Handbook
BTEC Level 4 and Level 5 Higher National Diplomas in Business
Unit 1: Business Environment (Y/601/0546)
Textbooks Sawyer M, (ed) – The UK Economy: A Manual of Applied Economics, 16th edition (OUP Oxford; 2004) ISBN: 9780199266517 Begg D – Foundations of Economics, 4th edition (McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009) ISBN: 9780077121884 Morrison J – International Business Environment: Global and Local Marketplaces in a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) ISBN: 9781403936912 A & C Black Publishers Ltd – Whitaker 's Almanack 2010, 142nd Revised edition (A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2009) ISBN: 9781408113646 Journals Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business Publishing) The Economist (The Economist Newspaper Ltd) The broadsheet newspapers have daily business sections. Many business stories will appear in the news sections.
Websites www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm www.berr.gov.uk the government’s portal has sections on business support, Europe, Business Law and regional development as well as other materials Online journal for British Economy Survey Competition Commission’s web site regulates competition between companies in the UK by conducting in-depth inquiries is a directory of materials that can be used for teaching and covers a broad spectrum of business and economics is the web site of the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets. Each industry regulator has a similar site Bized provides a selection of teaching and learning resources
www.ac777.dial.pipex.com/bes/index.html
www.competition-commission.org.uk/
www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/journals
www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/OfgemHome. aspx www.bized.co.uk/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/ http://europa.eu/index_en.htm www.thetimes100.co.uk
the BBC web site’s business section The website of the European Union includes a number of business and economics oriented case studies
Videos Television news, current affairs and business programmes will also provide useful additional and up to date material
Unit 1: Business Environment (Y/601/0546)
Textbooks Sawyer M, (ed) – The UK Economy: A Manual of Applied Economics, 16th edition (OUP Oxford; 2004) ISBN: 9780199266517 Begg D – Foundations of Economics, 4th edition (McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009) ISBN: 9780077121884 Morrison J – International Business Environment: Global and Local Marketplaces in a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) ISBN: 9781403936912 A & C Black Publishers Ltd – Whitaker 's Almanack 2010, 142nd Revised edition (A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2009) ISBN: 9781408113646 Journals Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business Publishing) The Economist (The Economist Newspaper Ltd) The broadsheet newspapers have daily business sections. Many business stories will appear in the news sections.
Websites www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm www.berr.gov.uk the government’s portal has sections on business support, Europe, Business Law and regional development as well as other materials Online journal for British Economy Survey Competition Commission’s web site regulates competition between companies in the UK by conducting in-depth inquiries is a directory of materials that can be used for teaching and covers a broad spectrum of business and economics is the web site of the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets. Each industry regulator has a similar site Bized provides a selection of teaching and learning resources
www.ac777.dial.pipex.com/bes/index.html
www.competition-commission.org.uk/
www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/journals
www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/OfgemHome. aspx www.bized.co.uk/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/ http://europa.eu/index_en.htm www.thetimes100.co.uk
the BBC web site’s business section The website of the European Union includes a number of business and economics oriented case studies
Videos Television news, current affairs and business programmes will also provide useful additional and up to date material
Links: and data on buying‐selling/ucp/ consumer protection www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2001.htm Public Acts of the UK Parliament Unit 6: Business Decision Making (D/601/0578) Unit 8: Research Project (K/601/0941) NO SPECIFIC RESOURCES Unit 9: Management Accounting; Costing and Budgeting (R/601/0836) Employer engagement and vocational contexts Unit 10: Financial Accounting and Reporting (F/601/0864) Employer engagement and vocational contexts Centres should develop links with local businesses Unit 11: Financial Systems and Auditing (J/601/0901) Employer engagement and vocational contexts Unit 12: Taxation (Y/601/0904) Daily Telegraph guides (updated annually) Journals and Newspapers The Times and Daily Telegraph on Saturday are excellent supplementary reading on personal finance and taxation Unit 13: Personal and Professional Development (T/601/0943) NO SPECIFIC RESOURCES Unit 14: Working with and Leading People (M/601/0908) Employer engagement and vocational contexts www.allacademic.com www.knowledgemanagement.ittoolbox.com www.findwhitepapers.com All Academic Incorporated – research resource IT Topics Technology research for business professionals Unit 17: Marketing Intelligence (K/601/0955) Unit 18: Advertising and Promotion in Business (J/601/1000) Textbooks Wells W et al – Advertising Principles and Effective IMC Practice, (Pearson Ed Asia, 2007) ISBN: 9780131676602