COMMERCE

COMMERCE
 

Commerce is a foundational course combining aspects of economic activity, including accounting and business practices. Economic activity shapes the daily lives of all New Zealanders. How we earn and spend has a significant effect on our quality of life, as well as the environment in which we live. Commerce looks at how financial decisions are made. This includes the influences on decision-making, and the impacts that these decisions have.

All parts of society need to make choices about how to best meet their needs and wants with finite resources. For a household this could be decisions about personal budgets. For a business it could be about what they produce and how they produce it. For the government, it could be about what services they fund for the population.

People will approach these decisions with different goals and perspectives. This will influence what they prioritise. Pūtake plays a vital role in informing decision-making. Profit is not the main driver for many organisations. Their pūtake might be to create employment or be environmentally conscious in their production. Ākonga will explore how these differing perspectives shape commercial decision-making.

Economies are built of interdependent relationships, and all decisions will have an impact on other people or groups. Ākonga will build the skills to identify and evaluate the impacts. These impacts include the effect on the environment and its resources. Ākonga will explore the opportunities that innovation and enterprise provide for improving people’s standard of living as well as improving efficiency. Decisions made today affect our ability to produce and our quality of life in the future. Ākonga will be empowered to engage in the balancing act between growth and preservation.

NCEA Commerce
 

Level 1
Students of Commerce will learn to think using models, and analyse the impact of economic decisions on stakeholders and the environment. They will practise analysing economic decisions and their potential impacts on communities and environments. Students will learn that models and concepts are simplifications of the real world, and can be used to support predictions about decisions and outcomes. They will also understand how to apply models and concepts to material problems and contexts within the world of work.

Commerce with AHeadStart

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Year 11, Level 1 Economics

All of the following book resources can be purchased at leading bookshops or the following websites:

ESA Publications Store: https://esa.co.nz/

Cengage: https://cengage.co.nz/

Pearson: http://www.pearsoned.co.nz

Level 2
ESA Level 1 Economics Study Guide
ESA Level 1 Economics Learning Workbook
ESA Level 1 Economics AME Workbook

Nelson Cengage Understanding Economics NCEA Level 1
Nelson Cengage ECO 1 Year 11 NCEA Level 1
Nelson Cengage ECO 1 Plus Workbook

Pearson Economics of Choice: NCEA Level 1
Pearson Year 11 Economics Workbook: NCEA Level 1

Level 2
ESA Level 2 Economics Study Guide
ESA Level 2 Economics Learning Workbook
ESA Level 2 Economics AME Workbook

Nelson Cengage Achievement Economics @ Year 12 NCEA 2
​Nelson Cengage ECO 2 Year 12 NCEA Level 2
​Nelson Cengage ECO 2 Plus Workbook

Level 3
ESA Level 3 Economics Study Guide
ESA Level 3 Economics Learning Workbook
​ESA Level 2 Economics AME Workbook
ESA Scholarship Economics AME Workbook

Nelson Cengage Understanding Economics NCEA Level 
Nelson Cengage NCEA Business Studies: A Workbook at Level 3

Pearson Senior Economics NCEA Level 3
Pearson Senior Economics Workbook - NCEA Level 3