SCHEME OF WORK: ABE Certificate in Business Management , Introduction

to Business

Schedule: January – June 2011

Lecturer: Meena Rambocas

Wee Topic Style

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17/0 Introduction: nature and purpose of Lecture and class

1 business activity, economic context of discussions
business , types of economies, public and
private
24/0 Objectives of business, Structure of Lecture and class
1 business. Sole trader, partnership discussions
advantages and disadvantages
31/0 Companies: types structure, roles, Lecture and class
1 advantages and disadvantages. discussions
Nationalization vs privatization debate
07/0 Formal and informal structure, hierarchy, Lecture and class
2 span of control and chain of command discussions

14/0 Line and Staff organization, functional Lecture and class

2 department discussions

21/0 Organization and its environment: Lecture and class

2 External, Responding to external discussions
environment change
28/0 Organization and its environment: Micro, Lecture and class
2 services to business, location of a discussions
business
07/0 Growth and Scale of Business Lecture and class
3 Organizations- growth strategies, discussions
economies and diseconomies of scale
14/0 Globalization: impact on business Lecture and class
3 Past Papers discussions

21/0 Production Function: Production systems Lecture and class

3 and Techniques, control stock and quality discussions

28/0 Past paper session Lecture and class

3 discussions

04/0 Marketing Function: Segmentation Lecture and class

4 Positioning targeting, discussions

11/0 Product, price, place, promotion Lecture and class

4 discussions
18/0 Past Paper Lecture and class
4 discussions

25/0 The Finance Function: Sources of finance, Lecture and class

4 structure accounting function discussions

02/0 Past paper session Lecture and class

5 discussions

09/0 HRM Function: Role of HRM , planning, Lecture and class

5 recruitment, selection training discussions

16/0 Motivation, compensation, past papers Lecture and class

5 discussions

23/0 Review
5