BOH4M COURSE OUTLINE

Course Title: Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals

Grade: 12

Ministry Course Code: BOH4M

Course Type: University/College

Credit Value: 1.00

Course Hours: 118

Department: Business Studies

Revision Date: N/A

Policy Document: Business Studies, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, 2006 (Revised) http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/business1112currb.pdf

Domestic Student Price: $550
International Student Price: $799

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on the development of leadership skills used in managing a successful business. Students will analyse the role of a leader in business, with a focus on decision making, management of group dynamics, workplace stress and conflict, motivation of employees, and planning. Effective business communication skills, ethics, and social responsibility are also emphasized.

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

Foundations of Management

By the end of this course, students will:

assess the role of management within an organization;

demonstrate the use of appropriate communication techniques related to business management;

evaluate the impact of issues related to ethics and social responsibility on the management of organizations.

Leading

By the end of this course, students will:

apply an understanding of human behaviour to explain how individuals and groups function in the workplace;

demonstrate an understanding of group dynamics;

demonstrate an understanding of proper leadership techniques in a variety of situations.

Management Challenges

By the end of this course, students will:

demonstrate an understanding of the communication process within the workplace;

evaluate the strategies used by individuals and organizations to manage stress and conflict;

compare theories of how to motivate individuals and teams in a productive work environment.

Planning & Controlling

By the end of this course, students will:

analyse the importance of planning to the success of an organization;

demonstrate an understanding of appropriate planning tools and techniques in a variety of situations;

analyse the relationship between strategic planning and the success of an organization;

analyse how companies respond to internal and external pressures for change;

assess the importance of control in management.

Organizing

By the end of this course, students will:

demonstrate an understanding of the various organizational structures used to manage the workforce effectively;

assess the ways in which organizational structures have changed to adapt to the changing nature of work;

evaluate the role of human resources within an organization.

OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

A variety of teaching and learning strategies are used to allow students many opportunities to attain the necessary skills for success in this course and in future studies. In all activities, consideration will be taken to ensure that individual students’ multiple intelligences and learning strengths are addressed through the use of varied and multiple activities in each lesson.

STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE

The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Assessment and evaluation is based on the Ministry of Education’s Growing Success policy document, which articulates the Ministry’s vision for how assessment and evaluation is practiced in Ontario schools.

Growing Success describes the three assessment types as follows:

Assessment as Learning: focuses on the explicit fostering of students’ capacity over time to be their own best assessors, but teachers need to start by presenting and modelling external, structured opportunities for students to assess themselves.
Assessment for Learning: the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there.
Assessment of Learning: the assessment that becomes public and results in statements or symbols about how well students are learning.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION SCHEME

A final grade (percentage mark) is calculated at the end of the course and reflects the quality of the student’s achievement of the overall expectations of the course, in accordance with the provincial curriculum.

The final grade will be determined as follows:

Seventy percent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence of achievement.
Thirty percent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course. This evaluation will be based on evidence from one or a combination of the following: an examination, a performance, an essay, and/or another method of evaluation suitable to the course content. The final evaluation allows the student an opportunity to demonstrate comprehensive achievement of the overall expectations for the course.

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is a serious offense. It is defined as taking words, phrasing, sentence structure, or any other element of the expression of another person’s ideas, and using them as if they were your own. Plagiarism is a violation of another person’s rights, whether the material taken is great or small.Students will be assisted in developing strategies and techniques to avoid plagiarism. They need to be aware that plagiarized term work will be penalized and could result in a mark of zero.