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Business Management 2013
Examination: Short/Extended response
Context
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Questions/items
Insert seen or unseen questions or business situations
Supporting documentation
 Stimulus material that may be seen or unseen
Conditions
Year 11
 1–1.5 hours
 Short responses:
- 50–250 words per response
- seen or unseen questions or statements
- seen or unseen stimulus material
 Extended responses:
- 400–600 words per response
- seen or unseen questions or statements
- seen or unseen stimulus material
Year 12
 1.5–2.0 hours
 Short responses:
- 50–250 words per response
- seen or unseen questions or statements
- seen or unseen stimulus material
 Extended responses:
- 600–800 words per response
- seen or unseen questions or statements
- seen or unseen stimulus material.
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purposes. For example, the issue may be stated as marketing opportunities for businesses.
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The following words may be used in the singular: concepts and theories, business situations, management processes and strategies, trends and patterns, issues,
recommendations, audiences and purposes.
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Applying and analysing management
strategies
Knowing and understanding
business management
Instrument-specific standards matrix
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Standard A
Standard B
Standard C
Standard D
Standard E
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
 thorough definition and
discerning use of relevant
business management
terms, concepts and theories
 detailed definition and
appropriate use of business
management terms,
concepts and theories
 definition and use of
business management
terms, concepts and theories
 simple definition and use of
some business management
terms, concepts or theories
 use of some business
management terms,
concepts or theories
 thorough description of
business situations using a
comprehensive range of
relevant examples
 detailed description of
business situations using a
range of examples
 description of business
situations using examples
 simple description of
business situations using few
examples
 statement of elements of
business situations
 comprehensive explanation
of complex management
processes and strategies.
 detailed explanation of
management processes and
strategies.
 explanation of management
processes and strategies.
 cursory explanation of simple
management processes and
strategies.
 statement of management
processes or strategies.
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
 purposeful selection and
organisation of business
information from a
comprehensive range of
valid primary and secondary
sources
 purposeful selection and
organisation of business
information from a range of
valid primary and secondary
sources
 selection and organisation of
business information from
primary and secondary
sources
 partial organisation of
business information from
sources
 statement of business
information
 discerning and systematic
application of knowledge in
business situations to
identify a comprehensive
range of issues
 systematic application of
knowledge in business
situations to identify a range
of issues
 application of knowledge in
business situations to
identify issues
 simple application of
knowledge in business
situations to identify issues
 statement of issues
 thorough and discerning
analysis of business
information and
management strategies, and
accurate interpretation of a
comprehensive range of
trends, patterns and
relationships.
 detailed and informed
analysis of business
information and
management strategies, and
accurate interpretation of a
range of trends, patterns and
relationships.
 analysis of business
information and
management strategies, and
interpretation of trends,
patterns and relationships.
 partial analysis of business
information or management
strategies, and identification
of some trends, patterns and
relationships.
 statement of trends, patterns
or relationships.
Evaluating and communicating
management strategies
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Standard A
Standard B
Standard C
Standard D
Standard E
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
 thorough and insightful
evaluation of management
strategies to formulate valid
and purposeful
recommendations
 detailed evaluation of
management strategies to
formulate valid
recommendations
 evaluation of management
strategies to formulate
recommendations
 simple evaluation of
management strategies to
state recommendations
 description of management
strategies or statement of
simple recommendations
 well-reasoned justification of
recommendations using
relevant evidence
 valid justification of
recommendations using
relevant evidence
 justification of
recommendations using
evidence
 simple justification of some
recommendations
 statement of opinions
 coherent communication with
discriminating use of
language conventions to suit
audiences and purposes.
 clear communication with
appropriate use of language
conventions to suit
audiences and purposes.
 communication using
language conventions to suit
audiences and purposes.
 communication using
inconsistent language
conventions.
 communication that impedes
meaning.