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Training Course Summary:

The course provides an understanding of the way in which businesses are structured and how information plays an essential role in the success of the business.

Pre-Requisites:

None.

Who Should Attend:

This course caters equally for new entrants to business and also their technical colleagues who need a sound understanding of the way in which a business operates.

Training Course Overview/Content:

understand common business functions and structures
appreciate the purpose and nature of management information and the strategic role it plays in the business world
demonstrate a practical understanding of financial and management accounting
understand the principles of the management of system development

Follow-up Courses

Course participants can choose from a variety of courses, depending upon which ISEB Diploma they wish to gain. We suggest potential candidates consider either the Business Analysis Diploma, for which this is a Core module, or the Systems Analysis & Design Diploma, for which this is an Optional/Core module.


Course Content

Business Systems

Information vis-à vis data
Formal & informal information
Information flows
Strategic role of information
Impact of IT on the business process

Management of Systems Development
Introduction to Project Management
Product Breakdown Structure
Work Breakdown Structure
Critical Path Analysis

Business Finance
Financial Accounting
Balance Sheet
Profit and Account
Cash Flow Statement
Management Accounting
Costing
Planning
Control

Qualifications:

This course will prepare students to take the written examination leading to the ISEB Certificate in Business Organisation.