ABE Diploma in Business Management

ABE Diploma in Business Management The ABE Business Management programme provides a professional qualification that may be used to prepare directly for a career in business, or to gain advanced entry onto a range of professional qualifications and university business courses in the UK and other countries. The programme provides students with an appreciation of the theoretical issues currently involved in the study of business and a wide range of practical skills, which will enhance their value to potential employers. Major themes running throughout the programme include Management, Finance, Accounting, Marketing and IT.


ABE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PARTS 1 & 2)
The Diploma in Business Management enables students to secure entry to the second year of many undergraduate business studies degree programmes. Diploma examination papers are set and marked to BTEC National Diploma standards.

The Diploma comprises two parts of equal standing.
PART I - Four compulsory subjects

1. Organisational Behaviour 2. Financial Accounting 3. Economic Principles and their Applications to Business 4. Quantitative Methods for Business and Management

PART 2 - Three compulsory subjects

1. Human Resource Management 2. Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication 3. Management in Action

Plus two from the following options:

1. System Analysis and Design 2. Managerial Accounting 3. Principles of Business Law

Course commencement:
September and January

Duration of the course:
One year full-time

Entry requirements:
Applicants must have attained one of these following qualifications:
. ABE Certificate in Business Management
. Two GCE 'A' levels together with four GCSEs at Grade C or above, including English language and mathematics.
. An 'Access' Certificate from a UK College of Further Education.

On satisfactory completion of the nine Diploma subjects students can proceed to the Advanced Diploma. Students may commence the Advanced Diploma when they have seven passes at Diploma level but must sit the examinations for the remaining two subjects in the same session as their first Advanced Diploma examinations. If there is a clash of dates on the timetable the Diploma subjects must be sat leaving the Advanced Diploma subject(s) until the next examination session. The Advanced Diploma will not be awarded unless the Diploma has been completed.