BCS certificate in Commercial Awareness - Course Overview

The BCS certificate course in Commercial Awareness provides Business Analysts with a high level view of how organisations may be structures, and how different types of management philosophy may impact those organisations; this represents the view that may be seen from the CEO/Board of Directors perspective. For an ambitious Business Analyst who wishes to aim to be a Business Change Manager, then this course is ideal.

The Commercial Awareness course also examines crucial areas of knowledge that help manage an organisations from a financial perspective so that areas such as Financial and Management Accounting, Investment Appraisal, Budgeting and Costing are also covered.

Successful completion of this course will help you speak to the Board in terms that they understand!

Holders of the BCS Certificate in Commercial Awareness should be able to:

• Understand three techniques used to evaluate a financial case.
• Understand costing and pricing.
• Understand cash flow forecasting and budgeting.
• Describe the contents of financial accounting documents.
• Interpret financial accounts.
• Explain specified business performance ratios.
• Define the elements and usage of Porter’s Five Forces Framework and Value Chain.
• Define the elements and usage of the Boston Consulting Group’s matrix.
• Define the performance measures and usage of the Balanced Business Scorecard.
• Define the elements of specified cultural analysis approaches.
• Explain the different management structures and their characteristics.
• Define the different architectures that may be adopted by organisations.

All course materials, refreshments and lunches are included in the price of the course. Exams may be taken either at the end of the course or, if the candidate wishes time for additional study, at a later date.

For more detailed information on content of this course, see the Syllabus.