HNC/HND Business

Table of Contents

1. Business Accounting
2. Economic Issues: An Introduction
3. Marketing: An Introduction
4. Managing People and Organisations
5. Using Software Applications Packages
6. Information Technology Applications Software
7. Analysing and Presenting Complex Communication
8. Business Culture and Strategy
9. Business: Graded Unit 1
10. Business Law: An Introduction
11. Economics 1
12. Economics 2
13. Preparing Financial Forecasts
14. Information and Communication Technology in Business
15. Behavioural Skills for Business
16. Statistics for Business
17. Business: Graded Unit 2
18. Business: Graded Unit 3
19. Business Contractual Relationships
20. Publishing on the Internet
21. eCommerce: Introduction
22. eCommerce: Systems
23. Corporate Information Systems

Using Software Applications Packages

This Unit is designed to enable you to use IT systems and applications effectively and responsibly to process a range of types of data. You should develop a broad knowledge of the theoretical concepts, principles, boundaries and scope of IT Applications. By the end of the unit you should have learned how to use the basic features of at least two software applications packages and the complex features of one more packages.

In Outcome 1 you will learn about the components of hardware and how to use them, the functions of operating system tools and how these are used. Outcome 1 will be assessed by means of a practical exercise that will test your ability to carry out the required tasks under observation by your tutor/assessor.

In Outcome 2 you will learn how to use a range of software applications packages to process a range of types of data and how to output information in appropriate formats to meet user requirements. You will learn how to integrate data types (eg text, number, graphics, audio, video) into a single product and to format the product so that the final output is clear and helpful to users.

In Outcome 3 you will learn how to use and access the Internet and use other electronic means of finding information. You will be required to find relevant information and produce it in a format suitable for meeting user requirements.

Outcomes 2 and 3 will be assessed by a project or case study that will test your ability to carry out the required tasks. You will need to produce appropriate printouts, listings, screen dumps or disk based evidence to demonstrate that you have carried out the requirements.