Units
Choose your unit.
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Unit 1: Exploring Business
In this unit you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of business including how businesses are organised, markets and the environment in which business operates.
Module 1: Exploring the Features of Businesses
Module 2: Exploring how businesses are organised
Module 3: The Environment in which Businesses Operate
Module 4: Exploring Business Markets
Module 5: Exploring the Role and Contribution of Innovation and Enterprise in Business Success
Unit 2: Marketing
In this unit you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of marketing including developing and planning and a marketing campaign.
Module 1: Planning a Marketing Campaign
Module 2: Planning a Marketing Campaign
Module 3: Developing and Planning a Marketing Campaign
Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance
In this unit you will develop your knowledge and understanding of the role of money and finance in personal life and in business.
Module 1: Understanding the importance of managing personal finance
Module 2: Exploring the personal finance sector
Module 3: Understanding the purpose of accounting
Module 4: Selecting and evaluating different sources of business finance
Module 5: Cash flow forecasting and break even
Module 6: Complete statements of comprehensive income and financial position and evaluate business performance
Unit 4: International Business
In this unit you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of how and why businesses trade with other countries.
Module 1: Exploring the international context of business operations
Module 2: Investigating the international economic environment in which business operates
Module 3: Investigating the external factors influencing international businesses
Module 4: Investigating the cultural factors influencing international business
Module 5: Exploring strategic and operational approaches to the development of international trade
Unit 5: Principles of Management
In this unit you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of management in business.
Module 1: Definitions and Functions of Management
Module 2: Management and Leadership Styles and Skills
Module 3: Managing Human Resources
Module 4: Factors influencing workforce management, motivation and performance and change management
Module 5: Quality Management
Unit 6: Business Decision Making
In this unit you will have the opportunity to apply several aspects that you have already explored, to enable you to make and justify business decisions.
Module 1: Business Plans
Module 2: Business Decision Making
Module 3: Using research to justify the marketing of a business
Module 4: Efficient Operational Management of a Business
Module 5: Understanding the importance of resource management
Module 6: Creating, interpreting and analysing financial forecasts
