Corporate/General Management (2015): Grades 9, 10, 11, 12, Higher Education

Describe management's responsibility to know and abide by laws and regulations that affect business operations and transactions.

Communication Skills: Obtain and convey ideas and information to impact business decisions and report on organizational activities.

Economics: Apply economic concepts fundamental to global business operations.

Emotional Intelligence: Employ and manage techniques, strategies, and systems used by management to foster self-understanding and enhance business relationships.

Financial Analysis: Maintain, monitor, plan, and control the use of financial resources to protect a business's fiscal well-being.

Operations: Plan, monitor, and control day-to-day business functions to ensure continued business operations.

Strategic Management: Plan, organize, and control an organization/department to optimize overall business success.

Adhere to regulations for business expansion to meet government requirements and industry standards.

Describe how government/legal activities affect global trade.

Write internal and external analytical reports (i.e., reports that examine a problem/issue and recommend an action).

Describe global trade's impact on business activities.

Demonstrate managerial ethics.

Manage internal and external inter-cultural business relationships.

Manage business risks to protect a business's financial well-being.

Manage financial resources to ensure solvency.

Manage purchasing activities to obtain the best service/product at the least cost.

Manage quality-control processes to minimize errors and to expedite workflow.

Explain management's role in contributing to successful business operations.

Plan organization's/department's activities to guide and support decisions and to ensure that staff focus on priorities.

Develop business plans to meet company needs.

Plan for future company growth to guide company operations.

Determine benchmarks to use in evaluating company performance.

Design organizational structure to facilitate business activities.

Determine staffing needs to minimize costs while maximizing business contribution.

Control organization's/department's activities to monitor business activities and to make business decisions.

Compare company performance with established benchmarks to determine company success.

Adjust growth projections impacting facilities and equipment to foster profitable operations.

Apply performance standards to evaluate employees.

Develop timely responses to employee performance evaluations.

Follow domestic laws governing business expansion.

Follow laws governing global expansion.

Describe customs regulations.

Comply with export licensing regulations.

Obtain releases and clearances to export products.

Explain the nature of legal recourse in resolving global business disputes.

Write analytical reports (i.e., reports that examine a problem/issue and recommend an action).

Write research report.

Discuss the impact of globalization on business.

Explain cultural considerations that impact global business relations.

Describe the impact of electronic communication tools (e.g., Internet, video- and computer-conferencing, webcasts, email) on global business activities.

Explain the impact of major trade alliances on business activities.

Describe the impact of the political environment on world trade.

Explain the impact of geography on world trade.

Describe the impact of a country's history on world trade.

Explain the impact of a country's economic development on world trade.

Discuss the potential impact of emerging economies on business activities.

Use ethics in staff supervision.

Explain the nature of managerial ethics.

Explain the impact of business customs and practices on global trade.

Describe the nature of business customs and practices in the North American market.

Explain the nature of business customs and practices in Europe.

Explain the nature of business customs and practices in Latin America.

Describe the nature of business customs and practices in the Pacific Rim.

Discuss the nature of business customs and practices in the Middle East.

Identify a business's risks.

Assess business risks.

Assess task risks.

Assess accounting risks.

Assess legal risks.

Evaluate speculative business risks.

Assess business's potential to expand into new markets.

Select risk-management strategies.

Develop risk-management plan.

Evaluate risk-management plan.

Interpret cash-flow solvency.

Monitor business's profitability.

Maintain vendor/supplier relationships.

Negotiate terms with vendors.

Establish bid specifications.

Explain the nature of quality management.

Discuss the need for continuous improvement of the quality process.

Develop continuous-improvement strategies.

Develop a plan/program for quality achievement.

Describe factors that influence management.

Discuss the nature of global management.

Explain management theories and their applications.

Describe the strategic planning process within an organization.

Develop strategies for achieving company vision.

Determine alternative actions to take when goals are not being met.

Develop company vision.

Determine business's overall global strategy.

Develop company's management plan.

Evaluate opportunities for potential company changes.

Develop processes that can be used to improve business results.

Analyze exit plan options.

Identify and set benchmarks for key performance indicators.

Describe organizational structures for managing foreign business activities.

Develop an organizational plan for human resources.

Develop an organizational strategy for foreign businesses.

Describe the nature of human-resources planning.

Explain approaches to the identification of human resources in foreign markets.

Determine causes of staff turnover.

Discuss the importance of the coordinating/controlling role in the business environment.

Evaluate individual department's contribution to organizational effectiveness.

Apply benchmarking techniques.

Interpret internal information for strategic planning (e.g., financial/accounting, marketing, operations, human resources. information technology, and individual employee data).

Assess company's strategic-planning processes.

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Identify and communicate performance standards.

Identify and communicate policies and procedures for reviewing performance.

Track performance indicators and develop performance reports.

Provide feedback response on employee's performance.

Implement performance improvement plans.

Amend employee work plans to account for performance evaluation results.

Provide strategies for rewarding employee performance.