BTEB HSC Business Management & Technology (HSC BMT) study materials
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BTEB HSC Business Management & Technology (HSC BMT) study plan

BTEB HSC Business Management & Technology (HSC BMT) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Business Organization and Management

  • Define the four management functions and give one small-retail example of each.

  • Compare sole proprietorship, partnership, and limited company on liability, capital, and control in a three-column table.

  • Draft a one-page organization chart for a 25-employee manufacturing unit and label line versus staff roles.

  • Explain in 120 words how span of control affects supervision cost and communication speed.

Your checkpoint

A one-page business-form comparison table plus an organization chart, followed by a closed-book 20-item self-quiz scored at least 16/20.

Week 2

Business Organization and Management

  • Apply Fayol's principles to diagnose five short case incidents and justify each principle selected.

  • Distinguish autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire leadership with one workplace scenario per style.

  • Summarize Maslow and Herzberg in a two-row matrix and match six motivators to the correct theory.

  • Outline the control cycle and apply it to a 10% sales shortfall, naming a corrective action.

Your checkpoint

Five written case diagnoses of 80–120 words each, scored with a self-made rubric; at least four of five must meet every rubric criterion.

Week 3

Accounting and Bookkeeping

  • Record 20 mixed transactions in a two-column journal and post each entry to the correct ledger account.

  • Prepare a trial balance from the posted balances and locate three intentional errors.

  • Classify 15 accounts as assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, or expenses with no more than one mistake.

  • Explain the dual-aspect concept using three transactions in about 100 words.

Your checkpoint

A complete 20-transaction journal, ledger set, and balanced trial balance, plus an error log showing how each of three planted errors was found.

Week 4

Accounting and Bookkeeping & Business Mathematics and Statistics

  • Prepare a simple income statement and balance sheet from an adjusted trial balance and verify that assets equal liabilities plus equity.

  • Compute mark-up, margin, trade discount, and cash discount for five supplier invoices.

  • Calculate simple interest, compound interest, straight-line depreciation, and reducing-balance depreciation for four assets.

  • Interpret mean, median, mode, and range for a 15-value sales dataset and state which average best fits the data.

Your checkpoint

One integrated 90-minute problem set combining financial statements and five commercial-mathematics calculations, scored at least 75% with a balanced balance sheet.

Week 5

Economics (Micro and Macro Fundamentals) & Marketing and Salesmanship

  • Draw supply and demand diagrams for three scenarios and predict the direction of price and quantity changes.

  • Separate fixed from variable costs and compute break-even output for two small firms.

  • Explain inflation, unemployment, and GDP with one current example each in about 150 words.

  • Segment a local market for a new snack product and write a 40-word positioning statement.

Your checkpoint

A two-page market-and-economics brief containing three labeled diagrams, two break-even calculations, and one positioning statement.

Week 6

Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development & Business Mathematics and Statistics

  • Draft a one-page business-plan outline covering problem, product, market, operations, and finance.

  • Build a six-month cash-flow forecast for a start-up using stated sales and cost assumptions.

  • Compute break-even output and payback period for the start-up and state whether the plan is viable.

  • Interpret a small frequency table by calculating mean and standard deviation and explaining what the spread indicates.

Your checkpoint

A six-month start-up plan with cash-flow table, break-even and payback figures, and a 100-word viability verdict, checked for arithmetic accuracy.

Week 7

Business Communication and Applied English & ICT and Computer Applications in Business

  • Draft a formal business email, a memo, and a short report using correct structure and tone.

  • Edit a 200-word passage for grammar, punctuation, and conciseness while cutting at least 15% of the words without losing meaning.

  • Build a spreadsheet from 20 sales records using formulas for totals and averages and insert one chart.

  • Describe three ICT tools for inventory, payments, and customer records and name one risk of each.

Your checkpoint

A three-document communication pack plus a working spreadsheet with correct formulas and chart; the edit must reduce the passage by at least 15%.

Week 8

Business Organization and Management & Accounting and Bookkeeping

  • Re-solve every question missed in Weeks 1–7 and write the correct rule beside each answer.

  • Complete a full-length timed mock covering all eight domains under exam conditions.

  • Produce a one-page formula and definition sheet for management and accounting.

  • Rank the eight domains by mock score and schedule two 45-minute repair sessions for the two lowest.

Your checkpoint

A full mock scored at least 70% overall, a corrected error log, and a one-page formula sheet checked against the syllabus checklist.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 80% on a closed-book 30-question Domain 1 test and produce the comparison table and organization chart without notes.

Week 4: Finish the integrated accounting-and-mathematics set within 90 minutes at 75% or higher, with a balance sheet that balances.

Week 6: Deliver a 5-minute start-up pitch; a reviewer confirms all six required sections are present and the break-even and payback arithmetic is correct.

Week 8: Score at least 70% on the full mock with no domain below 60%, and submit the corrected error log and completed formula sheet.