OverviewThe NCC Education Level 7 Diploma in Business Management (QCF) (L7DBM) qualification is designed for you, if you are a graduate or experienced manager who wishes to further develop your career in management.

The NCC Education Level 7 Diploma in Business Management (QCF) (L7DBM) will introduce you to a wide range of contemporary issues which will enable you to develop your critical, analytical and technical skills needed for senior management positions. The qualification will also develop your academic skills, which are required for further study at postgraduate level.

Entry RequirementsAcademic Route: An honours degree in a relevant subject area from a UK University or equivalent award from a non-UK university. Combined Route: An honours degree in a non-relevant subject area from a UK university or equivalent award from a non-UK university, together with three years’ work experience in a relevant area Vocational Route: 5 years’ working experience in a relevant industry and area AND An IELTS score of 6.5 or above for students who do not hold a degree-level qualification wholly taught and examined in English.

Qualification StructureYou must study the following eight core units: • Information and Knowledge Management – considers the effective use of information and knowledge by managers in organisations and the technology used to manage, capture and derive this.

• International Marketing Strategy – coverage of a wide range of contemporary issues in strategic marketing with a particular focus on the international cultural dimension.

• Management, Control and Accountability for Financial Resources – considers the responsibility of managers for financial resources under their control and introduces control and management techniques.

• Managing People in Organisations – examines some of the contemporary themes associated with managing people. A thematic approach to the subject develops an awareness of the concepts and theory that underpin organisational behaviour and Human Resource Management.

• Research Methods – develops the knowledge and skills needed for senior management and for further academic research including: critical and creative thinking, complex problem solving, decision-making and research skills.

• Study Skills for Postgraduate Learning – provides the essential skills and knowledge required for studying at postgraduate level. The unit is designed to support study in the qualification’s other units and to develop transferable skills useful at managerial level.

• Strategic Management – focuses upon strategic analysis by utilising a set of analytical techniques for further/better understanding, helping to influencing a company’s position in its actual and potential marketplace.

• Strategic Operations Management – develops understanding and an ability to critically appraise decision-making, relating to operations management in both the manufacturing and service sector.

Level 7 Diploma in Business Management (QCF) (L7DBM)

AssessmentsAssessments for all units are offered in a number of assessment cycles throughout the year.

Units are assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework assignments with the exception of Research Methods and Study Skills for Postgraduate Learning, which are assessed by coursework.

Award ConditionsNCC Education’s Level 7 Diploma in Business Management (QCF) (L7DBM) will be awarded when you have successfully passed all eight units. A unit is passed when an overall unit mark of 40% or more is attained and for units that are assessed by assignment and examination, a mark of 30% or more is achieved in both assessment components.

DurationThe qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time learning.

Delivery MethodThis qualification is taught face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials and seminars by NCC Education centres.

Regulated NCC Education is regulated by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator) to award the Level 7 Diploma in Business Management (QCF) (L7DBM) in England.

The official name on the certificate will be Level 7 Diploma in Business Management (QCF).

ProgressionThe qualification is designed to allow entry to and/or enhance progression in a wide range of management roles in the public, private or charitable sectors.

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