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ABE Business Information System

About ABE

There is an increasing need for a new kind of highly computer literate business professional who can take responsibility for developing many day to day business applications using spreadsheets, databases and other rapid application development packages. They also need to be able to help specify new and secure systems, to be able to work confidently with their IT colleagues on a larger scale project, and to understand the business potential for networking and the Internet. Holders of both the Diploma and the Advanced Diploma in Business Information Systems will also have had a firm grounding in the essential core business skills.
Association of Business Executives (ABE)-Business Information Systems
ABE Business Information Systems professionals will be people who can build bridges between technology and business practice. We do not see them as "techies" who spend long and lonely hours programming computers, although programming will certainly be one of the important skills in their repertoire. They are more likely to be communicative and articulate members of a team that brings a variety of skills to bear in the development of new and innovative business projects.
The Programme Structure and its Pathways
The Business Information Systems Programme is divided into Certificate, Diploma Part 1 and 2 and the Advanced Diploma. Students must decide whether to follow the Management Pathway or the Finance Pathway and choose the appropriate options.
Certificate
Introduction to Business
Introduction to the world of computers
IT Applications and Skills
Introduction to Accounting
Diploma Part 1

Computer Fundamentals

Computer Applications in Business & Finance
Business Communication
Students must also pass one of the following subjects

Organisational Behaviour

Financial Accounting

Diploma Part 2
Principles of Programming
Networks and Distributed Systems
Quantitative Methods for Business and Management
Systems Analysis and Design
Human Resource Management (Management Pathway)
Managerial Accounting (Finance Pathway) 
Advanced Diploma
Contemporary Application Development Methods
Managing Systems Change
Relational Database Applications in Business
Internet Systems Development
Corporate Finance (Finance Pathway)
Strategic Human Resource Management for Business Organisation (Management Pathway)
Attempting any subject in Diploma Part 2.
Exemptions from Diploma subjects (up to a maximum of six subjects) may be granted to options from Diploma subjects (up to a maximum of six subjects) may be granted to
Holders of qualifications of certain other professional bodies, provided that such qualifications have been obtained by external examination.
Advanced Diploma (For detailed syllabus click on the unit title below)
Contemporary Application Development Methods
Managing Systems Change
Relational Database Applications in Business
Internet Systems Development
Students must also pass one of the following subjects:
Strategic Human Resource Management (Management Pathway)
Corporate Finance (Finance Pathway)

The Advanced Diploma papers are set and marked to the level of the second year of a UK Business Studies degree programme.

Following passes in the requisite five subjects above, the successful student will be awarded the Advanced Diploma in Business Information Systems.

It is suggested that 150 study hours should be devoted to each subject.
No exemption is granted from any subject in the Advanced Diploma Examination.
Method of Assessment

All subjects will be assessed by an external written examination. In most of the specialist IT subjects, practical exercises will be set and marked by local tutors. The grade awarded in these practical exercises will be indicative of progress but will not count towards the final result. However, there will be at least one examination question on each paper that will be closely related to hands-on computer work. It is, therefore, essential for candidates to attempt such practical work themselves as it will be a central part of the learning process.
History of ABE
The Association of Business Executives was founded in 1973 by a group of industrialists, educationalists and politicians as a non-profit making institution. ABE’s aim was to become a market leader in the cost-effective provision of quality British management education leading to awards which were valued in their own right, but which were also recognised as an accepted route into the later stages of a number of UK and overseas professional or university institutions.
Registration & Requirements
In order to take ABE exams, students must be registered members of the association.
Registration deadlines and exam dates

Course

Start Date

Exam Dates

Duration

Certificate

Feb/Sept

Dec/June

5 Months

Diploma I

Feb/Sept

June/Dec

5 Months

Diploma II

Feb/Sept

June/Dec

5 Months

Diploma I &II

Feb/Sept

June/Dec

5 Months

Adv Diploma

Feb/Sept

June/Dec

5 Months

Registration deadlines and exam dates

Registration

Exam Entry

Exam Dates

Sept

Oct

Dec/June

Feb

Apr

June

Certificate

4 GCSE passes at grade C or above or equivalent
Diploma
ABE Certificate or 4 GCSE passes and 2 A' levels or equivalent
Advance Diploma
ABE Diploma or other recognised qualification of an approved Overseas Institution of Higher Education.
Flexibility
ABE’s examination structure is flexible and allows students to complete the programme in a timescale most suitable to their own circumstances. There is no time limit in which to complete ABE qualifications. Flexibility
On successful completion of one of the ABE programmes, a second qualification can be achieved by completing a few additional subjects. For example, a student who attains the ABE Diploma in Business Administration only has to acquire two more modules to complete the ABE Diploma in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality.

If, for any reason, students cannot continue with their studies, they can always take a break and resume the course when it is convenient for them.

Students can study for an ABE programme at an ABE accredited college or by self-study using ABE Study Manuals, recommended textbooks, subject syllabuses and Past Questions and Answers.
If students move to another country, or another town in their own country, there will usually be an ABE accredited college nearby providing tuition facilities.
Cost Effectiveness

Student fees are highly competitive as ABE considers that it has a duty (especially to students in developing countries) to offer business and management education at an economical price. ABE is non-profit making organisation.
Professional and University Recognition
Students receive award certificates at every stage of each programme (Certificate, Diploma Part 1, Diploma Part 2 and Advanced Diploma), which means that if studies are discontinued after completing one of the stages, students will still have a valuable qualification that is recognised by employers.
Professional and University Recognition ABE qualifications are recognised as accepted routes onto the later stages of a number of UK and overseas university qualifications, including Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degrees.

ABE qualifications are also recognised as accepted routes onto other UK and overseas professional qualifications. Holders of an ABE qualification may obtain subject exemptions in the examinations of these professional bodies.
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