Higher Nationals in Agriculture - Unit 1 Business and the Business Environment - Scheme of Work

Oct 20, 2026

Scheme of work for the Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Agriculture, unit 1 titled “Business and the Business Environment”. Covers learning outcomes explaining agricultural organisations’ types, size and scope, interrelationships among organisational functions and structures, and the positive and negative macro-environment impacts on agricultural business operations. Includes session plans introducing business concepts, organisation types and legal structures, stakeholder roles and responsibilities, and business environment fundamentals such as scarcity, supply and demand, plus Porter’s Five Forces.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages21

Reading Time53 min

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Unit Overview

Learning Outcomes (LO1-LO4)

Session Plan by Learning Outcomes

Session 1: Types of Business Organisations

Session 2: Size, Scale and Scope

Session 3: Stakeholders, Roles and Responsibilities

Session 4: Business Environment

Session 5: Functional Areas in Business (part 1)

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• Introduction to the unit’s content and two unit assignments
• What is a business?
• Types of organisation, profit and non-profit entities
• Formal and informal businesses
• Legal structures – sole trader, partnerships, limited companies
• Other forms of business entity
Sample activities:
• Group activity: Question and answer activity on general/prior knowledge of different business types.
• Group activity: Discuss and differentiate legal entities e.g. sole trader, partnership etc.
• Pair activity: Activity in pairs to establish advantages and disadvantages of each business type. | | Session 2 | | LO1 | Topic(s): Size, scale and scope of different organisations
• Issue and introduce Assignment 1
• Explore differences in businesses on the basis of their main function, scope and the size of operations.
• National, international and global business development and growth.
Sample activities:

FAQs

What does LO1 require students to explain about agricultural organisations?

Students must explain the different types, size and scope of agricultural organisations.

How does LO2 connect organisational functions to structure?

LO2 requires demonstrating the interrelationship of functions within an agricultural organisation and linking them to organisational structure.

Which concepts are introduced in the business environment sessions?

The scheme introduces the purpose of economic activity, production of goods and services, economic concepts like scarcity and choice, supply and demand, and an industry-structure analysis using Porter's Five Forces.

Oct 20, 2026

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