Foundation Apprenticeship Business Skills Qualification Aim To provide

Foundation Apprenticeship Business Skills

Qualification Aim To provide you with the skills and knowledge for entry into a career in the Business sector Supports you to understand the expectations of employers in order that you can competitively compete in the labour market through the development of key skills and understanding of key business processes.

Skills Development • • • Planning and organising Team working Problem solving Communication Time management Research

Overview and Introduction National Progression Award Units • Understanding Business • Contemporary Business Issues • Management of People and Finance Overview of IT units will be covered next week

Understanding Business Unit Key concepts: • Business sectors • Types of organisations • Business Structures • Stakeholders • Factors affecting an organisation • Organisational growth

Contemporary Business Issues Unit • Focus is on small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) • The business lifecycle and stages of growth • Issues affecting SMEs • Business Strategy

Management of People and Finance Unit • Recruitment and selection • Training • Leadership • Motivation • Employee Relations • Employment Law • Sources of Finance • Budgeting • Financial Statements • Ratio analysis

Studying at SCQF Level 6 What does this mean? Ø Equivalent to Higher Ø Be able to demonstrate a range of knowledge, facts, theories in relation to a specific subject Ø Be able to relate the subject to practical applications and apply knowledge, skills and understanding e. g using case studies Ø Draw conclusions and suggest solutions Ø Use a wide range of numerical and graphical data Ø Lead teams to achieve tasks

Learning and teaching approach • Student led – regular team discussions will take place to maximise learning opportunity and achievement • Activity based learning – revision quizzes, case studies, debates, team and individual based learning, research based tasks • Online materials and activity upload using i. Learn

Assessment approach • Minimum of one written assessment per unit (Some units require the completion of two assessments) • Provision of assessment checklists to support your achievement • Assessments will be issued at least two weeks in advance • Submission dates identified in advance to allow planning of their completion • Online submission using i. Learn

Our expectations • Participation in learning activities • Learning should be fun – enjoy the learning process • Assessments to be submitted on time • Ask questions and present your ideas • Regular feedback to support achievement

Take a few minutes to consider the following questions: What are your expectations of the course? What do you hope to gain from the course?

Research Activity Your task: Undertake internet research and answer the following questions: • Explain the role/purpose of a business • Identify one small organisation (sometimes known as a SME) and one large organisation (over 250 employees) anywhere in the UK • Explain two main differences between the small organisation and the large organisation • Describe two factors/events which have had an impact on both of these organisations over the last year and explain what the impact on the business has been e. g financial, loss of staff, closure

Research Task – Useful Resources • https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/guides/zmx 47 nb/revision/1 • https: //www. simplybusiness. co. uk/knowled ge/articles/2020/05/what-is-an-sme/ • https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/guides/zd 3 prj 6/revision/5

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