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          SWOT Analysis, Ansoff Matrix, STEEPLE Analysis, Boston Consultancy Group Matrix, Business Plan, Decision Trees, Descriptive Statistics, Circular Business Models, Gantt Charts, Porter's Generic Strategies, Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions, Force Field Analysis, Critical Path Analysis, Contribution, Simple Linear Regression

Introduction to Business Management

What is a Business?

Types of Business Entities

Business Objectives

Stakeholders

Growth and Evolution

Multinational Companies (MNCs)

The Nature of Business, Sectors of the Economy, Entrepreneurship, Challenges & Opportunities for Starting Up a Business

Sole Traders, Partnerships, Privately & Publicly Held Companies, Private & Public Sector Companies, Cooperatives, NGOs

Vision & Mission Statement , Business Objectives, Strategic & Tactical Objectives, Corporate Social Responsibility

Internal & External Stakeholders, Conflicts Between Stakeholders

Economies & Diseconomies of Scale, Mergers & Acquisitions, Takeovers, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Franchising

Opportunities & Challenges presented by Multinational Companies (MNCs) to Host Nations.

Human Resource Management

Introduction to Human Resource Management

Organizational Structure

Motivation and Demotivation

Leadership and Management

Organizational Culture

Communication

Industrial/Employee Relations

Role of Human Resource Management, Internal & External Factors Impacting HRM, Resistance to Change, HRM Strategies

Types of Organizational Structures, Types of Organization Charts, Charles Handy’s “Shamrock Organization”

Scientific & Intuitive Thinking/Management, Leadership & Management, Leadership Styles

Motivational Theories, Financial & Non-Financial Rewards, Training & Appraisal, Labour Turnover, Methods of Recruitment

Types of Organizational Culture, Cultural Clashes in Organizations

Formal & Informal Methods of Communication, Barriers to Communication

Sources of Conflict in the Workplace, Approaches to Conflict in the Workplace, Approaches to Conflict Resolution

Industrial/Employee Relation

Finance and Accounts

Introduction to Finance

Sources of Finance

Costs and Revenues

Final Accounts - Income Statement

Final Accounts - Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet)

Final Accounts - Depreciation

Profitability and Liquidity Ratio Analysis

Efficiency Ratio Analysis

Cash Flow

Investment Appraisal

Budgets

Role of Finance, Capital Expenditure, Revenue Expenditure

Internal & External Sources of Finance, Short & Long Term Sources of Finance

Types of Costs, Total Revenue & Revenue Streams

Final Accounts, Types of Intangible Assets, Depreciation, Straight Line Method, Units of Production Method

Final Accounts

Efficiency Ratio, Stock Turnover, Debtor Days, Creditor Days, Gearing Ratio, Insolvency versus Bankruptcy 

Cash Flow, Investment, Profit, Working Capital, Liquidity Position

Investment Appraisal, Payback Period, Average Rate of Return, Net Present Value

Budgets, Variances, Cost & Profit Centres, Constructing a Budget 

Marketing

Introduction to Marketing

Marketing Planning

Sales Forecasting (HL)

Market Research

The Seven P's of The Marketing Mix

International Marketing

Market-Orientation, Product Orientation, Market Share, Market Growth, Market Leadership


Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, Niche & Mass Market, Unique Selling Point

Benefits & Limitations of Sales Forecasting

Sales Forecasting

Primary and Secondary Market Research, Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Sampling

Product, Price, Promotion, Place, People, Processes, Physical Evidences, Marketing Mix, Branding

Challenges & Opportunities of International Business Operations.

Operations Management

Operations Methods

Lean Production and Quality Management

Location

Break-Even Analysis

Production planning

Crisis Management and Contingency Planning

Research and Development (HL)

Management Information Systems (HL)

Introduction to Operations Management

Job Production, Batch Production, Mass/Flow production, Mass Customization

Lean Production, Cradle to Cradle Design & Manufacturing, Quality Control & Quality Assurance, Managing Quality

Outsourcing/Subcontracting, Offshoring, Insourcing, Reshoring

Break-Even Analysis/Chart, Total Contribution Versus Contribution Per Unit

Just-In-Time/Case, Stock Control Charts, Capacity Utilization, Defect & Labour Productivity Rate, Cost-To-Buy/Make

Production Planning

Research & Development, Intellectual Property Protection, Incremental & Disruptive Innovation

Research and Development

Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Artificial Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Taylorism 

Management Information Systems

Business Management Toolkit

SWOT Analysis

Ansoff Matrix

STEEPLE Analysis

Boston Consultancy Group Matrix

Business Plan

Decision Trees

Descriptive Statistics

Circular Business Models

Gantt Charts

Porter's Generic Strategies

Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions

Force Field Analysis

Critical Path Analysis

Contribution

Simple Linear Regression

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