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BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business (Management) Edexcel


Qualification On successful completion of the programme you will be awarded a BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business (Management).


Awarding Body Edexcel


Course Description The HND Diploma in Business (Management) is ideal for those who wish to study at undergraduate level to become better business managers.


The HND Diploma in Business (Management) can be studied as stand-alone programme or can form part of a three-year degree programme leading to the University of Sunderland BA (Hons) Business Management, or Anglia Ruskin University BA (Hons) Business. Successful completion of the HND allows direct entry to a one-year topup to Honours Degree.


Mode Online distance learning


Course Content (Modules) Comprises 8 units for the HNC and a further 8 units for the HND:


HNC (total 8 units):


1. Marketing Principles • Concept and process of marketing • Concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning


• Individual elements of the extended marketing mix


• The marketing mix in different contexts


2. Managing Financial Resources and Decisions


• Sources of finance available to a business • The implications of finance as a resource within a business


• Make financial decisions based on financial information


• Evaluate the financial performance of a business


3. Organisations and Behaviour • Relationship between organisational structure and culture


• Different approaches to management and leadership


• Motivational theories in organisations • Mechanisms for developing effective teamwork in organisations


4. Business Environment • Organisational purposes of businesses • Nature of the national environment in which businesses operate


• Behaviour or organisations in their market environment


• Significance of the global factors that shape national business activities


5. Personal and Professional Development • Self-managed learning • Personal and professional development • Personal and professional development plan • Interpersonal and transferable skills


6. Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business


• Essential elements of a valid contract in a business context


• Elements of a contract in business situations • Principles of liability in negligence in business activities


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Online -based distance learning


Stand alone course or part of 3 year degree


7. Human Resource Management • Difference between personnel management and human resource management


• How to recruit employees • How to reward employees in order to motivate and retain them


• Mechanisms for cessation of employment


8. Business Decision Making • Sources for the collection of primary and secondary data


• Techniques to analyse data effectively for business purposes


• Produce information in appropriate formats for decision making in an organisational context


• Software-generated information


HND (total 8 units): 9. Working With and Leading People • Recruitment, selection and retention procedures


• Styles and impact of leadership • Team working • Asessing the work and development needs of individuals


10. Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results


• Importance of busines processes in delivering outcomes based upon business goals and objectives


• Develop and implement operational plans • Monitor appropriate systems to improve organisational performance


• Manage health and safety in the workplace


11. Managing Communications, Knowledge and Information


• Assess information and knowledge needs • Create strategies to increase personal networking to widen involvement in the decision-making process


• Develop communication processes • Improve systems relating to information and knowledge


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