Business
OVERVIEW
The Business Department aims to provide students with the financial literacy necessary to both understand and operate successfully within the business world.
We offer subjects which have the means to produce creative, enterprising young people who will seize the opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to secure a sustainable social, cultural, economic and environmental future for our country.
By studying how societies provide for their material wellbeing in the 21st Century, students will gain an appreciation for the economic and financial issues that impact on their own lives.
COURSES
Year 10 Business – this course introduces basic accounting and economics concepts and gives the students an opportunity to create and operate a small business unit. This course leads to Year 11 accounting and economics.
Year 11 Accounting – this course covers personal, business and non-profit organisation accounting. This course leads to Year 12 accounting.
Year 11 Economics – this course covers consumer demand, production and resources and the market. This course leads to Year 12 economics.
Year 12 Accounting – this course covers concepts, accounting subsystems, processing of financial information (both manually and on computer) and the preparation and analysis and interpretation of financial statements. This course leads to Year 13 accounting.
Year 12 Economics – this course covers economic concepts and models, the effects of and statistics relating to economic issues and the relevant government policies. This course leads to Year 13 economics.
Year 12 Business – this course covers the business environment and formation, the process of people in business and business management. The students will be creating and operating a small business as part of this course. This course leads to Year 13 enterprise.
Year 13 Accounting – this course covers concepts, the processing and reporting of information for both partnerships and companies, accounting information for management and the analysis and interpretation of a listed company. This course leads to the study of accounting at university.
Year 13 Economics – this course analyses both the microeconomic and macroeconomic areas of marginal analysis and the behaviour of firms, the market and allocative efficiency, market failure and government intervention and aggregate economic activity. This course leads to the study of economics at university.
Year 13 Business - this course covers the business environment and formation, the process of people in business and business management. The students will be creating and operating a complex business as part of this course. This course leads to the study of business related courses at university or a related vocational opportunity.
WHY CHOOSE A SUBJECT IN THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT?
We are all a part of the world of business. We all use and are users of accounting and economic information. Whether we are employees or employers we all need to know how to operate successfully within the world of business and subjects in the Business Department can equip students with the skills they need to ensure this success.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Scholarship Success
The Business Department has had great success with students gaining scholarships in both accounting and economics.
| Year |
Outstanding Scholarship |
Scholarship |
| 2009 |
Accounting x1 |
Accounting x 1
Economics x 3
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| 2008 |
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Accounting x 1
Economics x 3
|
| 2007 |
Accounting x 1 |
Economics x 4 |
| 2006 |
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Economics x 2 |
| 2005 |
Accounting x 1 |
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Business students frequently gain honours at a regional level and have also been recognised at national level. Many of our students have gone onto very successful careers in the world of business and the Business Hall of Fame’s purpose is to both recognise and promote their achievements.
“We learned that you have to be really determined to succeed as this is the only way to get things done on time!’ - Year 10 business student
“The Young Enterprise Scheme provides an amazing learning environment and has equipped us with the entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to enable us to recognise and realise an opportunity when it arises.” - Year 13 business student
“What you learn in accounting are the skills and knowledge you need in life.” - Year 13 accounting student
“Studying economics helps me to understand what’s reported in the newspapers and on the t.v. news.” - Year 12 economics student
Business Hall of Fame
Three years ago we were successful in our application to Enterprise New Zealand for funding to develop a Havelock North High School Business Hall of Fame. The aim is to celebrate ex-students who have excelled in the world of business.
The corridor outside Rooms 101 and 102 was redecorated and we have so far inducted the following ex-students.
JESSICA McDERMOTT
Owner of M>phosis Hair Studio.
National finalist in hairstyling awards in 2008 and 2009. Hastings Business Awards - Overall Winner in 2006 and category winner in 2008 and 2009.
GREG MURPHY
Racing car driver and CEO of Greg Murphy Racing
Four times winner at Bathurst
GEOFF SEWELL
CEO of Incognito Artists, Chartered Accountant and entrepreneur.
MICHAEL WHITTAKER
CEO and President of the Atlantis Group.
2001 New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year.
These ex-students are all featured in the corridor, along with profiles on Year 12 and 13 Business students who have been successful in the Young Enterprise Scheme.
If you have any suggestions for the Hall of Fame, please contact Rachel Hulls at the school.
