1. Qualifications Update: N3 and N4 Business N5 Business Management Qualifications Update: N3 and N4 Business N5 Business Management

2. Alistair Wylie Qualifications Manager National Qualifications Humanities, Arts & Business

3. Developing qualifications - drivers Progression More open and flexible requirements Assessment which supports learning Refreshed and relevant contexts for learning Personalisation and Choice Robust and credible

4. Key points Skills-based Units provide flexibility and choice Provides opportunities to apply skills, knowledge and understanding to real business situations Builds knowledge and understanding progressively up the levels Some new topics such as Social Enterprise Combines the best aspects of current Intermediate and Standard Grade Courses Added Value is assessed at N4 by an assignment and at N5 by a question paper and an assignment

5. Unit Structure National 3 Business National 4 Business National 5 Business Management Business in Action Understanding Business Influences on Business Management of People and Finance Management of Marketing and Operations

6. New Quality Assurance arrangements Covers National 1 to National 5 from 2013/14 Promotes shared understanding of national standards through a collaborative and partnership approach New Nominee role - provides a pool of nationally trained experts Intense verification in the first 3 years, thereafter an approach based on information gathered Verification in Nov/Dec, Feb and Apr/May - allows for early identification of issues and support/guidance to be given

7. Assessment Support Schedule 2012/13 Oct 12 N3 to N5 Unit Assessment Support (Package 1) Feb 13 N3 to N5 Unit Assessment Support (Package 2) Feb 13 N5 Specimen Question Paper Apr 13 N3 to N5 Unit Assessment Support (Package 3) Apr 13 N5 Specimen Coursework Apr 13 N4 Added Value Assessment Support

8. Business/Business Management Unit Assessment National 3 to National 5

9. Unit assessment Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence Requirements in Units Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment – encouraged through Unit assessment support packages Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one outcome or Unit – combined assessments More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching

10. Unit Assessment Support packages – purpose Assessment support packages will be provided which you can use to: Assess your candidates Adapt for your own assessment programmes Help you develop your own assessments

11. Unit Assessment Support packages – key features Valid from August 2013 Designed to encourage professional judgment Provide broad-based tasks – allow assessors to choose appropriate context and forms of evidence Show range of approaches to generating assessment evidence Give information on the type of evidence which could be gathered and how this is to be judged against Assessment Standards

12. Assessment Package 1 Pack 1 – Unit by Unit approach Each Unit has a pack which covers every assessment standard Each pack is ready to use and all meet minimum competence Each pack shows only 1 way of assessing that particular set of assessment standards

13. Business/Business Management Added Value Assessments: - National 5 Course Assessment - National 4 Added Value Unit

14. Adding Value – National 4, National 5 Each Course at National 4 and National 5 includes assessment of Added Value For National 4, the added value is in an Added Value Unit - not graded For National 5, the added value is in the Course Assessment - graded A - D (as at present)

15. National 5 – National 5 – assignment 30 marks (question paper 70 marks) Prepare a short business report 4 pages + appendix Choose an organisation and an area of focus

16. National 5 – National 5 – assignment EXAMPLES Marketing function – pricing strategies Finance – finance available for expansion HR – recruitment and selection policies Operations – production methods

17. National 4 Added Value Unit - Business Choosing, with support, an aspect of a new small business to consider Preparing a simple business proposal, based on research findings Presenting the business proposal to others using a suitable method