CourseBM302

Week8 of 16

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

1.1 Explain different types of business activity.
1.2 Explain different business sectors.
1.3 Compare different forms of business ownership.
2.1 State the functional areas of a business.
2.2 Describe the activities of a business’ functional areas.
2.3 Explain how different functional areas are interrelated.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Business activity and economic sectors
Week 2: Forms of business ownership
Week 3: Core functional areas of business
Week 4: Interrelationships between business functions
Week 5: Organisational structures
Week 6: Internal business auditing and SWOT analysis
Week 7: The external macro-environment
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Responding to external environmental change
Week 10: Microeconomic and macroeconomic influences
Week 11: Government intervention and the international economy
Week 12: Applying The Business Environment in practice: case studies
Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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