BTEC HND in Business Studies - Law 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
• 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

Unit 9: Business Psychology

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: English Legal System

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
•Understand the court system and its alternatives
•Understand the finance of representation
•Be able to evaluate the different sources of law
•Be able to select an appropriate legal entity

Unit 12: Further Aspects of Contract and Tort

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Be able to apply the vitiating factors that could impact on an otherwise legally binding contract
• Be able to apply the law of discharge of contract
• Be able to apply the specific torts other than negligence which impact on business activities
• Be able to apply the possible defences against actions in tort

Unit 13: Business Law

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Be able to apply the main principles affecting the legal relationship between business organisations and their consumers
•Be able to apply the legal rules on consumer credit agreements and agency
•Understand the legal rules relating to monopolies, mergers and anti-competitive practices
• Know key provisions relating to intellectual property rights

Unit 14: European Law

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the EU institutions
• Understand the sources of EU law and issues of sovereignty
• Understand the European legal principles concerned with the free movement of workers
• Understand the European provisions relating to the free movement of goods, services and establishment of businesses

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

Unit 16: Company Law

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
• Understand the nature of a company
• Be able to draw up the constitution of a company
• Understand share capital and capital maintenance
• Understand about shareholders, directors, charges and insolvency