Overview

Components of The Business Organization

In this course you will need to:

  • read all of the content sections
  • complete the activities and assignments in the various sections
  • complete the final project

Assignment 2 in Section 1 may be used in your Final Project. You can go to the final project and review this by clicking here.


Outcomes: The Student will:

Organizational Structures

The student will:

  1. analyze the types of organizational structures including:
  • functional
  • geographical
  • line and staff
  • committee
  • matrix
  1. diagram a firm's organization

  1. research the levels of management in the managerial hierarchy for each structure

  1. describe the channels of communications and flow of information for a variety of organizations

Management Theories and Future Trends

The student will:

  1. research and critique popular theories of management including:
  • classical
  • scientific management
  • management by objectives
  • management by wandering around
  • Japanese model
  • total quality management
  • site-based management
  • future trends
  1. determine and justify the best organizational structure to use for each theory
  1. determine and justify the theory (or combination of theories) that best fit the needs of present-day society

Management Functions and Roles and Responsibilities

The student will:

  1. research management roles in the following functional areas and explain management tasks and responsibilities in each:
  • research and development
  • production/manufacturing
  • finance and accounting
  • marketing
  • purchasing
  • administration
  • human resources

  1. explain how each function fits within the organization, key components of the function and characteristics of successful/effective members

Indicators of Success

The student will

  1. identify common reasons why organizations succeed/fail
  2. describe how an organization can rate its success
  3. describe how performance can be measured and recognized

Ethical Conduct of Organizations

The student will

  1. identify and analyze ethical challenges that affect organizations and personnel:
  • interpersonal interactions
  • company policies and protocols
  • customer interactions
  • business associates and competitors
  1. describe examples of how social responsibility has been addressed/not addressed by an organization

Making the Transition

The student will

  1. identify short and long term career goals
  2. identify steps to take to achieve these goals


BIT stands for Business, Administration, Finance and Information, and Technology. BIT courses are a part of a group that represents occupations related to those areas listed above. These areas have a number of broad industry commonalities and are aligned with the National Occupational Classification. The CTS program as defined by Alberta Education consists of five clusters. Management and Marketing courses all fit under the BIT Cluster. Participating in Management and Marketing courses will help you learn knowledge, skills and attitudes related to careers in the above areas.

The focus of the BIT Cluster is for students to develop and apply important knowledge, skills and attitudes as they can implement efficient systems and strategies of management and marketing and use electronic technologies to collect, structure, manipulate, retrieve and communicate information with individual, family, workplace, community and global contexts.

The management and marketing courses housed in the BIT cluster are part of a specialized skills pathway. [Alberta Education, Program Organization, CTS, 2009] If you would like more information about the management and marketing courses fit into specific occupational pathways, please visit the Alberta Education website at www.education.gov.ab.ca.