Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Business and Management

Unit Overview

Unit 1: Business Organisations in a Global Context

Aims: Develop understanding of issues faced by global business organisations.
Key Topics: Differences in global business operations, impact of external factors, globalisation’s impact on internal operations, current issues in specific countries.
Assessment: Appraise global business environment, review macro-environment in a specific country.

Unit 2: Research Project

Aims: Develop skills to design and undertake a research project.
Key Topics: Research question formulation, methodologies, project planning, undertaking research, evaluating outcomes, presenting findings.
Assessment: Design and undertake research, evaluate and present results.

Unit 3: People Management

Aims: Understand how to manage individuals and teams.
Key Topics: Impact of organisational structure and culture, managing performance, creating effective teams, training and development, people management strategies.
Assessment: Produce work demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes, refer to exemplar material.

Unit 4: Finance for Managers

Aims: Equip learners with knowledge of finance sources and financial data evaluation.
Key Topics: Sources of finance, financial performance assessment, costing methods, break-even analysis.
Assessment: Access and interpret financial statements, use costing methods.

Unit 5: Managing Communication

Aims: Develop knowledge of communication within and between organisations.
Key Topics: Communication channels, workplace communication factors, personal communication skills, evaluating organisational communication.
Assessment: Demonstrate effective communication skills, evaluate communication channels.

Unit 6: Marketing Principles and Practice

Aims: Develop understanding of marketing principles and their application.
Key Topics: Role of marketing, marketing process, market segmentation, digital marketing, marketing methods, developing a marketing plan.
Assessment: Apply marketing theory to produce a marketing plan.

Unit 7: Manage Sustainability in an Organisation

Aims: Acquire knowledge of sustainability in organisations.
Key Topics: Sustainability issues, legislation and regulation, auditing sustainability, quality standards.
Assessment: Conduct a sustainability audit, report findings, recommend improvements.

Unit 8: Small Business Enterprise

Aims: Understand the importance and management of small business enterprises.
Key Topics: Types of enterprises, start-up processes, managing operations, expanding a business.
Assessment: Refer to exemplar material, analyse small business operations.

Unit 9: Planning a New Business Venture

Aims: Develop knowledge of planning a new business venture.
Key Topics: Market potential, legal forms, business plan development, securing funding.
Assessment: Develop a business plan, evaluate funding approaches.

Unit 10: Business Law

Aims: Develop understanding of business law impacting organisations.
Key Topics: Legal relationship with consumers, consumer credit, agency law, monopolies, intellectual property.
Assessment: Refer to case law, illustrate points with examples.

Unit 11: Operations Management

Aims: Understand the operations function and its impact on business success.
Key Topics: Role of operations, impact on business success, tools and techniques, ethical considerations.
Assessment: Produce work demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes.

Unit 12: Information for Strategic Decision Making

Aims: Understand the role and sources of information for strategic decisions.
Key Topics: Information sources, gathering information, using information in decision making.
Assessment: Refer to actual examples, evaluate information gathering methods.

Unit 13: Organisational Analysis and Change

Aims: Understand performance measures and change processes.
Key Topics: Monitoring performance, financial and operational performance, barriers to change, managing change.
Assessment: Use exemplars, apply information to specific organisations.

Unit 14: Financial Systems and Auditing

Aims: Understand financial accounting systems and audit processes.
Key Topics: Importance of accounting records, management control systems, audit processes.
Assessment: Demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes, refer to specific organisations.

Unit 15: Business Ethics

Aims: Develop understanding of business ethics and their impact.
Key Topics: Ethical perspectives, business objectives, workplace relationships, current ethical issues.
Assessment: Produce work demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes, assess current ethical issues.

Unit 16: Life Sciences in Business

Aims: Understand principles of life sciences and their business implications.
Key Topics: Management considerations, natural selection, preventable diseases, genetically engineered organisms.
Assessment: Produce work demonstrating achievement of learning outcomes.

Unit 17: Logic and Critical Thinking/Design and Creative Thinking

Aims: Understand different types of thinking and their business impact.
Key Topics: Analytical reasoning, scientific and ethical reasoning, creative thinking, design process.
Assessment: Demonstrate understanding of thinking types, apply to business environment.

Unit 18: Applied Economics for Business

Aims: Understand elements of applied economics and their impact on organisations.
Key Topics: Macroeconomics, economic policies, trade balance, trade deficit.

• Assessment: Use examples to illustrate work, apply to specific case studies.

Level 5 HND in Business and Management