Online Business Management Courses

The Business Management Career Diploma program prepares students for entry level positions in business and industry.

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Outline the function of business management as a means to provide information about the market process, ensuring that decision-makers have the right information to allocate resources, and recognize laws governing business transactions
• Demonstrate how to assess financial operations and make best-practices recommendations to management
• Recognize how to write effectively to explain company compensation and benefit programs; outline company and government rules and procedures; develop training to improve employee performance; prepare reports and communication materials such as newsletters
• Demonstrate the correct recording process, types of accounts, and classification process to record and assess various business transactions
• Discuss how purchasing, production, and logistics decisions work together to create customer value; identify the sources and challenges of supply chain complexity; recognize the critical issues involved in designing a global supply chain network
• Identify human resources strategies for filling job positions, organizing teams, conducting peer reviews for performance reviews, and determining which employee benefits are required by law

The advantages of learning at home; types of study materials; types of examinations; accessing and using the features of our website; determining what kind of learner you are; establishing a study schedule; using study tips; preparing for and taking examinations.

Setting up a time-management program; handling work overload; setting priorities and goals; effective stress-management strategies.

Brief history of management; Communication skills; Decision-Making skills; Planning and strategic management; Leadership and culture; Organization and control; Future of Management.

Textbook: Management: A Real World Approach

How to solve problems; percent in business; discounts; brokerage; simple interest; compound interest; installment buying; promissory notes; profit and loss; depreciation; saving and reinvesting money; fire and life insurance.

Textbook: Mathematics for Business

A description of the parts of a sentence; how to use the parts of speech to write effectively; subject-verb agreement; use of the active voice; effective use of modifiers; producing correct, polished writing for business; common grammatical problems.

Descriptions of punctuation marks and the purpose of each; using punctuation to properly document research sources; rules of capitalization.

Writing complete, correctly structured sentences and unified, coherent paragraphs; sentence length and variety; avoiding run-ons and fragments; constructing organized paragraphs.

Using particular patterns of organization, content, and language to most effectively convey a specific idea to a specific audience; revising, editing, and proofreading.

Composing clear, courteous, and complete messages; formatting and etiquette for letters, email, memos, and forms.

Opportunities in accounting; types of business organizations; the nature of accounting; assets; liabilities; owner's equity; transactions and their effect on financial reports; preparing a balance sheet; the income statement; the accounting period; statement of owner's equity; recording transactions; use of accounts; debits and credits.

Management functions and decision making; organizing the firm; financial institutions; financial decisions and risk management; the securities market; computers in business; government and business; international business.

Sources of tort law; civil procedure and tort law; negligence; defenses to negligence; intentional torts; nuisance.

The building blocks of supply chain strategy; Designing the global supply chain; Collaborating across the supply chain.

Textbook: Supply Chain Management

The challenges of personnel management; the quality of work life; job analysis; human resources planning; the selection process; training and development; career planning; change and organizational development; performance appraisal; employee motivation and satisfaction; compensation management; employee benefits and services.

Textbook: Essentials of Managing Human Resources