Publisher's Synopsis
The revised BTEC national Diploma core modules will be a single core module - Working in Organisations taught together with Common Skills. This book provides teachers with the new specifications of a BTEC National Diploma award and all the underpinning knowledge students will need for NVQ level 3.;Building on the common skills of a BTEC National, its thematic approach is ideally suited to BTEC's block sructure mode of delivery. It is designed to develop in students a broad understanding of the nature and functions of organisations which will underpin the NVQ competencies specified by the Industry Lead Bodies.;The book is designed for use as a classroom text, suitable for resource-based learning with a range of newspaper and magazine articles and case studies. It takes an takes an active-learning, task-based approach which develops the students' information technology skills, analytical and quantitive skills and communication skills.;Each chapter integrates BTEC's core skills and allows options to be integrated within the cor blocks, or taught as a follow-on.