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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.