Business Management
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Course Description

 

Core Standards of the Course

Standard 1
Students will identify and describe the planning function of management.

Objective 1
Explain what planning is and the importance of planning.

Objective 2
Explain the business decision-making process.

Objective 3
Distinguish between strategic (long-term) and operational (short-term) plans.

Objective 4
Identify planning tools used in project planning (budgets, schedules, policies, etc.).

Standard 2
Students will identify and describe the organizing function of management.

Objective 1
Identify and provide examples of basic ownership forms.

1. List the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, franchise, LLC, S-corporation.
   

Objective 2
Identify types of organization structures.

1. Distinguish between line, line and staff, matrix, and team.
   

Objective 3
Understand management structures.

1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of centralized and decentralized.
   

Objective 4
Understand the legal aspects of starting a business.

Standard 3
Students will identify and describe the directing (leadership) function of management.

Objective 1
Identify leaders and effective leadership qualities.

Objective 2
Identify different leadership styles.

1. Compare and contrast autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire.
   

Objective 3
Describe techniques managers use to motivate individual employees (e.g. goal setting, job advancement, cross-training, empowerment, and self-direction).

Standard 4
Students will identify and describe the controlling functions of management.

Objective 1
Describe the importance of mission statement, vision statements, goals (long-term) and objectives (short-term).

Objective 2
Evaluate and determine alternative actions when goals are not being met. (e.g., changing goals, changing strategies).

Objective 3
Identify the major factors that are considered in operations management. (e.g., TQM, lean, just-in-time, supply chain, etc.)

Standard 5
Students will analyze and understand the importance of financial information.

Objective 1
Know basic financial terms

1. Define and identify assets, liabilities, owner’s equity, revenue, expenses
   

Objective 2
Understand the purpose of Income Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements.

Objective 3
Analyze and interpret the data that appears on financial statements, for managerial decisions making. (e.g., ratio and breakeven analysis)

Objective 4
Identify sources for securing financing to start and operate a business

1. List the characteristics of personal savings, bank financing, SBA loans, and venture capital.
   

Standard 6
Students will understand basic economics concepts.

Objective 1
Understand economic terms (e.g. recession, depression, inflation, GDP, etc.).

Objective 2
Identify various types of economic systems.

1. Compare and contrast capitalism, socialism, communism, and mixed economy.
   

Objective 3
Understand the factors involved in deciding to do business internationally and how global economies affect domestic businesses.

Objective 4
Understand forces of supply and demand in the economy.

Objective 5
Identify various types of competition.

1. Compare and contrast monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and pure competition.
   

Standard 7
Students will understand basic marketing concepts.

Objective 1
Identify and understand the four P's of the marketing mix

Objective 2
Identify the elements of product development.

Objective 3
Understand the use of pricing strategy.

Objective 4
Identify and understand distribution channels (place).

Objective 5
Recognize the different types of promotion.

Standard 8
Students will describe human resource management and its importance to the successful operation of an organization.

Objective 1
Understand management theories.

1. Compare and contrast Theories X, Y, and Z.
   
2. List the characteristics of Herzberg’s Theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
   

Objective 2
Understand management responsibilities of recruiting, hiring, training, appraising, and firing employees.

Objective 3
Identify employment arrangements (e.g., teams, flexible work schedules, job-sharing, telecommuting, etc.)

Objective 4
Understand compensation and benefits. (e.g. wages, salaries, insurance, and retirement benefits, etc.)

Standard 9
Understand and identify ethics and social responsibility as it relates to business.

Objective 1
Describe a business code of ethics.

Objective 2
Explain the overall nature of social responsibility (e.g. philanthropy, human rights violations, child labor, environmental impact, etc.).

Standard 10
Students will understand legal aspects that regulate business.

Objective 1
Describe how labor legislations affects the workplace (e.g., drug testing, ADA, sexual harassment, right-to-privacy, FLSA, etc.)

Objective 2
Understand governmental agencies which regulate business practices.

1. Identify the agency and their purpose: OSHA, EEOC, and FTC
   

 

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