Diploma in Business Management (E-Learning)
Duration:
9 Months
Award by:
Stanfort Academy
LEARNING OUTCOME:
THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
- Understand the significance of the environment on business activity.
- Understand the structure and organisation of business.
- Understand the competitive and political environment facing business.
- Understand the impact of macro-economic environment on business.
- Understand the influence of the global economy on business.
- Understand the impact of socio-cultural influences and technology on business decisions.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- Understand the framework of financial accounting.
- Know how to prepare and present the financial statements of companies in accordance with internationally generally accepted accounting practice (IGAAP) under international Financial Reporting Standards.
- Know how to prepare Statement of Comprehensive income, Statements of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equality and Statements of Cash Flows.
- Know how to analyse and interpret financial statements for a range of users.
- Know how to prepare and present consolidated financial statements in accordance with IGAAP.
- Understand the capital structure and gearing of a business.
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
- Understand the importance of organisational behaviour in successfully managing a dynamic environment.
- Understand the individual’s contribution to organisational behaviour and performance by recognising the importance of personality, perception, attitudes and learning.
- Understand motivation, the various content and process theories and their implications for management and job re-design approaches to improve motivation.
- Understand about job satisfaction and its relationship to job performance together with stress, frustration reactions and the necessary management action to overcome them.
- Understand the nature, skill, significance and effectiveness of groups in organisations.
- Understand leadership theories and examine the key variables that determine the effectiveness of leadership in practice.
- Understand the nature of conflict and various approaches to securing conflict resolution.
- Understand formal and informal communication processes and networks, and examine the potential barriers to effective communications.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Understand the importance of a professional approach to HRM as an essential means for optimising the performance and commitment of an organisation’s employees.
- Understand the roles of effective and efficient people resourcing (planning, recruitment and selection) in securing a workforce with the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes, enabling them to contribute to organisational goals.
- Understand the theory and practice related to the full range of HRM functions (learning, performance management, reward/recognition and employee relations).
- Understand the content and significance of key development in the HRM arena, especially High Performance Working (HPW), employee engagement, employer branding, and self-managed learning.
MARKETING POLICY, PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION
- Understand the creative nature of marketing and know how to evaluate the role and value of marketing in a variety of business contexts.
- Understand the marketing mix concept (7Ps) and its role in the formulation of an integrated marketing plan in both domestic and international markets.
- Know how to formulate and evaluate marketing plans at domestic and international levels.
- Understand the role of information and research in marketing decision making and the influence technology has had on these activities in recent years.
- Understand the macro and micro environmental factors affecting marketing decisions and how to conduct environmental scanning and external audits.
- Understand consumer and organisational buyer behaviour and the main influences at individual, household and organisational level.
- Understand segmentation targeting and positioning tools and techniques and be able to develop and implement STP strategies in an appropriate and creative manner.
PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS LAW
- Understand the main sources and types of law.
- Understand the different types of business organisation.
- Understand the essential elements of a contract.
- Understand the law on discharge and breach of a contract.
- Know and understand the legal rules in relation to agency.
- Know the legal rules in relation to the areas of employment law.
MANAGING THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP
- Understand the contribution Customer service makes to achieving organisational objectives.
- Know how to improve customer service performance in an organisation.
- Know how to manage the customer interface.
- Know how to improve customer service levels in specific contextual settings.
- Understand the role and impact of front-line staff in the delivery of customer service.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO is 1:30
Course Outcomes | Diploma |
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Duration | Full-Time: 9 Months |
Mode of delivery | Online teaching |
Awarding Body | Stanfort Academy |
Entry requirements
Minimum Age | 17 years |
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Academic qualification |
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Proficiency Level | A pass (C6) in GCE O Level English OR Obtain at least 60% marks in Stanfort Academy English Language Placement Test (equivalent to IELTS 5.5 in reading and writing) |
ASSESSMENT MODE
- ASSIGNMENT/ PRESENTATION / CLASS TEST
ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING
- ASSIGNMENT: 60%
- PRESENTATION / CLASS TEST: 20%
- PARTICIPATION: 10%
- PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR: 10%
ASSESSMENT GRADING CRITERIA
- High Distinction (HD) – 80 Marks and Above
- Distinction (D) – 70 to 79
- Credit (C) – 60 to 69
- Pass (P) – 50 to 59
- Fail (F) – 49 Marks and below
EXPECTED EXAMINATION RESULTS RELEASE DATE
- 1 month after the examination
EXPECTED AWARD CONFERMENT DATE
- within 2 months after successful completion of all modules