Our National Qualifications in Business Management develop learners’ enterprise skills and attributes by providing them with opportunities to study a range of business and organisational contexts.

Learners develop an awareness of the ways in which society relies on businesses and other organisations to satisfy its needs, and an understanding of how to use business information to interpret and report on overall business performance – in a range of contexts. Learners also gain knowledge and understanding of the impact that external influences have on organisations, such as economic impact and sustainability.

This Course will build on the skills, knowledge and understanding gained in National 5 Business Management or, for some learners, can act as an entry to the study of business.

The purpose of the Course is to highlight the ways in which large organisations operate and the steps they take to achieve their strategic goals. This purpose will be achieved by combining theoretical and practical aspects of learning through the use of real-life business contexts. The skills, knowledge and understanding will be embedded in current business theory and practice and reflect the integrated nature of large organisations, their functions and their decision-making processes.

A main feature of this Course is the development of enterprising and employability skills. Learners will be able to understand and make use of business information to interpret and report on overall business performance in a range of contexts. The Course therefore includes the study of large organisations in the private, public and third sectors.

The Course explores the important impact businesses have on everyday life, thereby giving learners experiences which are topical. It develops skills for learning, life and work that will be of instant use in the workplace. It supports personal financial awareness through developing learners’ knowledge of financial management in a business context.

Learners will be given the opportunity to be involved in learning activities which are challenging, motivating and inspiring.

The Course aims to enable learners to develop and extend:
♦ knowledge and understanding of the ways in which society relies on businesses and other organisations to satisfy its needs
♦ an understanding of a range of methods businesses and other organisations use to ensure customers’ needs are met
♦ understanding of enterprising skills and attributes by providing opportunities to study relatively complex business issues
♦ understanding of business-related financial matters
♦ an understanding of the ways businesses and other organisations can use resources to achieve maximum efficiency
♦ an understanding of the steps taken by businesses and other organisations to improve overall performance and effectiveness
♦ knowledge and understanding of the main effects that external influences, such as economic impact and sustainability, have on large organisations.