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Level 3 Diploma in Business Management

Applying The Business Environment in practice: case studies

BM302 · The Business Environment — Week 12 of 16

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Week12 of 16
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This week’s topics

Applying The Business Environment in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. PEST Analysis - How to Spot Trends & Evaluate Your Business Environment
  5. CIMA E3 Environment analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Compare different forms of business ownership.
  • 3.2 Compare the advantages of different organisation structures.
  • 3.3 Compare the disadvantages of different organisation structures.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • PEST Analysis - How to Spot Trends & Evaluate Your Business Environment · YouTube · Professor Wolters · 7 min · for registered students
  • CIMA E3 Environment analysis · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students
  • Chapter 5 Forms of Business Ownership (Part 1 of 2). · YouTube · Melissa Brown · 7 min · for registered students
  • Chapter 5 Forms of Business Ownership (Part 2 of 2). · YouTube · Melissa Brown · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 8.2: Using SWOT for strategic analysis · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 221–222 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 3.8: The impact of multinational corporations · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 100–103 · for registered students
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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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