Entrepreneurship and Management Level 5

This Entrepreneurship and Management Level 5 course is ideal for individuals who have completed high school education (GCSEs or equivalent) and are considering working towards a university degree. During this Level 5 course, you will explore organisation structures, business planning, goal setting, and much more. This course provides you with the equivalent skills and education of the second year of an undergraduate degree, at a pace that suits you. What next? The level 4 course is equivalent to the first year of a degree course, so upon successfully completing this course, you can top up your qualifications with a full undergraduate degree through an accredited UK university. We recommend making sure your chosen university accepts these qualifications.  

Course Content

The entrepreneurial manager

• What is an entrepreneur?
• The skills and qualities of entrepreneurship.

Organisational structures

• Why are organisations structured in the way they are?
• What determines the optimum structure how does it differ between organisations?
• Models and theories that make up organisational structure.

Practical accounting analysis

• Completing exercises in accounts throughout this module to understand what they are telling us and the actions that analysis can precipitate.

Business planning and goal setting

• What is the business trying to achieve?
• What will it do?
• How will it do it?
• The creation of clear goals and clear plans to achieve a clear objective.

Politics and business

• Impact of politics on business and how it may help or hinder the business.
• Economic, exports and government support.

Business law

• The statutory responsibilities of managers as learners look into the legalities of business and business executives.

Managing in today’s world

• Business in the modern world.
• Governance and equality as a means to do right in business.

Performance management

• Understand how your people and your business can continually improve together.
• Reward structures.
• CPD.
• Training and development to ensure high performance in business.

Marketing and sales planning

• How markets, customers, competitors, and products can come together in a cohesive plan.

Quantitative skills

• Knowledge of numeric exercises.
• Their use within the context of the business.