BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This half year course will provide students with the skills necessary for success. Topics include business plans, economics, entrepreneurship, and business commuinication. Students will compare management and leadership.

COURSE CURRICULUM

Unit #
Course Outline
1-Economics
2-Leadership
  • Define Leader
  • Leadership Traits
  • Types of Powers
    • Position
    • Reward
    • Expert
    • Identity
  • Leadership Styles
    • Autocratic
    • Democratic
    • Open
    • Situational
  • Handling Employee Problems
    • Work Rules
    • Handling Work Rules
3-Entrepreneur
  • Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
  • Types of Ownership
    • Sole Proprietorship
    • Partnership
    • Corporation
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of a Proprietorship
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of a Partnership
  • Small Businesses
  • Franchises
  • Ownership Risks
  • Ownership Obligations
  • Reasons for Failure
    • Economic
    • Finance
    • Disaster and Fraud
    • Neglect
    • Strategy
    • Experience
  • Importance of a Business Name
  • Entrpreneuship Quiz
4-Business Communication
  • Formatting Business Letters
  • Formatting Memos
  • Letterhead
  • Business Cards
  • Logos
5-Business Plan
6-Characteristics of a Business
  • Nature of a Business
  • Types of Firm
    • Manufacturing
    • Service
  • Types of a Business
    • Industrial
    • Commercial
  • Global Competition
  • Business Effectiveness
    • Specialization of Effort
    • Better Technology and Innovation
    • Reorganization
  • Business Efficiency
  • Domestic Goods
  • Foreign Goods
  • Total Quality Management (TQM)
  • Business Productivity
  • Empowerment
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
7-Nature and Scope of Marketing
  • Importance of marketing
  • Role in the economy
  • Role of Marketing
    • Production oriented
    • Sales oriented
    • Customer oriented
    • Marketing oriented
  • Elements of Marketing (4 P's)
    • Product
    • Price
    • Distribution (Place)
    • Promotion
  • Product Life Cycle
    • Introductory Stage
    • Growth Stage
    • Maturity Stage
    • Decline Stage
  • Types of Products
  • Convenience Goods
8-Career Plan
  • Resume
  • Cover Letter
  • Interviewing
  • Career Plans
9-Miscellaneous Final Exam Review Topics