OBJECTIVES:

For success in today’s business environment, the skills and capabilities needed have changed significantly from those required even five years ago. With constantly changing aims and goals in business, the way in which we achieve success is also different. For many employees, these changes will affect their career path and progression. The influence of technology, globalisation, and environmental issues mean that, in order to be successful and to progress in a career, the skills of the modern professional need to be relevant and adaptable, to cope with a new way of working. This unit develops skills for the modern business professional, who is looking to progress, and for newly employed staff starting their career in business. For new entrants into employment, it introduces them to an understanding of how businesses are run and how to contribute to that success. For experienced employees, this unit will refresh, update, and introduce modern concepts of working to improve their skills. The programme focuses on the key capabilities required for you to work in a way that adds value to their organisation by developing practical working skills. The elements of learning enable you to develop these skills. Application of these skills is encouraged in suggested activities and formative assessments. The structure leads you through an introduction to the modern business environment and how they work within it. It encompasses practical skills, knowledge, and guidance on how to focus on working methods to improve capabilities. This unit has a particular focus on how the employee can become an asset to an organisation by looking at the role of the employee, how employees fit in within an organisation and how they can add value to their role. It therefore supports new employees, those already working, and those seeking to change jobs or gain promotion and need to understand contemporary working methods.