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1. Official curriculum anchor

S1.4.4 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment · 4. The influence of national and EU policy

identify the key decision-makers in European policy development.

Higher|Ordinary · Leaving Certificate Business 2025 specification — fifth-year cohorts from September 2025

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S1.1.1 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the key internal and external stakeholders in a business and demonstrate their importance in the business environment.S1.1.2 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — demonstrate how stakeholders interact and identify potential conflict between stakeholders.S1.1.3 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — suggest appropriate ways of avoiding and resolving conflict between stakeholders.S1.1.4 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — conduct stakeholder mapping and explain the importance of prioritising different stakeholder interests.U1.1 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — develop a range of questions to researchS1.2.1 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — distinguish between public, private, and not for profit enterprises and analyse the contribution of each of these types of enterprise both locally and nationally.S1.2.2 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline how business ownership differs between different types of organisations and how ownership can change over time.S1.2.3 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the purpose of regulation in business and investigate how organisations are regulated both internally and externally.S1.2.4 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain what is meant by governance in an organisation.S1.2.5 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the three factors considered in an ESG report.S1.3.1 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain how economic indicators can impact on business development and growth.S1.3.2 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the value of the business economy in Ireland.S1.4.1 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline three Irish government policies that impact on three different sectors of the economy in Ireland.S1.4.2 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain the difference between government policy and legislation.S1.4.3 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the role played by business in the development of national policy.S1.4.4 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — identify the key decision-makers in European policy development.S1.4.5 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — distinguish between European regulations, directives, and opinions.S1.4.6 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — evaluate the effect of one EU regulation of their choice and one EU directive of their choice on business activity in Ireland.S1.5.1 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain what is meant by a trading bloc and discuss why these are important for businesses in the Irish economy.S1.5.10 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain what is meant by Foreign Direct Investment and investigate how the Irish government promotes Foreign Direct Investment.S1.5.11 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the contribution of Foreign Direct Investment to the Irish economy.S1.5.2 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — identify the trading blocs most relevant for Irish businesses.S1.5.3 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — evaluate Ireland’s membership of the EU from the perspective of the economy, businesses, and consumers.S1.5.4 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — outline the factors to be considered when trading internationally.S1.5.5 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain why Irish businesses trade globally with reference to Ireland’s open economy and compare the challenges and benefits of trading in an international environment.S1.5.6 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — distinguish between balance of payments and balance of trade and calculate both based on figures given.S1.5.7 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — evaluate the impact of Irish organisations trading internationally, with a focus on both positive and negative impacts and the social and environmental impact of globalisation.S1.5.8 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — explain how globalisation can increase interdependence and evaluate the consequences of this for both businesses and consumers.S1.5.9 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — evaluate the role of technology in globalisation.S1.6.1 · Strand 1: Exploring the Business Environment — analyse information from the news and media related to the business environment and provide an informed opinion or perspective.S2.1.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — identify examples of innovation, intrapreneurship, and entrepreneurship in their local community, nationally and internationally, and explain the importance of innovation for business, the economy and society.S2.1.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — identify the competencies of innovators and outline why these are significant when starting a business.S2.1.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — investigate the role of government in fostering enterprise and supporting business development and growth.U2.1 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — identify relevant data, evidence and/or information on business related issues from a range of sources.S2.2.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — determine the factors that impact on the development of business ideas.S2.2.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline design thinking as an innovative approach to idea development and appreciate how the process is iterative and both solution- and person-centred.S2.2.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — appreciate the importance of conducting a feasibility study to evaluate a business idea.U2.2 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — assess the accuracy, credibility, and reliability of sources.S2.3.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — appreciate the importance of having a business plan and outline the key functions of a business plan.S2.3.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline the importance of ethics and sustainability when planning in business.S2.3.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — explain what is meant by a business model and appreciate its role within the business plan.S2.3.4 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — identify the key elements of the business model canvas and outline the role of business models in successful enterprises.S2.3.5 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — identify and compare the most common business models.S2.3.6 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline how digital technology is a driver of change in business.S2.3.7 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — identify and compare a number of technology-driven business models and outline the key characteristics of each model.U2.3 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — accurately record and acknowledge sources of data, evidence and/or information being used.S2.4.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — appreciate the importance of market research in identifying the target market and discuss how businesses conduct market research.S2.4.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline the elements of the marketing mix and explain their significance for a business and how they are influenced by the target market.S2.4.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — develop a marketing mix for a product and a service of choice and provide a USP analysis for each.S2.4.4 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — evaluate and suggest ways of improving an existing marketing mix.S2.4.5 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — demonstrate an understanding of the disruptive impact and influence of digital technology on market research and marketing.S2.4.6 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — evaluate the influence of ethics and sustainability on marketing.S2.4.7 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — use a power interest grid to analyse customer interest and adjust the marketing mix as necessary.S2.4.8 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — conduct a STEEPLE analysis to develop greater understanding of the external environment and identify issues of concern for a business.U2.4 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — identify the key points or ideas in each source.S2.5.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline the main elements that are key to the operational model of a business and explain why these may change over time.S2.5.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — identify the key costs and sources of finance for a business and explore why these may change over the lifecycle of the product or service.S2.5.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — analyse the cashflow of a business and recommend a suitable course of action for the business to address the issues arising from the analysis.U2.5 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — analyse their sources of information to determine the importance of an issue for different individuals and/or groups.S2.6.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — demonstrate an understanding of the importance of identifying competition in the market.S2.6.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — use Porter’s five forces model to identify and analyse competition in the market and use these findings to identify the competitive advantage of a business.S2.6.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline the strategies employed by a business to adapt or expand.S2.6.4 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — appreciate the potential of technology to support adaption and expansion.S2.6.5 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — conduct a cost-benefit analysis to analyse the implications of business expansion.S2.6.6 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline strategies that a business may employ to adapt based on their marketing mix and/or business model.U2.6 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — identify any gaps in information and data and assess the impact of this on drawing informed conclusion(s).S2.7.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline the challenges and risks associated with enterprise and entrepreneurship.S2.7.2 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — outline the importance of assessing and managing risks in business.S2.7.3 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — analyse a range of risk management strategies that can be used to respond to the challenges and risks in business.S2.8.1 · Strand 2: Understanding enterprise — analyse information from the news and media about enterprise and innovation and provide an informed opinion or perspective.S3.1.1 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — distinguish between leadership and management in organisations.S3.1.2 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — analyse the significance of organisational culture and innovation in successful organisations.S3.1.3 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline how leadership styles foster organisational culture and organisational innovation.S3.1.4 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — appreciate the range of reasons for conflict in the workplace and demonstrate an understanding of how conflict may impact on the workplace.S3.1.5 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — analyse how both employees and employers may deal with conflict internally.S3.1.6 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline different external approaches to conflict resolution.U3.1 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — demonstrate understanding of the importance of clearly defined purpose, goals, and criteria for success in a project.S3.2.1 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — discuss the internal and external factors that impact on workforce planning.S3.2.10 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline how employers and employees can work together to create a more sustainable workplace.S3.2.11 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — investigate how digital technology impacts on the workplace.S3.2.12 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — identify the opportunities and challenges associated with remote and blended working arrangements for both employees and employers.S3.2.13 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — analyse the ethical and sustainability issues associated with remote and blended working.S3.2.14 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline the importance of corporate wellness and investigate the impact of corporate wellness on employee motivation and organisational culture.S3.2.15 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — identify the role of leadership in promoting corporate wellness.S3.2.2 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline the key stages in the recruitment process and suggest how organisations might adopt ethical approaches to recruitment.S3.2.3 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — evaluate how digital technologies influence the process of recruitment and selection.S3.2.4 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — investigate the factors that impact on employee motivation.S3.2.5 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — describe what is meant by effective employee appraisal.S3.2.6 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — identify a number of approaches to appraisal and analyse how these approaches might contribute to employee motivation.S3.2.7 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — explain what is meant by human capital management and outline how the organisational environment is a factor in its development.S3.2.8 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — investigate the different types of training and professional development that may be offered to employees and outline why ongoing training and professional development is an important aspect of human capital management.S3.2.9 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — appreciate the opportunities and challenges associated with working in teams for both employees and employers.U3.2 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — outline the main elements of a project plan and develop a project plan which includes these main elements.S3.3.1 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — explain the importance of communication in an organisation.S3.3.2 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — identify different modes of communication and analyse the efficacy of each mode as an approach within an organisation.S3.3.3 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — discuss how technology enables communication in organisations.S3.3.4 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — discuss how communication might be improved in an organisation.U3.3 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — demonstrate understanding of the importance of monitoring and evaluating project progress.S3.4.1 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline the internal and external changes that organisations encounter through their lifetime.S3.4.2 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — analyse the reasons for resistance to change in an organisation.S3.4.3 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — identify the practices that promote innovation and entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial thinking.S3.4.4 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline a range of approaches which may help to overcome resistance to change.S3.4.5 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — outline what is meant by strategic planning and appreciate the importance of strategic planning as an ongoing process.S3.4.6 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — describe the benefit of strategic planning for an organisation.S3.4.7 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — explain the importance of planning for change and discuss how a force-field analysis could support strategically planning for change in an organisation.S3.4.8 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — explain what is meant by contingency planning in terms of crisis management in an organisation.S3.4.9 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — discuss the factors that should be considered when developing a contingency plan.S3.5.1 · Strand 3: Leading in Business — analyse information from the news and media related to leadership in business and provide an informed opinion or perspective.S4.1.1 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — investigate the rights and responsibilities of consumers using current relevant consumer legislation.S4.1.2 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — demonstrate how consumer behaviour might be informed by ethical and sustainability concerns.S4.1.3 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — investigate how digital technology impacts on consumer behaviour.S4.1.4 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — investigate how personal data is protected by European regulation.S4.1.5 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — appreciate the importance of making informed consumer decisions and use this understanding to discuss consumer-related stories in the news and media.U4.1 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — analyse and interpret information and data.S4.2.1 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — examine the factors to be considered with saving, investing, and borrowing.S4.2.2 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — explain risk tolerance from a consumer perspective and investigate the range of risks facing consumers of financial products and how consumers can identify reliable sources of financial information.S4.2.3 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — outline the importance of considering switching between financial product providers.S4.2.4 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — explain how technology impacts the provision of financial products and outline the benefits and challenges of fintech.S4.2.5 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — outline how a person’s credit rating is established, the factors that can impact on credit rating, and the consequences of a poor credit rating.S4.2.6 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — investigate how the financial services industry is regulated and discuss the potential consequences of under-regulation.S4.2.7 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — outline a range of financial fraud activities and discuss how consumers can protect themselves.S4.2.8 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — describe Central Bank Digital Currency and examine the potential impact of digital currency on consumers and businesses.S4.2.9 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — appreciate the importance of making informed financial decisions and use this understanding to discuss finance-related stories in the news and media.U4.2 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — evaluate the range of perspectives within the findings.S4.3.1 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — examine how employees are protected both legislatively and non-legislatively in the workplace.S4.3.2 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — investigate how the rights and responsibilities of both employees and employers are set out in current relevant employment legislation.S4.3.3 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — describe the role of trade unions in the workplace.S4.3.4 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — discuss the role of the gig-based economy and identify the associated opportunities and challenges for workers.S4.3.5 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — investigate how the annual government budget impacts on workers.S4.3.6 · Strand 4: Being Informed and Making Informed Decisions — appreciate the importance of making informed decisions as employee and use this understanding to discuss workplace-related stories in the news and media.U4.3 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — synthesise findings to create new or enhanced understanding.U4.4 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — appraise the value of this information.U4.5 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — evaluate findings to make informed decision(s), reach informed conclusion(s) or make recommendation(s).U5.1 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — use appropriate forms of communication (oral, visual, written, multimodal) for different purposes and audiences.U5.2 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — use graphs/charts/diagrams/graphics to support the presentation of their findings.U5.3 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — identify how and why their perspectives may have changed based on their research.U5.4 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — present conclusion(s), perspective(s) and/or recommendation(s) clearly and logically using business terminology and concepts correctly and effectively.U6.1 · Unifying Strand: Investigating Business — clearly and accurately record and acknowledge all sources of data and information.

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