BTEC HND in Business - Human Resources Pathway

Unit 1: The Business Environment

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the organisational purposes of businesses
• Understand the nature of the national environment in which businesses operate
• Understand the behaviour of organisations in their market environment
• Be able to assess the significance of the global factors that shape national business activities

Unit 2: Managing Financial Resources and Decisions

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the sources of finance available to a business
• Understand the implications of finance as a resource within a business
• Be able to make financial decisions based on financial information
• Be able to evaluate the financial performance of a business

Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the relationship between organisational structure and culture
• Understand different approaches to management and leadership
• Understand ways of using motivational theories in organisations
• Understand mechanisms for developing effective teamwork in organisations

Unit 4: Marketing Principles

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the concept and process of marketing
• Be able to use the concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning
• Understand the individual elements of the extended marketing mix
• Be able to use the marketing mix in different contexts

Unit 5 :Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the essential elements of a valid contract in a business context
• Be able to apply the elements of a contract in business situations
• Understand principles of liability in negligence in business activities
• Be able to apply the principles of liability in negligence in business situations

Unit 6: Business Decision Making

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Be able to use a variety of sources for the collection of data, both primary and secondary
• Understand a range of techniques to analyse data effectively for business purposes
• Be able to produce information in appropriate formats for decision making in an organisational context
• Be able to use software-generated information to make decisions in an organisation.

Unit 7: Business Strategy

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the process of strategic planning
• Be able to formulate a new strategy
• Understand approaches to strategy evaluation
• Understand how to implement a chosen strategy

Unit 8 : Research Project

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand how to formulate a research specification
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• Be able to implement the research project within agreed procedures and to specification
• Be able to evaluate the research outcomes
• Be able to present the research outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the different perspectives in occupational psychology
• Understand the role of psychology in the assessment of individual differences in the workplace
• Be able to apply knowledge of impact of change in business
• Understand the impact of culture and climate on performance

Unit 10: Business Ethics

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
•Understand different ethical perspectives in business
• Understand business objectives from an ethical perspective
• Understand ethics in workplace relationships
• Understand ethics in workplace relationships
• Be able to assess a current ethical issue in a business


Unit 11: Human Resource Management

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the difference between personnel management and human resource management
• Understand how to recruit employees
• Understand how to reward employees in order to motivate and retain them
• Know the mechanisms for the cessation of employment

Unit 12: Managing Human Resources

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the different perspectives of human resource management
• Understand ways of developing flexibility within the workplace
• Understand the impact of equal opportunities in the workplace
• Understand approaches to human resources practices in organisations

Unit 13: Human Resources Development

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand learning theories and learning styles
• Be able to plan and design training and development
• Be able to evaluate a training event
• Understand government-led skills development initiatives.

Unit 14: Employee Relations

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the context of employee relations against a changing background
• Understand the nature of industrial conflict and its resolution
• Understand collective bargaining and negotiation processes
• Understand the concept of employee participation and involvement

Unit 15: Employment Law

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the sources, institutions and enforcement systems for individual employment rights
• Understand the nature and scope of the employment relationship in its legal and business context
• Be able to apply the legal provisions concerned with discrimination and health and safety in a legal and business context
• Understand the impact on the employment relationship of the developing law in the areas of human rights and data protection legislation

Unit 16: Project Management for Business

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand project management principles
• Be able to manage a project’s human resources
• Be able to apply project processes and procedures