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LP20525: Business and professional practice

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2013/4
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Computer Science (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office)
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1 at Chichester College
Semester 1 at Wiltshire College
Further information on unit assessment Assessment: CW 100%
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the legal requirements and day-to-day needs of modern business, with particular emphasis on the needs of the self-employed worker.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module the student should:
* have a basic understanding of the requirements of being self-employed;
* be able to describe the various professions supporting SMEs.

Skills:
Intellectual: business planning, resource management (T, A)
Practical: book-keeping, marketing, paperwork (T, A)
Research: legal and financial (F, A)
Key: numeracy skills suitable for book-keeping (F).

Content:
The Nature of Business: e.g. sole trader, self-employed, employed, partnerships, limited liability companies, public limited liability companies.
Legal Aspects: e.g. Income tax, National Insurance, for PAYE and for the self-employed, public liability insurance, business names, tax allowances.
Professional Advisers: e.g. solicitors, accountants, insurance brokers, the role of banks.
Pensions; e.g. aspects of planning for the future.
Premises: e.g. working from home, planning permission, buying and leasing property.
Purchasing Equipment: e.g. capital expenditure, leasing, renting.
Employing others: e.g. health and safety, income tax, national insurance, job descriptions, equal opportunities legislation.
Financial Records: e.g. VAT, income, expenditure, accounting periods, bookkeeping, Income tax.
Marketing: e.g. to potential employers, to clients.
'The Business Plan': e.g. its role in helping the self-employed person access other services.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

LP20525 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
  • USCM-SFF24 : FdA Creative Digital Media (Full-time at Chichester College) - Year 2
  • USCM-WFF25 : FdA Creative Digital Media (Full-time at Wiltshire College) - Year 2

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2013/4 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2014/15 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2013/14.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.