Higher National Certificate in Business
First year of Higher National Diploma in:
Business
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Accounting
Module 1 consists of 2 SQA units each bearing 1 credit.
Unit 1: Communication: Analysing and Presenting Complex
Communication
This unit is about responding to and presenting complex business
communication. The main skills the unit covers are:
Analysing complex written business information
Producing complex written business documents
Organising and participating in formal meetings.
Unit 2: Information technology applications
This unit is about using a computer system to run applications software.
The main skills the unit covers are:
using an operating environment to manage applications
producing formatted documents
modelling prescribed situations
storing and retrieving information.
Module 2 consists of 2 SQA units; the first bears 2 credits, the second bears 1 credit.
Unit 1: Managing People and Organisations
This unit is designed to enable you to gain an understanding of different approaches to managing an organisation in todays dynamic and complex business environment. It will introduce you to current management theories to enable you to use these to evaluate organisational effectiveness.
When you have completed this unit, you will be able to:
explain the nature of organisations.
describe the factors that influence the motivation of both individuals and groups to perform
effectively within the workplace
explain the meaning of management and describe the main activities associated with the role
describe the different approaches to organising people within the workplace.
Unit 2: Marketing: An Introduction
This unit is designed to provide you with a basic knowledge and understanding of marketing and the operations of a marketing department within an organisation.
The main areas this unit deals with are:
introduction to the concept of marketing
the role of marketing in different types of organisations
different types of marketing research
why different types of marketing research are important to organisations.
Module 3 consists of 2 SQA units, each bearing 1 credit.
Unit 1: Economic Issues: An Introduction
This unit introduces you to some basic issues in economics with particular emphasis on the business environment.
The unit covers:
the basic economic problem (i.e. the allocation of resources)
how consumers and other economic agents address this problem
how markets operate and what can be done when the operation of these markets fail
the theory of national income
the role of government policy in the UK market.
Unit 2: Using Software Applications Packages
This unit is designed to enable candidates to use an IT system and software
applications packages effectively and responsibly to process a range of types of data.
This unit covers:
applying a range of skills using more than one software applications package
how to integrate different types of data from more than one application
how to carry out searches in order to extract and present relevant information from electronic data source
using a range of software application packages effectively and responsibly.
Module 4 consists of 1 SQA unit which bears 2 credits.
Unit 1: Business Accounting
This unit is designed to provide candidates with an understanding of the
use of accounting information within a business organisation.
The unit covers:
preparing basic financial and management accounting reports
interpreting and using financial information for decision-making
the users of financial information and the decisions for which they require
this information.
the various sources of finance available to an organisation.
assessing the performance and financial position of a business.
Module 5 consists of 1 SQA unit which bears 2 credits, and a graded unit which bears 1 credit.
Unit 1: Business Culture and Strategy
This unit is designed to enhance your understanding of business
strategy and how it can be developed and managed within the culture of an organisation. It highlights the dynamic nature of the business environment and the role that business strategy and organisational culture can play in improving the long-term performance of an organisation.
The main areas covered in this unit are:
the process by which management can assess the current relationship between the organisation and its external environment.
the relationship between organisational culture and organisational behaviour
the influence of business strategy on organisational behaviour
how to manage a business strategy
how to manage change within an organisation.
The graded unit will allow you to pick an area of interest in your work and put together a project which draws on all the ideas you have worked with over the five modules. |
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