Business Management 2013
Sample work program
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Business Management 2013
Sample work program
Compiled by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
July 2014
This work program is reproduced with the permission of Centenary State High School.
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and objectives inform student learning.
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intended student learning and the assessment plan as outlined in the work program requirements
for that syllabus.
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Course organisation and assessment plan
Semester 2
Semester 1
MP
1
Management practices
The foundations of management
involve the structures and function of
businesses; the impact of internal
and external environment and the
roles of managers who plan,
organise and lead businesses.
30
MP
2
Global corporate management
Effective business managers
operating in the global corporate
arena must be aware of global
business implications. This unit will
focus on the areas of financial and
operations management practices.
25
MP
3
Marketing & resource
management
Explores the challenges of managing
marketing and human resources to
be an effective business in a
competitive environment. Marketing
and resource management involves
researching consumer markets and
providing innovative and creative
ideas to achieve business goals.
55
MM
OM
HR
OM
MM
FM
BD
FM
HR
BD
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Assessment
technique
Dimensions
Formative /
summative
Instrument no.
Areas of study
Length (hrs)
Unit number
Unit
KU
AA
Assessment
conditions
EC
Short response test
50–250 words per
response,
Supervised examination
60–90 minutes
1
Examination
F
KU
AA
2
Extended
response
F
KU
AA
EC
Extended research
response
800–1000 words
3
Feasibility
study
F
KU
AA
EC
Marketing feasibility
study
Individual task
800–1000 words
4
Examination
F
KU
AA
EC
Extended response test
400–600 words, unseen
60–90 minutes
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4
OM
MM
OM
HR
FM
BD
FM
Entrepreneurs of the future
30
MM
HR
BD
Change management
25
MP
HR
Semester 3
Managing change can be the
difference between surviving and
thriving in a business environment.
How do businesses manage
change?
Dimensions
KU
AA
EC
Assessment
conditions
5
Examination
S
KU
AA
EC
Short response test
50–250 words per
response,
90–120 minutes
6
Examination
S
KU
AA
EC
Extended response test
600–800 words, unseen
90–120 minutes
7
Extended
response
S
KU
AA
EC
Extended research
response
1000–1500 words
8
Feasibility
study
S
KU
AA
EC
Marketing and human
resource management
feasibility study
1000–1500 words
9
Extended
response
S
KU
AA
EC
Extended response to
stimulus
Spoken
Time: 4–5 mins
Entrepreneurship and innovation is
essential for business development.
This unit will focus on developing
and testing innovative and creative
ideas and preparing feasibility
studies to determine the viability of
those ideas.
6
Assessmen
t technique
Formative /
summative
Length (hrs)
55
MM
Event management explores the
application of project management to
effectively operate a business. Event
management examines operations
management to efficiently and
effectively provide products/services
to meet the needs of consumers and
to achieve business goals.
5
Semester 4
Event management
MP
Instrument no.
Areas of study
Unit number
Unit
Key:
MP
Management practices
HR
Human resource management
MM
Marketing management
FM
Financial management
OM
Operations management
BD
Business development
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Unit outline
Unit
Global corporate management
Areas of study:
Management practices
Operations management
Financial management
Dimensions
assessed:
Knowledge and understanding business management
Applying and analysing management strategies
Evaluating and communicating management strategies
Time:
25 hours; Year 11
Assessment
technique:
Extended response (extended research response)
Underpinning
practices:
The underpinning practices of communication strategies and management strategies have been integrated into learning experiences.
Focus: Unit 1
Suggested subject matter
Possible learning experiences
Underpinning
practices
CS
Management
practices
Management
practices involve
business structures,
the impact of internal
or external
environments on
businesses, and the
roles of business
• Business managers plan, organise, lead
and communicate to achieve business
objectives.
• Production efficiency and the creation of
profit are primary goals of business
managers, but they are not the only criteria
of business success.
• Business managers consider the views of
stakeholders, risks, resources, and the
internal and external environment as they
• Investigate a global business.
CS
• Produce a concept map that defines and describes the internal and
external environments that impact on the structure and organisation of a
global business.
CS
• Research (using the internet) to describe the different levels of
management within a business.
CS
• Explain the management processes used to conduct a global business.
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MS
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managers who plan,
organise and lead
businesses.
make decisions to achieve business goals
and objectives.
• Different levels of management fulfil
specific roles and functions, with
communication between managers and
professional networks being crucial to
business success.
• Select and organise research information relating specifically to the
structure of a global business.
CS
• Interview a global business manager to describe their experiences in
organising and leading a business.
CS
• Analyse business information from a global business to identify issues that
impact on the operating environments.
MS
• Analyse management strategies and interpret trends in development.
MS
• Evaluate business information to formulate possible strategies that the
business could implement to achieve business goals and objectives.
MS
Focus: Unit 2
Suggested subject matter
Possible learning experiences
Underpinning
practices
CS
Operations
management
Operations
management
involves businesses
efficiently and
effectively converting
inputs into quality
products or services
desired by
customers.
• Operations managers make strategic
decisions involving planning, developing
and controlling the activities required to
create a product and supply a service.
• Operations management includes
strategic and operation planning.
• Operation decisions are made based on
purchasing, dispatching, inventory control,
scheduling, maintenance and quality
control.
• Ethical issues such as conservation,
environmental concerns and offshore
production affect operations management
decisions.
• Develop a glossary to define key operations management terms.
CS
• Invite a guest speaker to describe and discuss the operations management
of a global business.
CS
• Select and organise business information to design a flyer or poster that
highlights the statement ‘ethics before profit’ when operating a business.
CS
• Describe and explain the methods used to operate an E-business.
• Analyse a number of business case studies and evaluate their success in
operations according to a number of performance indicators including
offshore production, environmental concerns and conservation issues. Use
this information to formulate possible strategies that a business could
implement to deal with the issues identified.
MS
MS
CS
MS
• Compare and contrast the methods used by businesses to ensure quality
control.
MS
• Develop strategies to improve quality of a product/service.
MS
• Evaluate the impact of Australian businesses moving operations overseas.
MS
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Focus: Unit 3
Suggested subject matter
Possible learning experiences
Underpinning
practices
CS
Financial
Management
Financial
management occurs
through the analysis
and interpretation of
financial records and
is necessary when
achieving business
goals.
• The role of financial management is to
ensure that financial decisions allow
the business to survive, grow and
achieve its goals /objectives.
• Financial management is influenced
by the legal structure of the business,
ethics and the external environment in
which it operates.
• Financial management involves
sourcing and managing the risks of
finance.
• Finance can be short term, long term,
internal, external, local or global.
• Financial managers use tools such as
financial ratio analyses to make
financial management decisions and
for information disclosure.
• Financial management involves the
analysis and interpretation of financial
statements in decision making.
• Financial managers develop
investment strategies based on the
evaluation of financial risk in order to
meet business goals.
• Develop a glossary to define key financial management terms.
CS
• Invite a guest speaker to describe and discuss sources of finance available to a
business.
CS
MS
• Explain financial management processes used to achieve business goals and
objectives.
MS
• Explain the role and responsibilities of lending institutions for a business.
MS
• Select and organise print and electronic media materials from financial
institutions offering business finance. Interpret the information by comparing and
contrasting and present information to formulate recommendations.
CS
• Construct a role-play showing the negotiation of a loan between an entrepreneur
and a financial organisation.
CS
• Interpret the meaning of financial tables/graphs.
MS
• Apply financial knowledge to identify key financial issues in business situations.
CS
• Compile statistics of financial records to analyse and make management
decisions.
MS
• Prepare a graph to record the effects of interest rate changes on a business.
CS
• Analyse financial reports and evaluate management strategies to formulate
recommendations.
CS
MS
• Analyse a case study of a business financial affairs using business financial
statements.
MS
• Construct a research report to analyse, evaluate and justify recommendations
based on financial evidence.
MS
• Evaluate the options a business operator has to obtain funds for a business.
MS
• Compare and contrast financial options from internal and external sources.
MS
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Business Management 2013: Student profile
Management
practices
1
Examination
Short response
test
F
Global
corporate
management
2
Extended
response
Extended
research
response
F
Semester
Formative/
Summative
Assessment
technique
Unit
1
Teacher name:
Instrument no.
Student name:
KU
AA
Knowing &
understanding
business
management
Applying &
analysing
management
strategies
EC
Evaluating &
communicating
management
strategies
LOA
Internal reporting — Semester 1
2
Marketing
and resource
management
3
Feasibility study
Marketing
feasibility study
F
4
Examination
Extended
response test
F
Internal reporting — Semester 2
Year 11 monitoring
3
Event
management
5
Examination
Short response
test
S
6
Examination
Extended
response test
S
7
Extended
response
Extended
research
response
S
Internal reporting — Semester 3
4
Entrepreneur
s of the future
8
Feasibility study
Marketing and
human resource
management
feasibility study
S
9
Extended
response
Extended
response to
stimulus
S
Verification
Change
management
Year 12 Exit Level of Achievement
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