BATHE Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Business Administration

The Advanced Diploma in Business Administration meets the needs of those wanting to gain a qualification which provides a firm grounding in business administration and a basis for the further academic study. This course focuses on the functional areas of management and administration within an organisation and how those disciplines integrated at the operational level, linking with the overall corporate strategy to achieve short, medium and long-term objectives. It identifies the essential characteristics of managing information systems, business analysis techniques, internal and external business structures, management control, financial management and management behaviour. It aims to develop learners’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

At the end of this programme, learners will be able to,
· Develop administrative skills to manage information systems within the organisation.
· Develop problem-solving techniques and critical thinking skills in a business situation.
· Demonstrate an understanding of the internal structure and external relationship for
   companies doing business at an international level.
· Demonstrate an understanding of the management control and planning.
· Examine the concept of entrepreneurship including behaviours, processes and skills relate         to small business and enterprise.
· Manage budget and perform financial analysis to the organisations for effective decision
   making.
· Manage complex issues in the organisation to improve management practice.
· Perform environmental analysis for strategic marketing decision making to implement the
   strategy.
· Develop managerial and leadership skills to manage team performance.
· Gain knowledge about the advanced economic literature and legal systems in which
   business operate.
· Develop, test, implement and monitor a new project within an organisation.
· Understand human resource techniques and tools to manage employees’ performance     and retention.
· Apply research methodologies for effective decision making.
· Develop an ability to analyse information and to identify a research question and to apply
   advanced research techniques and tools to create new literature which is justifiable and
   measurable.

The Level 5 Advanced Diploma in  Business Administration qualification is available as a 120-credit. The qualifications are graded Pass, Merit or Distinction

• International Business
• Enterprise Development and Business Planning
• Strategic Management and Leadership
• Macroeconomics
• Human Resource Development
• Managerial Finance

BATHE  qualifications at RQF Level 5 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to graduate diploma, Integrated Degrees top up.

• Learner(s) must fulfil the following criteria to be allowed entry to Advanced Diploma;
• Leve l 4 Diploma in Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship or
• Higher Secondary School Certificate/A Level or
• Any qualification equivalent to one of the above
• Mature learners (over 21) with management and business administration experience (learners must check with the delivery centre regarding this experience prior to registering for the programme)

• Learner must be 18 years or older at the beginning of the course
• English requirements: If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country must provide evidence of English language competency.

The 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 and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by BATHE. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.