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Entrepreneurship programme

Level 3 diplomas

Diploma in Business (60 Credits)

Introduction Entry Criteria Qualification Content

Learners must complete all 5 mandatory units

Unit 1 Business Environment

Unit Aims: In this unit learners will gain knowledge and understanding of the environment in which organisations operate. This will support understanding of the different and often complex contexts in which organisations function.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 How Businesses and Organisations Work

Unit Aims: This unit will provide an overview of key aspects of business. Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of business objectives and structure, customer service, and resource requirements.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Business Communication

Unit Aims: To develop knowledge, skills and understanding of communication theory and the importance of effective communication in business.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Working in Teams

Unit Aims: Learners will gain knowledge and understanding of teams and team roles. There is also an opportunity for learners to develop their own employability skills.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 Market Research

Unit Aims: Learners will apply the principles to complete a market research project. They will also develop their research skills by applying these to the completion of the chosen market research project.

Credits: 20

Mandatory: Yes

Diploma in Business (90 Credits)

Learners must complete all 5 mandatory units and 2 other units (either both units 6 and 7, or at least 1 unit from units 6 and 7 plus 1 other optional unit)

Unit 1 Business Environment

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 How Businesses and Organisations Work

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Business Communication

Unit Aims: To develop knowledge, skills and understanding of communication theory and the importance of effective communication in business.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Working in Teams

Unit Aims: Learners will gain knowledge and understanding of teams and team roles. There is also an opportunity for learners to develop their own employability skills.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 Market Research

Credits: 20

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 6 Introduction to Financial Controls in Business

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of budgets, budgetary control, costings, cash flow, and basic ratio analysis. They will have the opportunity to construct simple budgets and cashflows.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 7 Leading and Managing People

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the concepts, principles and skills needed to lead and manage people.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 8 Principles of Marketing and Sales

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the principles of marketing and sales. Learners will also begin to gain the skills required to undertake marketing activities. Learners will have the opportunity to apply the principles and use the skills to complete a marketing mix plan.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 9 Human Resources

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the HR function including recruitment, selection, retention, monitoring and development of employees.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 10 Organisational Strategy

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of strategic issues in business such as vision, mission and growth. Learners will also be introduced to organisational growth, organisational culture, how information is used and how change is managed.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 11 Online Marketing

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of online marketing. They will have the opportunity to create content for a social media platform.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 12 International Business

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of how businesses trade internationally, the benefits and costs to a business of trading internationally and the barriers to trading internationally.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 13 Project Management

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of project management. They will develop project management skills through the planning of a business-related project.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Diploma in Business and Management

Learners must complete all 7 mandatory units and 2 other units.

Unit 1 Business Environment

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 How Businesses and Organisations Work

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Business Communication

Unit Aims: To develop knowledge, skills and understanding of communication theory and the importance of effective communication in business.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Working in Teams

Unit Aims: Learners will gain knowledge and understanding of teams and team roles. There is also an opportunity for learners to develop their own employability skills.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 Market Research

Credits: 20

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 6 Introduction to Financial Controls in Business

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 7 Leading and Managing People

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the concepts, principles and skills needed to lead and manage people.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 8 Principles of Marketing and Sales

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 9 Human Resources

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the HR function including recruitment, selection, retention, monitoring and development of employees.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 10 Organisational Strategy

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 11 Online Marketing

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of online marketing. They will have the opportunity to create content for a social media platform.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 12 International Business

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 13 Project Management

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of project management. They will develop project management skills through the planning of a business-related project.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Diploma in English & Communication for Business

Learners must complete all 5 mandatory units.

Unit 1 Business Communications

Unit Aims: This introductory unit aims to ensure learners understand the range of business communications which occur and their importance for business success.

Credits: 5

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 Mobile and Digital Business Communications

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of professional communication in today’s increasingly global, digital, social mobile world and the impact of new digital technologies on business communication.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Verbal and Non-Verbal Business Communications

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the conventional verbal and non-verbal professional communications used in businesses.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Business English: Reading and Writing

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop the learner’s competencies when using Business English for reading and writing purposes.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 Business English: Speaking and Listening

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge, understanding and skills in the use of Business English for speaking and listening purposes.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Diploma in Business and Management

Learners must complete all mandatory units.

Unit 1 Business Environment

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 How Businesses and Organisations Work

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Business Communication

Unit Aims: To develop knowledge, skills and understanding of communication theory and the importance of effective communication in business.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Working in Teams

Unit Aims: Learners will gain knowledge and understanding of teams and team roles. There is also an opportunity for learners to develop their own employability skills.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 Market Research

Credits: 20

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 6 Introduction to Financial Controls in Business

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 7 Leading and Managing People

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the concepts, principles and skills needed to lead and manage people.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 8 Principles of Marketing and Sales

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 9 Human Resources

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the HR function including recruitment, selection, retention, monitoring and development of employees.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 10 Organisational Strategy

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 11 Online Marketing

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of online marketing. They will have the opportunity to create content for a social media platform.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 12 International Business

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Unit 13 Project Management

Unit Aims: Learners will develop knowledge and understanding of project management. They will develop project management skills through the planning of a business-related project.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Opt

Level 4,5,6 - Diploma in Business and Management

Learners must complete 2 mandatory units and 2 optional (opt) units.

Unit 1 The Business Environment

Unit Aims: This unit will develop learners’ understanding of the national and global business environment and the internal and external circumstances in which different organisations operate.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 People in Organisations

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of those aspects of organisations that concern and support people. This includes communication practices, teamwork, remote working and other organisational structures.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Communication Skills for Business

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the communication practices within organisations and learners are introduced to the different modes and channels of communication used in organisations.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Resource Management

Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to provide an overview of the human and physical resources needed in a range of organisations, including those in the primary, service and manufacturing sectors.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 The Marketing Mix

Unit Aims: To develop a comprehensive understanding of the marketing mix and the roles of the seven aspects of the marketing mix to businesses.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 6 Corporate Social Responsibility

Unit Aims: To develop an understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues and impacts of CSR policy. Learners will be able to use their knowledge and understanding to make recommendations for responsible business practice.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 7 Managing a Work Based Team Project

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop project management skills for a work-based team project by implementing the different stages of project development, implementation and review.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 8 Entrepreneurship

Unit Aims: To provide the learner with an understanding of entrepreneurship in business, the skills and qualities needed by a successful entrepreneur and the roles an entrepreneur plays in starting and developing businesses.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 9 Customer Relationship Management

Unit Aims: Learners will be able to develop knowledge and understanding of the scope and importance of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and to explore how effective CRM is achieved.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 10 Administrative Services

Unit Aims: Learners will be able to develop knowledge and understanding of the range of administrative services that might be offered to managers or departments within organisations.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 11 Financial and Management Accounting Techniques for Managers

Unit Aims: To develop a knowledge and understanding of fundamental financial and management accounting techniques that are used by managers in organisations and to develop skills enabling learners to apply these techniques.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 12 Managing Information and Knowledge

Unit Aims: To provide the learner with an understanding of the importance of information and knowledge to organisations and the key concepts of managing information and knowledge in a business setting.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 13 Managing Operations

Unit Aims: Learners will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the role and importance of operations management in organisations.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 14 Managing Quality

Unit Aims: Learners will gain an understanding of the concepts of quality, quality control, quality assurance and quality management.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 15 Digital Communicationss

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of digital communications technology.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Learners must complete 2 mandatory units and 2 optional (opt) units.

Unit 1 Business Organisations in a Global Context

Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to develop the skills required for the learner to formulate an appropriate research question and to design and undertake a research project to answer that research question.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 2 People Management

Unit Aims: This unit will enable learners to understand how to manage individuals and teams.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 3 Information for Strategic Decision Making

Unit Aims: This unit examines how information supports strategic decision making in organisations. This involves making use of the appropriate management tools and models, including quantitative techniques.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 4 Advanced Finance for Business Managers

Unit Aims: This unit explores the concepts of cash flow forecasting, marginal costing, capital investment appraisal and financial ratios. It investigates how business managers use financial information to plan, control and make effective decisions.

Credits: 10

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 5 Managing Communication

Unit Aims: This unit aims to develop knowledge and understanding of communication within and between organisations.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 6 Finance for Managers

Unit Aims: The unit aims to equip learners with the knowledge and understanding of the sources and use of finance in organisations and how to evaluate and interpret financial data.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 7 Research Project

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 8 Marketing Principles and Practice

Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to develop knowledge and understanding of general marketing principles and their application in business.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 9 Manage Sustainability in an Organisation

Unit Aims: This unit will enable learners to acquire the knowledge and understanding of sustainability, as it relates to organisations. This includes the legal and regulatory requirements and how to achieve relevant quality standards.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 10 Small Business Enterprise

Unit Aims: To provide the learner with an understanding of the importance of small business enterprises in today’s business environment. Also, an understanding of the development, management and administration of small business enterprises.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 11 Planning and New Business Venture

Unit Aims: This unit will develop knowledge and understanding of new business ventures and skills associated with planning a venture. By studying this unit, learners will develop an understanding of business types and the factors that determine the success or otherwise of a new business venture.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 12 Business Law

Unit Aims: This unit aims to enable learners to develop knowledge and understanding of some of the main aspects of business law which impact on organisations.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 13 Operations Management

Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of the nature of the operations function and the role of those managing it.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 14 Information for Strategic Decision Making

Unit Aims: This unit will provide the learner with an understanding of the role, value and sources of information needed in order to make strategic decisions.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 15 Organisational Analysis and Change

Unit Aims: The aim of this unit is to enable learners to understand the range of performance measures needed to analyse and determine organisational performance, and the change processes that can then be used to improve organisational performance.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 16 Financial Systems and Auditing

Unit Aims: Learners will develop an understanding of the management of financial accounting systems and the reporting processes required when conducting an audit.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

Unit 17 Business Ethics

Unit Aims: This unit will enable the learner to develop knowledge and understanding of business ethics and the effects ethics can have on organisations, including planning and the management of their goals and activities.

Credits: 15

Mandatory: Yes

The SACL Level 6 Diploma in Business Management consists of 6 mandatory units for a combined total of 120 credits, 1200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 480 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

Unit 1: Leadership and People Management Credits: 20 Mandatory: Yes
Unit 2: Business Research Project Credits: 20 Mandatory: Yes
Unit 3: Operations Management Credits: 20 Mandatory: Yes
Unit 4: Financial Decision Making Credits: 20 Mandatory: Yes
Unit 5: Sustainable Business Practices Credits: 20 Mandatory: Yes
Unit 6: Strategic Human Resource Management Credits: 20 Mandatory: Yes

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