ABE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management (Higher) (QCF)

Qualification specification
Qualifications objective

Why you should consider taking this qualification

Any other qualification which you must have

completed before taking the qualification

Any prior knowledge, skills or understanding

This qualification:
Prepares learners to progress to a
qualification in the same subject area (in
particular the Level 6 Diploma in
Business Management (Graduate)) or in
another subject area (including Honours
degrees with advanced standing)
Prepares learners for employment or
supports their current role in the
workplace
Gives opportunities for personal growth
and engagement in learning
This qualification contains a range of units which
are relevant to general management and to
business. The units are listed below and are all
available on the ABE website please pay
particular attention to the learning outcomes,
which you will be assessed against.
No, this is a stand-alone qualification.
Candidates who have passed any ABE Level 4
Diploma (QCF) or ABE Level 3 Certificate (NQF)
are eligible to take this qualification.
Other applicants must have obtained one of the
following:
Two level 3 passes (A level standard)
A level 3 qualification, or above, as notified on
the NQF or QCF of the United Kingdom or
overseas qualifications, as judged by UK NARIC,
to be equivalent in standard to a level 3
qualification in the UK (or higher). Such
qualifications should entail a similar number of
learning hours to that of the ABE Level 3
Certificate or Level 4 Diploma and ABE reserves
the right to reject such qualifications if they are
deemed to have insufficient subject relationship.
Applications from candidates who, although not
holding a formal entry qualification, have been in
appropriate employment for at least two years,
will be considered on their merits. A signed
reference letter from employers must
accompany all such applications.
None.

which you are required to have before taking the

qualification
Units which you must complete before the
qualification will be awarded and any optional
routes

Candidates must pass these six mandatory units:

Quantitative Methods for Business Management
The Business Environment
Financial Accounting
Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication
Organisational Behaviour
Human Resource Management
Candidates for the Business Management
pathway must pass two of these optional units:
Principles of Business Law
Managerial Accounting
Economics for Business
Managing the Customer Relationship
Candidates for the Financial Management
pathway must pass these two optional units:
Systems Management and Internal Financial
Controls
Managerial Accounting
Candidates for the Management of Information
Systems pathway must pass these two optional
units:
Information Systems Applications for Business
Information Systems Development

Any other requirements which you must have

satisfied before you will be assessed or before
the qualification will be awarded
The knowledge, skills and understanding which
will be assessed as part of the qualification

The method of assessment and associated

requirements relating to it

The criteria against which your level of

attainment will be measured
Specimen assessment materials

None.
How to:
Use practical, theoretical or technological
understanding to find ways forward in broadly
defined, complex contexts
Analyse, interpret and evaluate relevant
information, concepts and ideas
Be aware of the nature and scope of the area of
study
Understand different perspectives, approaches
or schools of thought and the reasoning behind
them
The three-hour written external examinations
are held twice a year (usually the first week in
June and December). ABE manages the entire
examination process, from its external centres
around the world, to invigilation and marking.
Refer to the assessment criteria for each unit.
Past papers are available on the members area

Specified levels of attainment

of the ABE website.

Candidates will be marked out of 100 and will be
graded as follows:
A*
75%+
Higher Distinction
A
65% - 74%
Distinction
B
50% - 64%
Merit
C
40% - 49%
Pass
D
30% - 39%
Marginal Fail
E
15% - 29%
Fail
F
0% - 14%
Unclassified
Candidates achieving a pass grade (C or above)
will be awarded the appropriate QCF credits.