A focused full-day Business Studies intensive for the final weeks before the 2026 HSC. Reconnect the four HSC topics, then practise applying business theory, contemporary examples and case-study evidence to HSC-style questions.
Date
Friday 2 October
Time
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Campus
Macquarie University — room TBC
Availability
29 places left
A real InspirationED workshop
Live teaching, guided exam practice and room to ask questions.
Business Studies · Full course intensive
Business Studies rewards students who can apply course concepts to a business context, integrate contemporary examples and make a supported judgement about strategies and performance. This workshop brings the four HSC topics together through guided case-study, source and extended-response practice.
Best for
Year 12 Business Studies students who know the theory but want a clearer approach to case studies, contemporary examples, business reports, extended responses and evaluation.
Aligned to the 2026 HSC
Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus (2010)
The current HSC Business Studies course uses the Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus published in 2010 and updated in 2013.
Reserve this session
Per student
$250
29 places left
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The Year 12 course
The day connects the Year 12 course with the examination skills students need to apply it.
HSC topic
Apply operations strategies to global business, quality, inventory, technology, supply chains and performance. Practise using case evidence to assess operational effectiveness.
Key language: operations strategies · global business · quality management · inventory · technology · supply chains · performance objectives
HSC topic
Connect markets, consumer behaviour, marketing strategies and the marketing plan. Practise evaluating how businesses respond to changing markets and achieve marketing objectives.
Key language: markets · consumer behaviour · marketing strategies · marketing plan · global marketing · e-commerce · performance objectives
HSC topic
Use financial information, ratios and strategies to analyse business performance. Practise applying financial management concepts to investment, profitability, liquidity, global finance and contemporary business scenarios.
Key language: financial management · financial ratios · profitability · liquidity · global finance · investment · working capital
HSC topic
Evaluate how businesses manage people through acquisition, development, maintenance and separation strategies. Practise applying employment relations, motivation and performance ideas to a case study.
Key language: human resource management · acquisition · development · maintenance · separation · employment relations · motivation · performance
Across the day
01 · Reconnect
Review the key concepts, strategies and performance objectives across Operations, Marketing, Finance and Human Resources.
02 · Decode
Identify the issue, directive verb, relevant theory and the evidence needed from a case study or source.
03 · Plan
Move from a clear judgement to selected theory, case evidence and evaluation matched to the marks available.
04 · Practise
Attempt case-study, business-report, short-answer and extended-response questions.
05 · Refine
Strengthen links between theory, case evidence and the final judgement.
Practice and feedback
Students work through case-study, short-answer, business-report and extended-response questions. The teacher models how to identify the business issue, select theory and evidence, apply it to the case and make a justified judgement. Students practise and improve through live guided feedback.
Choose the concepts and strategies that best explain the issue in a case study.
Integrate business examples and relevant data as evidence rather than simply retelling a case.
Assess strategies and performance using relevant criteria and a supported conclusion.
Use purposeful structure and business terminology in reports and extended responses.
Included with the workshop
Every student receives concise topic notes, HSC-style case-study questions, contemporary-example planning guides, business-report and evaluation frameworks, and space to annotate worked approaches.
Clear reminders of the concepts, strategies and performance objectives students need to use accurately.
Questions that develop application, evidence selection and evaluation across all four topics.
Practical structures for unpacking a question, applying theory and making a justified judgement.
Teacher modelling, live guided feedback and opportunities to compare useful approaches.
Expert HSC educators
Premium take-home resources
Marking insights and exemplars
Yes. Students practise how to select and apply case-study evidence and contemporary business examples within a response, rather than simply memorising a list of facts.
Yes. The day connects Operations, Marketing, Finance and Human Resources, with practice designed to build the shared skills students need across the full HSC course.
Year 12 students preparing for their final school assessments and the 2026 HSC examinations.
Bring a laptop or tablet if you use one for study, writing materials, water and lunch. Your workshop resources are provided.
Building, room and arrival instructions are sent by email with the ticket and again before the workshop.
Yes. Add any three workshops in one order and the $75 bundle saving is applied automatically at checkout.
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