Business Management & Administration
The Business Management & Administration cluster focuses on business management and administration careers encompass planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Business Management and Administration career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy.
Each lesson below includes an instructional video, lesson plan, and a student test or activity.
New Learning from your Business Competition
Upon completion of these materials, students will understand the value of analyzing your business competition, including understanding market standards, customer needs, and gaps in the market.
New Four Generic Business Strategies
Upon completion of these materials, students will understand what competitive advantage means and how businesses use cost leadership, differentiation, and market focus strategies to compete.
New Describing a Business Strategy
Upon completion of these materials, students will learn how to describe a company’s business strategy, connect daily work to strategic goals, and analyze competitors using foundational strategy frameworks.
New Legal Basics and Business Entity Formation
Upon completion of these materials, students will understand a variety of business structures and why choosing and registering a legal structure is a critical business decision.
What is a Business Strategy
Upon completion of these materials, students will learn what a business strategy is, how they differ from goals or tactics, and how effective strategies answer key questions to help make decisions.
Cluster Overview: Business Management & Administration
Upon completion of these materials, students will know the career pathways and some corresponding occupations within the Business Management & Administration cluster.
Pitching a Business Idea
Upon completion of these materials, students will learn how entrepreneurs identify real problems, develop business ideas, and structure clear, convincing pitches.
The Innovator's Dilemma
Upon completion of these materials, students will understand the Innovator’s Dilemma, the S-curve of innovation, and how companies respond to disruptive innovations.
Building Customer Relationships
Upon completion of these materials, students will learn about the different types of customer relationships businesses use and how they impact customer loyalty and the business’s success.
Introduction to Business
Upon completion of these materials, students will know the basic aspects of how businesses are set up and operate.
Entrepreneurship
Upon completion of these materials, students will know the basics of entrepreneurship, the importance of a business plan, and types of ownership.
Key concepts of Business Management & Administration condensed into a series of short instructional videos around a similar topic.
Helping your students discover, understand, and evaluate various career paths and occupations within the Business Management & Administration cluster that align with their personal interests, skills, and values.
Occupation Research Tools 70
MyCareerTech offers full occupation reports on 70 Occupations across the 5 Business Management & Administration Career Pathways.
Administrative Support Pathway 33
Administrative Support facilitates business operations through a variety of administrative and clerical duties including information and communication management, data processing and collection, and project tracking.
Business Information Management Pathway 1
Business Information Management is an umbrella term covering those careers that provide a bridge between business processes/initiatives and IT. Employees in this area help to align business and IT goals.
General Management Pathway 14
General Management focuses on careers that plan, organize, direct, and evaluate all or part of a business organization through the allocation and use of financial, human, and material resources.
Operations Management Pathway 20
Operations Management focuses on planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the resources needed to produce/provide a business's goods and/or services. Examples of activities in Operations Management are quality control, scheduling, procurement, and warehousing.
Human Resources Management Pathway 7
Human Resources Management focuses on the staffing activities that involve planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and safety of employees.
MyCareerCorner 13
MyCareerCorner is a series of short, 3–5-minute video Q&A from individuals across different careers and occupations giving insight and advice about their job, industry, and real-life professional experiences. Each MyCareerCorner episode includes an online activity that will challenge students to think deeper about the cluster and apply what they’ve learned.
Skills For Entrepreneurship with Jeremy Lull
Upon completion of these materials, students will understand the importance of soft skills in the workforce, identify the soft skills they’re currently using, and determine the skills they should work to improve.
Building Strong People Management Skills with Scott Beyer
Upon completion of these materials, students will have learned the value of management skills regardless of industry and considered if a career in people management is an appealing choice for their own future.
Working in Human Resources with Tracy Beam
Upon completion of these materials, students will have identified the importance of Human Resource (HR) professionals, and the value that HR departments bring to their workplaces.
Skills for Operations Management with Michelle Krause
Upon completion of these materials, students will have explored what it takes to be an Operations Manager and reflected on the importance of developing a variety of skills.
Leading a team at General Motors with Elyse Hart Pelfrey
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have gained insight into leadership roles in the automotive industry and explored how industry changes can lead to new career opportunities.
Succeeding in a Corporate Job with Elyse Hart Pelfrey
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have explored key skills for success in corporate jobs and reflected on how to develop and use those skills.
Working for a Large Organization with Scott Beyer
Upon completion of these materials, students will have learned to make the most of the resources and opportunities that become available to them in school and their career.
Building a Career in College Athletics with Jon Gilbert
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have explored how to build a career in the college athletics industry and looked at whether a career in athletics could be a choice for their future.
What Makes a Great Athletic Director with Jon Gilbert
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have learned about qualities that make a good athletic director and reflected on the importance of considering industry challenges before choosing their own career.
Being an Athletic Director with Jon Gilbert
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have considered what it takes to be an athletic director.
How Human Resources Drives Company Success with Ashton Watt
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have considered how Human Resources contributes to a company’s health and success.
What is Recruiting? with Ashton Watt
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have identified what recruiting is, how it’s used, and the impact that effective recruiting can have on a company.
Choosing a Career in HR with Ashton Watt
Upon completion of this Microlesson, students will have learned what human resources (HR) is, how the speaker found this career path, and considered why HR is an important part of any company.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Industries at a Glance, at bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag_index_alpha.htm (visited March 20, 2024).