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- The centre assesses, and ATHE Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from ATHE Ltd.
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These are the units ATHE Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Business Ethics Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different ethical perspectives in business, such as utilitarianism and deontology
- Understand different ethical perspectives in business, such as virtue ethics
- Understand how ethical perspectives influence business decision-making
- Understand business objectives from an ethical perspective, considering stakeholder interests
- Understand business objectives from an ethical perspective, considering social responsibility
- Understand the importance of ethical leadership in achieving business objectives
- Understand ethics in business relationships with customers
- Understand ethics in business relationships with suppliers
- Understand ethics in workplace relationships between colleagues
- Understand ethics in workplace relationships between managers and employees
- Assess a current ethical issue in an organisation, identifying stakeholders and potential consequences
- Assess a current ethical issue in an organisation, evaluating different courses of action from an ethical perspective
- Assess a current ethical issue in an organisation, recommending solutions that align with ethical principles
Business Law Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the main principles governing the legal relationship between businesses and their consumers, including contract law and consumer protection legislation.
- Understand rules governing consumer credit and the law of agency, including the rights and responsibilities of each party.
- Understand rules relating to monopolies, mergers and anti-competitive practices, and their impact on market competition.
- Understand key provisions relating to intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
Business Organisations in a Global Context Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles underpinning global business operations
- Understand the main characteristics of global business operations
- Understand the impact of political factors on global business organisations
- Understand the impact of economic factors on global business organisations
- Understand the impact of social factors on global business organisations
- Understand the impact of technological factors on global business organisations
- Understand the impact of environmental factors on global business organisations
- Understand the impact of legal factors on global business organisations
- Understand the impact of globalisation on organisational structures
- Understand the impact of globalisation on communication strategies
- Understand the impact of globalisation on human resource management
- Understand the impact of globalisation on marketing strategies
- Understand current issues impacting on global business activities in a specified country, such as trade agreements
- Understand current issues impacting on global business activities in a specified country, such as ethical considerations
- Understand current issues impacting on global business activities in a specified country, such as sustainability
Finance for Managers Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various sources of finance available to organisations, including debt, equity, and internal funding.
- Assess an organisation’s financial performance using key financial ratios and statements.
- Use costing methods, such as activity-based costing and standard costing, to make informed organisational decisions.
Financial Systems and Auditing Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of maintaining accurate and complete accounting records within an organisation.
- Explain the purpose and function of an organisation's management control systems.
- Review and evaluate an organisation’s existing management control systems.
- Understand the reporting processes and procedures required when conducting an audit.
- Describe the different types of audit and their purpose.
Information for Strategic Decision-Making Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of information in strategic decision-making within an organisation.
- Understand the value of information in strategic decision-making within an organisation.
- Identify and evaluate different sources of information necessary for strategic decision-making.
- Understand how to gather information effectively for strategic decision-making purposes.
- Understand how to use gathered information effectively in the strategic decision-making process.
Manage Sustainability in an Organisation Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key issues relating to sustainability in organisations, including environmental, social, and economic considerations
- Understand how legislation, regulation, and guidance impact on the sustainability of organisations, and the implications for organisational policy and practice
- Audit the sustainability of an organisation, identifying areas of strength and weakness and recommending improvements
- Understand the quality standards relevant to organisational sustainability, and how these standards can be used to improve organisational performance
Managing Communication Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the different channels of communication used within organisations.
- Analyse the different types of communication used between organisations.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different communication channels and types.
- Assess the factors that impact on workplace communication, including cultural differences and communication barriers.
- Develop own communication skills within the workplace, demonstrating effective verbal and non-verbal communication techniques.
- Evaluate methods to improve communication within an organisation, considering different communication strategies and technologies.
Marketing Principles and Practice Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of marketing in business.
- Understand marketing principles.
- Understand marketing methods.
- Develop a marketing plan for a specific product or service.
Operations Management Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature of operations management, including its role in the value chain and its relationship to other business functions
- Understand the impact of operations management on business success, including its influence on cost, quality, and customer satisfaction
- Understand the tools and techniques used by operations managers, including lean manufacturing, supply chain management, and quality control
- Understand the ethical considerations facing operations management, including environmental sustainability, worker safety, and fair labour practices
Organisational Analysis and Change Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of analysing organisational performance to identify areas for improvement.
- Understand methods for monitoring the financial performance of an organisation.
- Understand methods for monitoring the operational performance of an organisation.
- Understand how to improve the financial performance of an organisation.
- Understand how to improve the operational performance of an organisation.
- Explain the nature of change within organisations and the factors that drive it.
- Understand different approaches that organisations use to manage change effectively.
People Management Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how organisational structure, culture and other factors impact on people in organisations.
- Understand how to manage individuals and teams to achieve sustainable business performance.
- Understand how to develop and motivate individuals and teams to achieve sustainable business performance.
- Review people management strategies in an organisation.
Planning a New Business Venture Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to determine the market potential of a new business venture, including conducting market research and analysing competitor activity
- Understand the legal considerations of new business ventures, including company registration, intellectual property, and employment law
- Develop a comprehensive business plan for a new business venture, including a market analysis, financial projections, and operational plan
- Understand how to secure funding for a new business venture, including identifying potential investors and preparing a funding proposal
Research Project Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce a comprehensive research proposal, outlining the aims, objectives, methodology, and expected outcomes of the research
- Undertake a research project, adhering to ethical guidelines and employing appropriate research methods to gather and analyse data
- Evaluate the outcomes of the research project, assessing the validity, reliability, and significance of the findings in relation to the original research proposal
- Present the research project outcomes to stakeholders, communicating the findings clearly and effectively using appropriate presentation techniques
Small Business Enterprise Real unit · ATHE Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different types of business enterprises and their role in the economy, including sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited companies, and social enterprises
- Understand the key considerations for the start-up of a small business enterprise, including market research, business planning, and securing funding
- Understand the operational aspects of running a small business enterprise, including financial management, marketing, and customer service
- Understand the strategies and considerations involved in expanding a small business enterprise, including market development, diversification, and franchising
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Review Accounting Systems
- Standard
Run a small business
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Where this can lead
Sustainability Manager
This work can lead to senior roles such as VP of ESG and Compliance or Chief Sustainability Officer, or into specialist areas such as responsible sourcing or product sustainability.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 5 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by ATHE Ltd rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Business EthicsBusiness LawBusiness Organisations in a Global ContextFinance for ManagersFinancial Systems and AuditingInformation for Strategic Decision-MakingManage Sustainability in an OrganisationManaging Communication
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Marketing Principles and Practice” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Planning a New Business Venture” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Finance for Managers” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Financial Systems and Auditing” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Business Ethics, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit introduces learners to different ethical perspectives in business, including utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics. Learners will explore how these frameworks influence business objectives, workplace relationships, and assess current ethical issues within organisations.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for ATHE Level 5 Diploma in Business and Management
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ATHE Ltd.
- Business Ethics
- Business Law
- Business Organisations in a Global Context
- Finance for Managers
- Financial Systems and Auditing
- Information for Strategic Decision-Making
and 9 more in the full unit list below.
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