Business Management (Level 3) Course

If you'd like to gain the skills needed to launch a career in Business Management, the distance learning Business Management course is ideal. The distance learning Business Management course provides training in proven techniques which can be used to motivate people and build their self-esteem. With this home study course, a personal tutor is available to help you through the course. Additionally, our student advisors are only a phone call away. What's more, because the Business Management course is so comprehensive, no prior knowledge or skills are required.

Managers are possibly the most crucial factor to the success of any business. Every component in a business is important but it’s up to the manager to pull the components together and make them work successfully. That is why skilled managers are so valuable in today’s business climate where issues of quality, cost and competition are key to business success. Good business management is not just about intuition, being a good leader or being assertive; it has become a science relying upon skills and knowledge.

Imagine yourself as a manager – higher pay, greater job security, prestige, not to mention a strong sense of personal satisfaction. It’s within your power to make the dream a reality with the Learning Business Management Award. So, if you see yourself as having a bright career as a business manager, then enrolling on the Business Management course could be the best thing you’ve done.

How is the course structured? 
The Level 3 in Business Management course is divided into four comprehensive modules:

Module One: Management Skills and Issues

• Personal qualities needed for success in business
• Setting duties, tasks and responsibilities
• Structure and authority
• Managing by objectives
• Checklist for an effective organisation
• Business ethics
• Time management
• Stress management
• The production team
• Warehousing, shipping and dispatching
• Administration, finance, marketing and sales
• Human resources
• Management functions in general

Module Two: An Introduction to Management

• The content and process of management work
• Conventional and critical perspectives
• Specialisation between areas of management
• Models of management
• Management theories for uncertain conditions
• The general business environment
• The competitive environment
• Organising environmental analysis
• Stakeholder analysis
• The growth of international business
• Contrasts in national cultures
• Managing in an international context
• Responsible business practices
• Corporate social responsibility

Module Three: Planning and Organising

• Types of planning and strategy
• Defining organisational purpose
• Alternative perspectives on strategy
• The importance of marketing
• Creating a marketing orientation
• Understanding the consumer
• Using the marketing mix
• Organisation structure and culture
• Creating the vertical structure
• Creating the horizontal structure
• Human resource management
• Performance appraisal
• The balance between old and new structure
• The context of change
• Influencing people to implement change
• Sources of power to influence others
• Behavioural models

Module Four: Leading and Controlling the Business

• Motivation and behaviour modification
• Process theories of motivation
• Empowerment
• Careers in a time of change
• Communication and management
• Effective communication
• Problems and barriers to communication
• The basis of effective teams
• A model for team effectiveness
• The disadvantages of teams
• Finance and budgetary control
• Aspects of financial reporting
• Managing operations and quality
• Computer-based information systems
• The role of the internet
• Managing information systems

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete yourBusiness Management course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The Business Management course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

What's Included? What do I get when I enrol?

Your course fee covers everything you will need to successfully complete the Business Management home study course and earn your Level 3 Qualification:

1. All textbooks, study folders, and/or online learning aids designed for distance learning

2. A full range of student services, including:

• Tutor marked assessments (TMAs)
• Access to the online student portal (Student Chat, Forums and Online Support Resources)
• NUS Extra Card (discounted membership)
• Comprehensive Study Guide & Study Plan
• Guide to Effective Study Techniques
• How to approach exams without fear

3. An accredited award upon successful course completion directly from the awarding body NCFE

4. One year's educational support by e-mail, post, fax or phone

5. Free postage and packaging for UK mainland students

The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course.  This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Business Management and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

Supervisor

As a supervisor in any industry, you would manage a team of staff and organise their workload. You could work in all kinds of businesses, for example leading a sales team, managing a team in an office or call centre, or running a section in a factory, restaurant or shop.