What you'll learn?

·          Developing individual's ability to understand business skills effectively

·          Developing individual's ability to interact with others within the real business environment in terms of productivity and business spoken language.

·          Facilitate the understanding of the functions of each department in the organization and knowledge of modern methods to increase productivity and efficiency.

·          Explaining the traits of a successful entrepreneur processes and understanding the different types of businesses and how businesses can grow.

·          Understanding the functions of management and how management could be expressed and analyzed.

·          Understanding the importance of leadership and motivation of employees within a business environment.

·          Illustrating the process of Human Resources Management and how it could be manipulated to increase employee performance and efficiency.

·          Understanding the marketing functions and how it could be formulated to better reach of your customers.

·          Defining and explaining the key accounting and financial terms, statements and reports.

·          Describing the nature of the global markets and developing strategies of reaching them.

·          Defining ethics and social responsibility of the individuals and corporates within the business field.

·          Explaining the role of information technology in the modern business environment.

Description

IBDL Level one provides students with an integrated "big picture" approach to business that covers all the most important functional areas of business. Students while clearly and concisely cover the main concepts and theories they need to know to understand business today. The coverage provides them with the essential knowledge of the main building blocks of business without drowning them in details. This introduction to business contains state-of-the-art content and descriptions of current business practices yet explains the nature of business with an emphasis on its applications for people and organizations.

Audience :

Fresh university graduates, new business comers and corporates developing their first-line employees

Topics :

Entrepreneurship and Starting a Small Business

Introduction to entrepreneurship

Types of business ownership

Getting started in your own business

Planning your business

Financing your business

Knowing your customers

Managing your employees

Record keeping

Management: Functions and Styles

What's management?

Functions of management

Management Styles

Management Challenges

Leadership and Motivation

Leadership and Management

Leadership Qualities

Leadership Styles

Importance of Motivation

Employee Improvement Theories

Employee Empowerment

Human Resources Management

Introduction to HRM

The HR Process

Determining HR Needs

Recruiting and Selecting Employees

Training and Development

Compensation and Pay Systems

Appraising Employees

Laws affecting HRM

Challenges to HRM

Globalization

Sexual Harassment

Marketing: Product and Price

Introduction to Marketing

The Eight Functions of Marketing

Market Segmentation

Consumer Behavior

The 4Ps of Marketing: Product

The 4Ps of Marketing: Price

Marketing: Place and Promotion

The 4Ps of Marketing: Place

Logistics and Transportation

Retailing and Retail Distribution

The 4Ps of Marketing: Promotion

Advertising

Personal Selling

Sales Promotions

Public Relations

Understanding Financial Information and Accounting

The Importance of Financial Information

Managerial and Financial Accounting

Accounting Tools

The Six-Steps Accounting Cycle

Financial Statements

Analyzing Financial Statements

Business in Global Markets

            Understanding Globalization

            Global Trade

Trade Protection and Agreements

Strategies for Reaching Global Markets

Forces Affecting Trade in Global Markets

The Future of Global Trade

 

Demonstrating Ethical Behavior and Social Responsibility

            Ethics in Business

Ethics Defined

Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsibility to Stakeholders

Measuring Social Responsibility

Global Ethics and Social Responsibility

Information technology in Business

Role of IT in Business

Time and Place with IT

Managing Information

IT Challenges

Privacy and Stability

Reliability of Data

Prerequisities :

Recommended Knowledge :

No special prerequisites applied

Category :

  • Business

Training Materials :

McGraw Hill Business Publishing

Labs :

This course includes several labs to ensure you will gain the targeted skills and experience.

Credential :

This course is preparatory for the international exam of the IBDL credential.