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Acknowledgements

Tess Bayley

I would like to thank Ruth Murphy, Rachel Edge and Emma Coopshon at Hodder Education for their support and continued writing opportunities, Alana Clogan at Just Content and my co-authors.

I would also like to thank my amazing children Ollie and Jasper as well as my husband Jamie, my fantastic parents and the MM friends for the encouragement and strength they have each given me in their different ways when writing this book.

Saundra Middleton

To my colleagues who have shared their thoughts and ideas with me over the years, which enabled me to support learners in business, my enduring thanks and regard.

To Rachel Edge and Emma Coopshon at Hodder Education, who guided me through the process and showed both stamina and patience throughout, my grateful thanks.

Finally, to Frank Middleton, my husband, who is always there to support and encourage me when the midnight oil starts to wane.

Sean Vertigan

Thank you to Emma, Rachel and Ruth at Hodder Education, as well as Alana Clogan at Just Content, for your constant guidance and patience. Plus, thank you to Sarah Hall at the Law Society for her careful comments.

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Guide to the book

When starting your T Level Technical Qualification in Management & Administration course, you should check on the City & Guilds Qualifications website to find out which version of the specification you should be following. This textbook follows Version 1.1, which is first teaching from September 2022. If you are following a later version, ensure you know how your version has been updated.

The following features can be found in this book.

Learning outcomes

Core knowledge outcomes that you must understand and learn. These are presented at the start of every chapter.

Key terms

Definitions to help you understand important terms.

Reflect

Tasks and questions providing an opportunity to reflect on the knowledge learned.

Test yourself

A knowledge consolidation feature containing short questions and tasks to aid understanding and guide you to think about a topic in detail.

Research

Research-based activities – either stretch and challenge activities, enabling you to go beyond the course, or industry placement-based activities, encouraging you to discover more about your placement.

Industry tip

Helpful tips and guidelines to help develop professional skills during your industry placement.

Case study

Placing knowledge into a fictionalised, real-life context. Useful to introduce problem-solving and dilemmas.

Project practice

Short scenarios and focused activities that reflect one or more of the tasks that you will need to undertake during completion of the Employer-set project. These support the development of the four core skills required.

Assessment practice

Core content containing knowledge-based practice questions at the end of each chapter.

Answers can be found online at: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/subjects/business-and-accounting/products/level-3/management-and-administration-t-level-core