High School Block:

Career Connected Learning

Subclusters:

Career and Occupational Learning prepares learners to develop an informed vision for the future linked to their interests, preferences, values, and abilities; critically investigate the labour market and career pathways that they expect to find most fulfilling; and learn about career pathways of interest by engaging in frequent ongoing career-connected experiential learning.

  • Options include: Business Management 120, Early Childhood Services 110, Goals, Growth, and Grit: Skills for Success 120, Housing and Design 120, and Indigenous Engagement and Leadership 120. See all >>

Digital and Information Technology courses are designed for students to learn about a diverse set of digital technologies used to create, store, share, or exchange information. The technologies include both hardware (physical devices) and software (instructions for devices). Most familiar technologies include computers, computer languages, internet and digital communications, cybersecurity, and software (apps) associated with these devices.

  • Options include: Advanced Technology 120, Computer-Aided Design 110, Computer Science 110, Cybersecurity 120, and Digital Production 120. See all >>

Skilled trades courses prepare learners to become self-reliant, understand the applied principles of math and science, develop creativity, find their strengths, and obtain skills that can lead to a career in the trades. Components of a skilled trades course include developing self-care practices, design and plan reading, manipulating shapes and patterns, acquisition of trade-specific skills, construction of a product to satisfy a need or solve a problem, and career exploration.

  • Options include: Automotive Electrical Systems 120, Culinary Technology 110, Framing and Sheathing 110, Metals Fabrication/Welding 120, and Residential Finish 120. See all >>

Business Management 120

The vision for Business Management 120 is to support learners in understanding the competencies, roles and responsibilities related to business management in a globally responsive economy. In Business Management 120 learners will examine how decisions made through leadership impact themselves, workers, Indigenous Peoples, and both local and global economies. The skills developed throughout the course can be transferred to a variety of leadership situations both within and outside of a business community. 

Learners in Business Management 120 will cover a variety of areas related to leadership and management within an organization. Learners will have the opportunity to examine the impacts of decision-making on a health-promoting work environment, workers, and local and global economies. The topics will include the portrait of a manager, management roles and responsibilities, globally responsive business management, and managerial career pathways. 

CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS

Portrait of a Manager

  • Traits and skills
    • Managerial competencies
    • Leadership qualities
  • Interpersonal relationship building
  • Personal and worker stress management
Management Roles and Responsibilities

  • Elements of control
    • Within an organization
    • As a leader
  • Influences on worker attitudes and experiences
  • Understanding moods and emotions related to performance
  • Motivational strategies
Globally Responsive Business Management

  • Global economies 
  • Culturally inclusive and respectful business practices 
  • Global working conditions 
  • Fair Trade 
  • Appropriation vs appreciation in business 
  • Land Protectors 
  • Significance of Land Treaties 
  • Globalization 
Managerial Career Pathways

  • Leadership skills related to potential career pathways 
  • Diverse management opportunities 
  • Post-secondary training 
  • Work experiences 
  • Government vs. private management
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GRADE 12

Strand: Portrait of a Manager

Big Idea: Effective Management Traits and Skills

Skill Descriptor: Recognize the competencies of effective managers.   OMO: technical skills, interpersonal skills and conceptual skills. 

Global Competencies: CTPS, CM, CL 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Examine the various skills attributed to different levels of management 
  • Connect personal characteristics to managerial competencies 
  • Discuss the profile of a current manager of a popular business 
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of conflict resolution approaches 

Skill Descriptor: Explain leadership qualities of effective managers.  OMO: Decision-making, ability to delegate, organizational skills, leadership skills 

Global Competencies: CM, CL, CTP 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Describe a variety of leadership styles. 
  • Discuss the difference between formally required and discretionary performance 
  • Examine positive and potentially harmful uses of power as a manager. 
  • Compare and contrast leadership and management qualities 

Big Idea: Organizational Environment

Skill Descriptor: Recognize the importance of building and maintaining interpersonal relationships.  OMO: trust, fairness, compassion, mutual respect 

Global Competencies: SASM, CM, SGC 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Define components of positive interpersonal relationships 
  • Evaluate the connection between relationships and motivation 
  • Discuss ways to respect diverse cultures in the workforce 
  • Explain and apply stress processes and how to reduce worker stress and strains 

Skill Descriptor: Recognize coping strategies to address managerial and worker stress. 

Global Competencies: CM, CTP, SGC 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Examine coping strategies of effective managers  
  • Discuss work life balance. 
  • Analyze systemic measures and strategies to reduce worker stressors 
  • Research mental health resources available 

Strand: Management Roles and Responsibilities

Big Idea: Influence on Attitudes and Experiences

Skill Descriptor: Describe the concept of control within an organization’s business operations.  OMO: supply chains, manufacturing, production, finances, customer/client experience 

Global Competencies: CL, CM, CTP 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Examine control measures to maintain quality and consistency 
  • Discuss control measures used to manage workers 
  • Investigate business operations 
  • Examine the connection between a SWOT analysis and an effective  business strategy 

Skill Descriptor: Outline the role of managers in worker attitudes and  OMO: planning, organizing, controlling, implementing  OMO: job satisfaction, organizational commitment  OMO: trust of worker entity, self-motivation, self-management, retention 

Global Competencies: CM, CTP 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Explain the role of decision-making in management 
  • Examine different types of decision-making tools 
  • Identify characteristics of job satisfaction 
  • Evaluate workers needs that support organizational commitment (e.g., affective, normative, and continuance) 
  • Explain the role of managers in the recruitment, selection and evaluation of workers 

Strand: Globally Responsive Business Management

Big Idea: Internal business operations

Skill Descriptor: Explore terminology and key concepts associated with the global economy. Investigate ways to incorporate culturally inclusive and health-promoting business practices.    OMO: international trade, multinational enterprise, global company, exports, imports, fair trade; outsourcing, interdependence, trade deficit, comparative advantage  OMO: human rights, ethics, values, culture 

Global Competencies: CM, SGC, CTP  CM, CL, SGC, ICE 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Define current terminology of international business 
  • Demonstrate the impact of outsourcing and global trade on society 
  • Investigate various products traded internationally 
  • Examine the interconnectedness of globally sourced products
  • Discuss advantages to creating an inclusive working environment 
  • Discuss businesses that create inclusive products and services  
  • Demonstrate knowledge of harassment (ie. Discrimination, workplace bullying, abuse of power) 
  • Examine working conditions in variety of industries around the world 
  •  Evaluate how remote work options influence the economy 

 

Big Idea: External business operations

Skill Descriptor: Consider the value of cultural awareness when engaging in international relationships   OMO: accommodating protocol and customs of local culture during international meetings, managing culturally diverse workforces 

Global Competencies: M, CL, SGC 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Describe how goods and services are modified around the world to respect cultural difference 
  • Define the concept of cultural appropriation 
  • Discuss the responsibilities of a business to promote cultural appreciation 
  • Examine the responsibilities of Indigenous Land Protectors to the earth and the environment 

Skill Descriptor: Evaluate the impact of international trade on local and Indigenous economies. 

Global Competencies: CM, CL, CTPS, SGC 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Discuss the concept of globalization 
  • Describe how globalization affects Atlantic Canada and Wabanaki Peoples 
  • Analyze the global impact of natural resource extraction in Canada and worldwide 
  • Examine how countries respond to land treaties both in Canada and globally 

Skill Descriptor: Consider economic factors when engaging in international business. OMO: tariff and non-tariff barriers, restrictions on foreign investment, fluctuations in currency, international agreements. 

Global Competencies: CM, CTPS 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Describe potential risks of international business 
  • Identify international trade agreements with Canada 
  • Explain how fluctuations in currency affect business opportunities 
  • Examine the impact of globalization on small, medium and large business

Strand: Managerial Career Pathways

Big Idea: Engage

Skill Descriptor: Connect with a diverse range of managers in a variety of industries. 

Global Competencies: CL, CM, CTPS 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Engage with local and international managers 
  • Discuss management opportunities in a variety of industries 
  • Compare and contrast management skills in government settings vs private industry 

Skill Descriptor: Examine learning opportunities associated with management and international business. 

Global Competencies: CTPS 

Achievement Indicators:

  • Examine post-secondary, education and training programs related to business management. 
  • Connect leadership skills with business management pathways 
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