exam format have changed. Ethics and socially responsible management is a new area of the course that appears in every area of study. Have current examples from Large Scale Organisations (LSOs). Websites of LSOs are excellent resources to find examples.

The exam will be in the format of a question and answer book with blank lines provided for you to write your answer underneath the question. Be guided by the amount of space provided for your answer. This year some extra space will be will be available at the back of the question and answer booklet (VCAA Assessment Report 2005 p.1)

The total marks available for the exam are 60. There is 120 minutes of writing time, therefore allocate 2 minutes per mark when answering questions i.e if a question is worth 5 marks spend 10 minutes answering it. Start using this technique when attempting practice exams. All questions are compulsory. You should attempt all questions but that doesn’t mean you have to answer the questions in order. During reading time decide the questions you are most comfortable with and start with these questions. Come back to harder questions later.

All questions are short answer. Write your answers in sentences. Many questions will refer to stimulus material such as newspaper articles or case study material. Check the wording of questions carefully as you often have to refer to this stimulus material in your answer.

All outcomes in Units 3 and 4 will be examined. If you have topics you didn’t like or missed due to illness, camp etc you will need to have some notes as the material may be on the exam.

Go to www.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Go to VCE > VCE Studies > Business Management > Study Design. Print off the material under Unit 3 & 4. Use the key knowledge dot points as a checklist to make sure you have notes on all areas of the course. At the same time, under the Assessment section checkout the Exam Criteria and the Assessment Reports give advice based on the way students answered questions last year.

Belinda Taylor is a Business Management Teacher based at Padua College.

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