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List of Modules
OUR PROGRAMMES
Marketing
To introduce students to principles of marketing.

1hr 15mins
Students devise a Marketing campaign for a fictitious business.
‘Business Disciplines’ Modules
Finance
Students undertake a challenge to find the most profitable business.
Teach students how companies make profit (and losses!).

1hr 15mins
Business
Structures
Students assign board member roles using personality profiling.
To help students undestand the roles of different depts in companies

1hr 15mins
Production
Student’s undertake a production planning exercise.
To give students appreciation of what’s involved in making a product.

1hr 15mins
Sales
Student’s undertake a wheeler/dealer exercise.
To highlight the importance of sales functions within business.

1hr 15mins
Teamwork
Highlighting the importance of working to a common goal in teams.

1hr 15mins
Students undertake a fun teamwork exercise.
‘Core Business Skills’ Modules
Problem
Solving
Students undertake a creative challenge to solve a particular problem in teams.
To help students understand how application of skills leads to solutions.

1hr 15mins
Commun-
ication
Students undertake a competitive exercise to test their communication skills.
The importance of clear and frequent comunication in business.

1hr 15mins
Planning
A team challenge to test students ability to effectively plan.
To highlight the need for forethought to grow businesses.

1hr 15mins
Sales
Student’s undertake a wheeler/dealer exercise.
To highlight the importance of sales functions within business.

1hr 15mins
Module
Objective
Exercises
Duration
Module
Objective
Exercises
Duration
The tables below show the current modules available. Modules can be selected on a ‘pick-and- mix’ basis to suit the current needs of the schools and its students. A minimum of two workshops must be selected. Two modules will generally take a whole morning or afternoon to deliver. Minimum group size is 10.

The Dragon’s Den Day consists of 5 of the modules given through the course of the day with a final presentation given to a select panel at the end of the day. 
Dragon’s Den Day
A workshop where teams of students take an original business idea through several specially adapted modules listed below to deliver a ‘pitch’ to a panel of ‘Dragons’ (usually representatives from local businesses) . The team with the ‘best’ pitch win prizes! The Dragon’s Den Day is an ideal way to give student’s an all-round experience in the setting up of a business.
Marketing
Finance
Business
Structures
Planning
Commun-
ication
To view the latest scheduled public events click here.

Decision
Making

Marketing

Planning

Communication

Finance

Team
Building

Creativity

Problem
Solving

Teamwork

Presentation
Skills