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 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is situated on the bank of river tees, it is also one of the major industrial towns. From small to large ones, the city is also a base of a huge number of industries. It is a unitary form of authority under the ceremonial county of Yorkshire. It comes under a northeast region of England, the United Kingdom. Middlesbrough borough council is now the new administration replacing Cleveland.  The population is 1 lakh 70 thousand as per 2011 census. The larger built-up area of Teesside is recognized as Middlesbrough. The total population of the area is 3 lakh 76 thousand. During the late 18th century, Middlesbrough transformed into county Borough. In 1968, it came with other nearby regions and formed County Borough of Teesside. Middlesbrough F.C is the most followed football club in this region.

History

The history of the region started with the rule of Angles. The Viking settlers came after the rule of Angles. In the early 18th century, it was a small farm. The population of the area was below 30 people. With the passing year of the 19th century, the population underwent rapid growth in the population. Prior to the investment St. Hilda church was the famous religious place until its closure. During early 18th century, it was not much developed. The steelmaking factories and steel products were the main targets in the Second World War. The railway was not functioned for 14 days in 1942. As the time fly, there was a major growth of the town in every aspect such as education, population, transportation and much more. River tees went to extra mile in providing access to transport among other modes of transportation.

Industrialisation

Ironstone was the major discovery during the mid-18th century. The iron deposits found in huge quantity so that it resulted in the set of the various rolling mill in this region. Pig iron pulled a rabbit out of a hat by increasing 10 times for 5 years during the mid-18th century. There were a large number of Irish people who migrated to this country.

Economy

There has been found a large deposit of chemical in this region which ultimately leads to the formation of the various chemical industry. This industry has done exceptionally well. Tees sport also plays a crucial role in the transportation. It is owned by the PD ports company... In the earlier stage of the Second World War, The major loss happened to its economy. Railway and steel industry was the main target during the Second World War.

Governance

During Mid-18th century, it was simply a municipal borough. It became a county borough in the late 18th century. In 1932, a small portion of the area went to county borough. A major portion of it went to the Stokesley Rural District. Andy McDonald is the current MP of this region. At the local level, the mayor looks after the work as the head of the council.

Geography and Climate

Middlesbrough has an oceanic climate owing to its presence near the sea. Due to the Lake District and Pennines to the west, the atmospheric condition is drier with regard to other maritime locations. The good weather condition also reason of the maximum tourists visiting this place.

Transport

The Transport of the Middlesbrough has a very vast network. Most people prefer road transportation. Some leading bus service providers are Arriva North East and Stagecoach.  Majority buses are being controlled by them. Northern and TransPennine are looking after railway network in the region. Newcastle, Sunderland, Darlington, Red car are under control of Northern. Areas such as Liverpool, Leeds, York, and Manchester are under control of TransPennine. The famous roads of the region are A19, A66, A171, and A174.