BCS Certificate in Commercial Awareness

Mastering Financial and Behavorial Skills

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The period of self-governing organisations with monopoly position with their product or service is fading. The organisations are into the more competitive environment with perfect competition. To be successful, they need to collaborate with suppliers, competitors and outsourcing partners along internal efficiency. For the successful operation of the business in the current environment, they are forced to change their organisational behaviour and use techniques to evaluate organisational performance. For the Business Analysts to be efficient in contribution, the knowledge of all impact factors of an organisation is required. The BCS Certificate in Commercial Awareness course covers Business Finance and Organisational Behaviour aspects that relate to fiscal as well as behavioural skills. At MSP Training, there is assurance that the delegates will improve upon their skills related to organisational behaviour as well as the decision-making regarding legal matters.

  • Get Acquainted with the the Fiscal and Behavioral skills required in an organisation.

  • Use the Three Techniques to evaluate financial cases

  • Certification by one of the leading Training Provider

  • Certification Accredited by BCS and Recognized by Global Leading Brands

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

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Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

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Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

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Certificate

Delegates will get certification of completion at the end of the course.

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Courseware

Courseware will also be provided to the delegates so that they can revise the course after the training.

PREREQUISITES

The BCS Certificate in Commercial Awareness course does not have prerequisites.

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • The course is for professionals who wish to gain knowledge of structure, operation and behaviour of organisations.
  • This course is suitable for the professionals such as Business Analysts, Program Managers, Project Managers, Solution Architects and Service managers.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The delegates will learn about:

  • Assessment of financial case through three techniques.
  • Difference between pricing and costing.
  • Concepts of Cash Flow Forecasting and Budgeting.
  • Contents of different Financial Accounting Documents
  • Dealing with an organisation's legal matters
  • Performance Ratios of a business that are required.
  • Porters Five Forces Framework and Value Chain.
  • Boston Consulting Group’s Matrix.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The course BCS Certificate in Commercial Awareness is divided into two parts. One part covers Business Finance and other part focuses on Organisational Behaviour. Business Finance covers finance related skills required by IT Decision Makers, the latter i.e.  Organisational Behaviour covers Business Analysis Techniques (BAT) and Organisational Behaviour (OB). We, at MSP Training, ensure that the delegates get the training from those trainers who are certified and expert.

Examination

The candidates can sit for the exam only after attending the Commercial Awareness course. This closed book exam lasts for one hour and has multiple choice questions. The candidates sitting for the exam are required to correct 65% questions to pass the examination. BCS allows the use of simple calculators while no mobile devices are not allowed during the exam.

Candidates must carry identification of some kind. The ID proof can be in the form of a driving license, a passport or even a student id card. After the exam, the result of the candidates will be emailed to them by BCS. The candidates can then view their result from their accounts. Candidates who are specially abled have to take permission for extra 15 minutes from BCS in advance before the examination. 


PROGRAM CONTENT

Module 1 – Business Finance Fundamentals                       

  • Assessing a Monetary Situation
  • Why Create a Monetary Incident?
  • Techniques used for evaluating a Financial Incident
    • Payback – Calculation, Risk and Limitations
  • An overview of IRR
    • Define Decision Rule of Internal Rate of Return
    • Deriving and Using IRR (Internal Rate of Return)
  • Discounted Cash Flow
    • Purpose, Calculation and The Decision Rule of Net Present Value
  • An overview of Budgeting, Costing and Pricing
  • Define Cash Flow and Cash Management
    • Forecasting Cashflow
    • Cash flow in making decisions
    • Define profit and Cashflow
  • Define Budgets and Departmentalised Businesses
    • Describe purpose of budgets
    • What are reasons for departmentalisation?
    • Define Cost centres and profit centres
  • Costing and Pricing
    • Fixed and Variable costs
    • Direct and indirect costs
    • An overview of Contribution Analysis and Break-Even analysis
  • An introduction to Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet)
    • Purpose and Structure
    • The nature, purpose and types of Capital
    • Current and non-current liabilities
  • An introduction to Income and Expenditure
    • What are Operating Profit and its importance?
    • Define Revenue (turnover)
    • What is the Cost of Sales?
    • Define Administrative Expenses
    • What is Profit after Tax?
  • Statement of Cash Flows (Cash Flow Statement)
  • What are Ratios?
  • Types of Ratios
    • Profitability Ratios
      • Operating Margin Ratio
      • Return on Capital Employed ratios
    • Liquidity Ratios
      • Current ratios
      • Acid Test ratios
    • Gearing (Leverage) Ratio
      • Debt/Equity Ratio

 

Module 2 – Organisational Behaviour Summary

  • An Overview of Market analysis and competitive advantage
    • Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
    • Analysing the portfolio - Boston Box
    • Delivering value - Porter’s Value Chain
  • Organisational behaviour and culture
    • What is organisational behaviour?
    • Organisational effectiveness and the Balanced Scorecard
    • Understanding and analysing culture
      • Organisational Cultural Types (Deal and Kennedy; Handy)
      • International Cultures (Hofstede)
      • The Cultural Web
  • Group formation
    • Groups and group dynamics
    • Formal and informal groups
      • Groups and group tasks
      • Characteristics of formal groups
      • Homan’s theory of group formation
      • Tuckman and Jensen’s theory of group development
      • Characteristics of informal groups
      • Social networks
  • Principles of organisational structure
    • Organisation structuring
      • Elements of organisation structure
      • The six Structure Levels
      • The Leavitt Diamond
    • Types of jobs
      • Work specialisation
      • Flat and tall hierarchies
      • Span of control
    • Line, staff and functional relationships
    • Formalisation of rules and procedures
    • Centralisation v decentralisation
      • Advantages
      • Disadvantages
  • Operating models
    • Organisation structures and their characteristics
      • Functional
      • Divisional – product or service/ geography/ customer
      • Matrix
      • Team-based – cross-functional/ project
    • Organisational boundaries
      • Boundaryless organisations
      • Outsourcing
      • Offshoring
      • Hollow organisation structures
      • Modular organisation structures
      • Virtual Organisations
      • Collaborations and strategic alliances

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ABOUT Newcastle

New Castle upon Tyne is the other prominent name of the Newcastle. The Edinburgh is 103 far from it, and the capital city is 277 miles from it. Among the northeast region, Newcastle has the huge bulk of the population and is the main region of Tyneside Conurbation. If we talk about the rank regarding population among the urban city of the United Kingdom, it stands at eight. It is also a member of the Eurocities network of European cities. Until 1400, it was an integral part of the county of Northumberland. Later on, it became county till the becoming part of the Tyne and Wear in 1974. Geordie is the regional dialect of the region. This dialect is also followed by near-by people in large extent. New castle University has attracted a huge bulk of students and giving its services in the city.

The city developed around the Pons Aelius, which is a Roman settlement. During the 14th century, the city wool industry boomed at a faster pace. With time this industry got another rival regarding Coal Mining Area.  The Port set up near River Dyne was also recognized at the Global level. The economy of the Newcastle includes digital technology, retail, tourism, cultural Centres and corporate headquarters. It all contributes £13 billion Gross Value Added in the economy of the country. New Castle is the famous football club that is followed by people of the region. The city also hosted the Great North Run, a half marathon in the past. It attracts approximately 58,000 runners each year

History

The history of the city started with the settlement of the Roman. After the Roman Empire, The city was ruled by the powerful Empire of Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. The infrastructure of the city was damaged after the deadly war between Anglo-Saxon and Danes. Throughout the middle ages, Newcastle acted as a fortress for the northern side of the England’s.  In the 13th century, a high stone wall was built around the town to protect the city from invasion. The King William the Lion was imprisoned in Newcastle during the late 11th century.

The setup of ship production unit and armaments became the main of the target of enemies during the second world war. There were a large number of the Air Strikes at that time that caused a huge loss to the infrastructure of the city. The expansion of the public sector of the city got expanded during 1960.

Climate and Economy

Owing to its closeness to Cold Ocean, The city experiences the coldest weather condition of the United Kingdom. In contrast with the current scenario, the region comes under the rain shadow of the North Pennines which ultimately makes it the driest region of the country. In opposite to other cities of United Kingdom, New castle has colder winters but cooler summers. The city geographical position is similar to the Southern Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark

The new castle was also an important city for shipbuilding, engineering, manufacturing coal mining during 19th century Industrial Revolution. Whereas the second half of the 20th century faces a lot of downfall by heavy industries. The city has put a lot of efforts to improve and save the climate of the region.

Demography

As per the last survey that was conducted by ONS in 2015, the population of the city was around 2,94,000. The City also accommodate the largest student community owing to Northumbria. The major bulk of the students residing in the Heaton and Jesmond. The city has a maximum population of the Christian community, where 16% people do not follow any religion. The dialect of Newcastle People is commonly recognized as the Geordie. The health of people of this city is not good as per the previous records of the city.