Management Principles Course

Are you keen to develop as a manger? Looking for a promotion? Then this is the right course for you.

It is split into two key sections management principles and small business skills. This course is idea for anyone starting or working in a small business. Investing in understanding how these principles work will help to ensure business success.

This course is split into bite sized sections to make studying convenient. Don’t forget you will also have your tutor available to help throughout your course.

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course. 

Entry Requirements 

At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.      

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Management Theory and Principles course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Contents

Unit 1 - The Environment & Ecology of Management: The Ecology of Management - The External Environment - The Internal Environment

Unit 2 - Management Applied & Process: Management as an Administrative Process - Management as an Applied Social Science - Qualifications, Duties and Responsibilities of Managers - Planning - Strategic versus Functional Planning - Making a Plan – Forecasting

Unit 3 - Organisational theory: What is Organisation? - The Dynamics of Organisation - Authority and Organisation - Approaches to Organisational Design - Delegation

Unit 4 - The Five Keys of Management: Communication – Cooperation – Motivation – Leadership - Delegation

Unit 5 - Starting a Small Business: Problems and Benefits of Starting a Business - Practical Aspects of Setting up in Business - The Qualities you need to Succeed

Unit 6 - Ways of Starting a Business: Legal Aspects of Setting up a Business - Possible ways of Buying an Existing Business - Franchise and Multi-Level Marketing Operations - Differences Between Multi-level marketing and Pyramid Selling - How Best to Protect and Exploit an Original Invention

Unit 7 - Fraud & Theft: Vulnerable to Fraud - Prevent Employees Having the Opportunity to Commit Fraud - Set up Financial Controls - Theft and Stock and Equipment - Protect Intellectual Property

Unit 8 – Marketing: What is marketing? - Analyse Your Market - Understand Market Research Procedures - Develop Price and Package Your Products - Work Out a Marketing Plan

Unit 9 – Advertising: What is advertising? - Different Types of Advertising - How Advertising Works - Rules Governing Advertising

Unit 10 - The Business Plan: The Role of the Business Plan - Reasons for Developing a Business Plan - Sources to get help in Developing a Business Plan - Types of Information in a Business Plan - Prepare an Outline of a Business Plan

Qualification

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 Award in Management Theory.

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland 

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Language of Course

English