Core Units

Unit 5: Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

1. Understand the essential elements of a valid contract in a business context
2. Be able to apply the elements of a contract in business situations
3. Understand principles of liability in negligence in business activities
4. Be able to apply the principles of liability in negligence in business situations.

Unit 6: Business Decision Making

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

1. Be able to use a variety of sources for the collection of data, both primary and secondary
2. Understand a range of techniques to analyse data effectively for business purposes
3. Be able to produce information in appropriate formats for decision making in an organisational context
4. Be able to use software-generated information to make decisions in an organisation.

Unit 7: Business Strategy

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

1. Understand the process of strategic planning
2. Be able to formulate a new strategy
3. Understand approaches to strategy evaluation and selection
4. Understand how to implement a chosen strategy.

Unit 8: Research Project

Upon completion of this unit, students will:

1. Understand how to formulate a research specification
2. Be able to implement the research project within agreed procedures and to specification
3. Be able to evaluate the research outcomes
4. Be able to present the research outcomes.