This document outlines the curriculum for a Business Organization and Management course, providing general and specific learning outcomes, activities, assignments and assessments for four main topics: ethics, business environment, management and human resources, and international business. The aim is for the curriculum to be easy for new teachers to follow while reflecting current realities and including ideas for project-based and universally designed learning.

1. Business
Organization and
Management 120
Curriculum Team
Kim Black, Ron Hill, Melissa Hoadley,
Lesa Pomeroy, Sarah-Jane Smith and
Nancy Sydney

2. The 21st Century Learner

3. Aim of Curriculum
Easy for new teachers to follow
Updated to reflect current and
present reality
Provide ideas for assignments,
assessments and strategies to help
deliver the course
Project Based Learning and
Universal Design for Learning

4. Difference between
BOM and Entrepreneurship
BOM is the theory and ideas
behind business.
 Similar to university Introduction to Business
course
Entrepreneurship is about the
creating and doing of business.

5. General Curriculum
Outcome 1
Ethics

6. GCO 1
Students will identify the
differences between ethical and
unethical behavior.

7. Ethics
Why is it important for students to
learn about ethics?
It is something that you
need to be aware of if
you are going to be a
leader, guiding people
and a company.
Leaders are responsible members
of a wider community.

8. To Thrive in the
21st Century
You must have the ability to assess
what is right and wrong, what
decisions will impact not only
your business but the community
outside your door.

9. Activities
Better Business Dilemma Game
The interactive game has students make ethical decisions with
instant feedback.
The game explains how their responses impact each stakeholder
group. (e.g. Government, Employees, Customers, Suppliers,
Community, Owner or Investors)
This activity is great for generating discussion.
It helps the students to develop the concept of
stakeholders, who they are and why they care.

10. Activities
Video – The High Cost of Low Price
Wal-Mart documentary
Students can draw comparisons between the
video and their own communities.
This documentary brings into account the global
impact a business and their decisions can have.
Case studies from the following magazines:
Atlantic Progress and Canadian Business
and Inc.

11. General Curriculum
Outcome 2
Business Environment

12. GCO 2
Students will identify
the variables and
complexities that
affect managerial
decision making in
New Brunswick.

13. Specific Outcomes
Review the six elements of the business
environment and analyze their importance to
organizations.

14. Specific Outcomes
Students will compare the different
forms of business
Sole Proprietorship
Partnerships
Corporation
Cooperatives
Franchises
Students will understand the relationship
between the three levels of business
Local, Provincial and National/Global

15. General Curriculum
Outcome 3
Management and
Human Resources

16. GCO 3
Students will understand the various
functions of management and the
skills required to manage, lead and
motivate employees.

17. Topics

18. SCO 2 – Decision making

19. Activities
Case Studies
The Times 100, Wallace McCain Institute,
Inc. Magazine
Role playing
Revamp the School Mission Statement or assume a
management role of a local business and develop a SWOT
Analysis
News articles/videos
CBC News, Undercover Boss or Atlantic Progress Magazine
Projects/presentations

20. Summative
Assessment
Job Fair
• Creation of a company
• Job descriptions
• Advertisements
• Interviews
• Resumes and cover letters
• Sample advertisements:
http://hoadley.wikispaces.com/Job+Fair

21. General
Curriculum
Outcome 4
International
Business

22. SCOs
SCO 1 – Terminology
SCO 2 – Benefits and drawbacks of international
trade in Canada
SCO 3 - Describe the effects of barriers and
obstacles to international business activity

23. SCOs
 SCO 4 - Describe various international
agreements and organizations that
have influenced global business
activity and describe Canada’s
involvement
 SCO 5 - Describe the modifications
made to goods and services to adapt
them to the cultures of other countries
 SCO 6 - Describe the challenges an
international company may encounter
with regard to ethics, values, language
and protocol and customs
 SCO 7 - Explain how changes in the
value of the Canadian dollar can
affect business opportunities.

24. Assignments and
Project
Map it Out
Time Zones
Getting to Know
International
Currencies
Global Corporate
Research
International
Business Deal

25. Favourite Resources

26. Contact Information
Kim Black, Business and Technology Teacher
Harrison Trimble High School
80 Echo Drive
Moncton, NB E1C 3H8
Phone: (506) 856-3417
Email: Kim.Black@nbed.nb.ca
Wiki: https://d2bom120.pbworks.com