HND in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Starting a business is a dream of many. For budding entrepreneurs, the vision of being your own boss, running a company according to your personal standards and making money out of your passion is perfectly possible with the right bank of knowledge and skills behind you. For this reason, we designed the BTEC HND (Higher National Diploma) in Business Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management to lay a solid foundation of skills to build your small business on. You will explore how to spot a gap in the market then turn it into a financial opportunity. You will learn how to take successful risks while being on your guard against potential barriers. By the time you finish the HND in Business we will have trained you to think, act and work like a successful entrepreneur.

The course is accredited by Pearson Education and is generally recognised as being equivalent to the first two years of a university degree. This means that should you wish to, upon completing the HND you then have the option of diving straight into the third year of university to top up your HND and thereby gain a full degree.

Studying online is undoubtedly becoming increasingly popular as technology moves on. While the online course market is growing, we at the College of Contract Management strive to bring you all the advantages of distance learning without leaving behind the benefits of traditional classroom teaching.

Structure

The HND in Business Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management is made up of two parts.

Part 1: BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate (HNC).

Part 2: BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma (HND)

Modules

For each unit that you complete you will earn a certain amount of credits. You are required to earn 120 credits in total to achieve your HNC and a further 120 to receive your HND. This equates to a minimum of 8 units at Level 4 and 7 units at Level 5, given that one core Level 5 module is worth 30 credits.

Level 4 Core Modules (Compulsory)

1. Business and Business Environment (15 credits)
2. Marketing Essentials (15 credits)
3. Human Resource Management (15 credits)
4. Management and Operations (15 credits)
5. Management Accounting (15 credits)
6. Managing a Successful Business Project (set by Pearson) (15 credits)

Level 4 Optional Modules (Choose up to 4)

1. Business Law (15 credits)
2. Innovation and Commercialisation (15 credits)
3. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (15 credits)
4. Financial Accounting (15 credits)

Level 5 Core Modules

1. Research Project (set by Pearson) (30 credits)
2. Organisational Behaviour (15 credits)
3. Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities (15 credits)
4. Launching a New Venture (15 credits)
5. Managing and Running a Small Business (15 credits)

Level 5 Optional Modules (Choose up to 5)

1. Taxation (15 credits)
2. Statistics for Management (15 credits)
3. Business Strategy (15 credits)
4. Business IT Systems (15 credits)
5. Business Systems (15 credits)
6. Developing Individuals, Teams and Organisations (15 credits)
7. Human Resources – Value and Contribution to Organisational Success (15 credits)
8. Consumer Behaviour and Insight (15 credits)
9. Customer Value Management (15 credits)
10. Sales Management (15 credits)
11. International Marketing (15 credits)
12. Brand Management (15 credits)
13. Planning for Growth (15 credits)
14. Tapping into New and International Markets (15 credits)
15. Pitching and Negotiation Skills (15 credits)

Assessment

You will be set one assignment per module in order to pass that unit. All details of these will be available on Moodle and you can discuss them with your tutors. All assignments are written pieces and to be submitted online. Your final grade will be an amalgamation of all your assignment, there is no final exam.

Easy-to-Use Online Hub

The College of Contract Management uses a virtual study platform called Moodle. This will be the hub of your online HND. You will use Moodle to access your live lecture invitations, timetable, source materials, friends, forums, groups and messages. We advise you to follow the live lectures every weekend but this is not mandatory, you can catch up at your convenience.

Realistic Timetable

You will be invited to attend 1-2 lectures per week. These are held at weekends, usually Saturday or Sunday evenings. Each lecture is 2 hours long and the number of total lectures varies. You will be given a lecture schedule before each module starts to help your plan your time.

We strongly advise you to supplement your guided learning with personal study. This could include wider reading, practising the skills you’ve learned so far, revising and summarising your notes or discussing topics with your fellow students.

Engaging Teaching

Our live online lecturers use similar teaching methods to those they do in university classrooms. You can take notes during the lesson, take part in group discussions and examine case studies.

As the lectures are recorded, you can re-watch them at any time.

Manageable Assessments

Towards the end of your module, we will email you an assignment. You will have a few weeks to complete the assignment and send it back to us to be marked. The assignments are always written essays, you will never be required to travel for an exam. Should you not pass your assignments, you will have chances to retake.

HNDs are an accessible route for people who are looking to kick-start their career. They are ideal if you’re looking to:

1. Work for a couple of years then enter the second or third year of a university degree.
2. Get promoted into managerial roles.
3. Change career.
4. Get a British qualification from overseas.

Please note that not all universities accept HNDs, please check with the universities that you are interested in.

For us to consider your application for the HND course you must:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Be a fluent English speaker. Overseas students for whom English is not their mother-tongue will need to provide evidence that their English is good enough to keep up with the course. This can be any one of the following:
  
  • IELTS 5.5, with a minimum of 5.5 in both Reading and Writing
  • CEFR level B2
  • PTE 51
  • Or approved equivalent.

There are many places this HND could take you to and here are just a few careers that you could consider:

• Small Business Manager
• Small Business Owner
• Business Development Manager
• Risk Manager
• Business Analyst
• Business Advise

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