Commercial Awareness Training | BCS Diploma in Business Analysis

This Commercial Awareness course explores the key areas of background knowledge needed by business and systems analysts.

It is designed to encourage participation through combining lectures with discussion sessions.

Practical exercises are also used to allow participants to apply their knowledge to business situations.

We also provide private and in-company Commercial Awareness courses. Call +44 (0)1273 622272 to discuss.

The topics covered include business operating models, internal organisational architectures, business culture analysis and business finance.

BCS Certification

This Commercial Awareness course prepares participants to sit the one-hour, open book, examination leading to the BCS Certificate in Commercial Awareness. This certificate is a specialist module for the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis.

Course Objectives

At the end of this Commercial Awareness course, delegates will be able to:

Understand the 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 as 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

Who is this course for?

Those working in a business change role such as business analysts, programme or project managers, solution architects and service managers who wish to gain an understanding of the structure, operation and behaviour of organisations.