JC Business Studies case studies
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Junior Certificate Business Studies is a school-leaving subject examination taken by lower-secondary students in Ireland, typically around the end of the three-year Junior Cycle. It introduces students to how money, households, businesses and government interact, and it rewards candidates who can move between everyday examples and formal business language. The JC Business Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 4,400 words.
1Ciara's Car: Comparing Two Ways of Paying for It
Ciara is 22 and works as an apprentice electrician, taking home €2,150 a month. Her fixed outgoings are €780 rent, €190 utilities, €120 phone and broadband, and €260 on groceries and travel.
793 words, about 4 min2The Swollen Battery: What the Shop Can and Cannot Say
Seán buys a €649 smartphone from a high-street electronics shop on 12 March, paying by debit card. In August the battery begins to swell and the phone shuts down without warning.
785 words, about 4 min3Léa and Tom's Tote Bag Stall: Does the Plan Break Even?
Léa and Tom are 16 and are planning their Junior Cycle enterprise project. They intend to print custom designs onto cotton tote bags and sell them at a weekend market.
779 words, about 4 min4Fern & Co.: Correcting the Profit and Chasing the Debtors
is a garden maintenance business run by Aoife as a sole trader; her year end is 31 December. Her bookkeeper produced this summary for the year just ended, in euro: cash sales 48,000; credit sales 36,000; opening stock 3,200; purchases 41,000; closing stock 4,100; wages 19,500; rent 7,200; van running costs 5,400; loan interest 900; debtors 9,000; creditors 4,500.
911 words, about 5 min5Ballinmore After the Plant Closure: Choosing a Response
Ballinmore has 9,400 residents. Its largest employer, a US-owned medical-device plant, will close in March with the loss of 340 jobs; a further 210 jobs in local suppliers and shops are expected to go within a year.
1,132 words, about 6 min