BTEC HND in Business Accounting

Specialist Units for Business HR

Unit 21: Human Resource Management

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Understand the difference between personnel management and human resourcemanagement
  2. Understand how to recruit employees
  3. Understand how to reward employees in order to motivate and retain them
  4. Know the mechanisms for the cessation of employment.

 

Unit 22: Managing Human Resources

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Understand the different perspectives of human resource management
  2. Understand ways of developing flexibility within the workplace
  3. Understand the impact of equal opportunities in the workplace
  4. Understand approaches to human resources practices in organisations.

 

Unit 23: Human Resources Development

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Understand learning theories and learning styles
  2. Be able to plan and design training and development
  3. Be able to evaluate a training event
  4. Understand government-led skills development initiatives.

 

Unit 24: Employee Relations

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Understand the context of employee relations against a changing background
  2. Understand the nature of industrial conflict and its resolution
  3. Understand collective bargaining and negotiation processes
  4. Understand the concept of employee participation and involvement.

 

Unit 13: Personal and Professional Development

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Understand how self-managed learning can enhance lifelong development
  2. Be able to take responsibility for own personal and professional development
  3. Be able to implement and continually review own personal and professional development plan
  4. Be able to demonstrate acquired interpersonal and transferable skills.

 

Unit 14: Working with and Leading People

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Be able to use recruitment, selection and retention procedures
  2. Understand the styles and impact of leadership
  3. Be able to work effectively in a team
  4. Be able to assess the work and development needs of individuals.

 

Unit 32: Quality Management in Business

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Understand the different approaches to quality management appropriate to commercial operations
  2. Understand the benefits of quality management in a business and services context
  3. Understand a range of quality controls and how service to the customer can be improved
  4. Be able to apply the principles of quality management to improve the performance of an organisation.

 

Unit 33: Small Business Enterprise

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

  1. Be able to investigate the performance of a selected small business enterprise
  2. Be able to propose changes to improve management and business performance
  3. Be able to revise business objectives and plans to incorporate proposed changes
  4. Be able to examine the impact of change management on the operations of the business.