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HND Business


International Business College Manchester

Summary

Price
£3,195 VAT exempt
Study method
Online
Duration
2 years · Self-paced
Qualification
HND Business
Awarded by Edexcel
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

The HND consists of 15 units.

Course Content

15 Units

Business and the Business Environment

  • Provides learners with an understanding of different organisations
  • Understand the influence of stakeholders and the relationship between businesses and the local, national and global environments

Marketing Essentials

  • Understand the purchase decision-making process
  • Recognise situations that influence buying behaviour
  • Exploration of marketing research process

Human Resource Management

  • Builds knowledge and understanding developed in Human Resources
  • Understand the application of Human Resource Management

Management and Operations

  • Understand the operations function within an organisation
  • Develop knowledge to include elements of product and job design, planning and control

Management Accounting

  • Analyses of cost information, both current and future
  • Budgetary planning and control
  • Preparing forecasts and budgets

Business Law

  • Explain the basic nature of the legal system
  • Illustrate the potential impact of the law on a business
  • Suggest appropriate legal solutions to business problems
  • Recommend appropriate legal solutions based upon alternative legal advice provided

Financial Accounting

  • Record business transactions using double entry book-keeping, and be able to extract a trial balance
  • Prepare final accounts for sole-traders, partnerships or limited companies in accordance with appropriate principles, conventions and standards
  • Perform bank reconciliations to ensure company and bank records are correct
  • Reconcile control accounts and shift recorded transactions from the suspense accounts to the right accounts

Managing a Successful Business Project

  • Establish project aims, objectives and timeframes based on the chosen theme
  • Conduct small-scale research, information gathering and data collection to generate knowledge to support the project
  • Present the project and communicate appropriate recommendations based on meaningful conclusions drawn from the evidence findings and/or analysis
  • Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and its usefulness to support sustainable organisational performance

Research Project

  • Develop skills of independent enquiry and critical analyses

Organisational Behaviour

  • Understand individual and group behaviour in organisations
  • Manage behaviour in the workplace

Operations and Project Management

  • Review and critique the effectiveness of operations management principles
  • Apply the concept of continuous improvement in an operational context
  • Apply the project life cycle (PLC) to a given context
  • Review and critique the application of the PLC used in a given project

Understanding and Leading Change

  • Compare ways in which change impacts on an organisation’s strategy and operations
  • Evaluate the influences that drivers of change have on organisational behaviour
  • Determine how barriers to change influence leadership decision-making
  • Apply a range of leadership approaches to a change initiative

Global Business Environment

  • Analyse different organisations and the influence of stakeholders
  • Understand the relationship between business and the local, national and global environments

Business Strategy

  • Knowledge and understanding of how a business unit can strategically organise and plan for likely future outcomes

Developing Individuals and Teams

  • Analyse employee knowledge, skills and behaviours required by HR
  • Analyse the factors to be considered when implementing and evaluating inclusive learning and development to drive sustainable business
  • Apply knowledge and understanding to the ways in which high-performance working (HPW) contributes to employee engagement and competitive advantage
  • Evaluate ways in which performance management, collaborative working and effective communication can support high-performance culture and commitment

Description

The Edexcel Level 5 HND qualification is a UK accredited course which is internationally recognised.

The HND is a modular Business programme equivalent to the first two years of a degree and with one year of extra study at a UK University it can become a BA Honours Degree.

This qualification is a foundation course, aimed at students who would like a good knowledge of all Business Management aspects.

As the HND is part of the Qualifications and Framework (RQF) it has transferable credits of a minimum of 240.

Who is this course for?

  • The Level 5 HND Business Management can help increase your earning potential
  • This course is ideal for individuals looking for a nationally and internationally recognised qualification
  • The HND qualification is recognised as an access course onto a BA Honours Degree
  • The HND course gives you a strong foundation in Business
  • – Develops your knowledge and academic ability, the HND is viewed by employers as a vocational course as it prepares you for careers in the workplace
  • – This course is eligible for you to apply for a National Union of Students Card (NUS Extra). Once enrolled on your course you can apply direct from the NUS website

Requirements

Students must:

  • Students must be over 18 years of age
  • English language fluency to IELTS Level 5.5. (International students only)
  • Have a related Level 3 qualification or related work experience (paid or unpaid)

Career path

Degree level courses

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