Edexcel a level business question paper 2 june 2023+ mark scheme

Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2023 Pearson Edexcel GCE A Level in Business (9BS0) Paper 02 Business activities, decisions and strategyEdexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at or . Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: Summer 23 Publications Code xxxxxx All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2023General Marking Guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.Question Number Answer Mark 1 (a) Knowledge 1, Application 2, Analysis 1 Knowledge: 1 mark for understanding of job production. • Where items are made individually. Application: up to 2 marks for: • Each worker has a ‘signature’, which they stamp on the parts of the bike that they work on. • Brompton bikes are unique due to the fact that they are foldable. Analysis: 1 mark for: • This enables Brompton to add value to its bikes because consumers may be prepared to pay higher prices for a quality bike. (4) Question Number Answer Mark 1 (b) Knowledge 1, Application 3 Quantitative skill assessed: QS 1 Calculate, use and understand ratios, averages and fractions Knowledge/understanding: 1 mark: for use of an appropriate formula, • Labour productivity = output/number of workers (this may be implied) (1) Application: up to 3 marks for: • Labour productivity for 2019: 48956/150 = 326.37 (1) • Labour productivity for 2020: 59052/184 = 320.93 (1) • Difference: 326.37 – 320.93 = 5.44 (1) N.B If the only answer given is 5.44 or -5.44 award 4 marks. If the only answer given is 5.4 aw