Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the two years of pursuing this Pearson BTEC

HND Diploma in Business programme, learners will be able to:

• Explain the different types of business and implications of

operating in the micro and macro environment;

• Build a marketing plan as per the goals and objectives of a

business and monitor its implementation;

• Elaborate on the concepts and principles involved in

Human Resource Management;

• Analyse the management of human resources to achieve

the goals and objectives of an organisation;

• Differentiate between the role of a leader and the function

of a manager;

• Compare ways in which organisations could use

management accounting for planning purposes and to

respond to financial problems;

• Demonstrate the skills required to implement and manage

a small scale project;

• Analyse how Business Law is applied to businesses;

• Assess how national culture, economy and the personal

characteristics of entrepreneurs affect entrepreneurship;

• Identify an area to be researched on, review the literature

relevant to the business research project and justify the

choice of methodology to conduct the research;

• Conduct and analyse research relevant to the business

research project identified;

• Analyse the influence of different factors on the behaviour

of individuals, teams and organisations as a whole;

• Demonstrate the ability to contribute to an organisation’s

implementation of its taxation responsibilities;

• Demonstrate the knowledge of the different strategies that

can be used at the operational, tactical and strategic levels;

• Apply knowledge and understanding to the ways in which

high-performance working (HPW) contributes to employee

engagement and competitive advantage;

• Demonstrate an understanding of how to organise and

evaluate international marketing efforts and work with

marketing teams internationally;

• Evaluate ways that organisations can move into

international markets.