EAST AFRICA INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED STUDIES

SCHEME OF WORK
UNIT: enterprising organization

WEEK SESSION TOPIC SUB TOPIC OBJECTIVES LEARNING LEARNING REFERENCES REMARKS
By the end of the lesson the ACTIVITIES RESOURCES
learner should be able to:
1 1 Introduction - Definition of a) Explain terms used in  Lecture  lecture Business management
terms the unit  Discussion notes book
 assignments  books

2 The role of Economic view of  Lecture  lecture Business management

economics the business Describe the Economic view  Discussion notes book
of the business  assignments  books
 3 The role of By the end of the lesson the  lecture  lecture Business management
economics Economic systems learner should be able to  discussions notes book
Potential impact explain:  assignments  books
of the Explain the Economic
government on systems
business and Potential impact of the
environment government on business and
environment

4 The role of  lecture  lecture Business management

economics varying levels of Discuss the varying levels of  discussions notes book
competition in competition in markets and  assignments  books
markets and the the impact on price volatility
impact on price
volatility

2 5 The external By the end of the lesson the  lecture  lecture

environment Definition of learner should be able to  discussions notes Business management
of the terms explain:  assignments  books book
organization a) Explain the meaning
of the terms used
6 The external  Lecturing  lecture Business management
environment  discussions notes book
of the - Awareness of Awareness of the external  assignments books
organization the external environmental trends
environmental
trends

7 The external  Lecturing  lecture Business management

environment - Relevant  discussions notes book
of the frameworks to  assignments books
organization analyze external
environmental Relevant frameworks to
trends analyze external
environmental trends
 8 The external  lecturing  lecture
environment - Applying By the end of the lesson the  discussions notes Business management
of the relevant learner should be able to  assignments  books book
organization frameworks to explain:
analyze the Explain - Applying relevant
external frameworks to analyze the
environment external environment

Different tools used in the  Lecturing  lecture Business management

The external - Different tools external analysis  discussions notes book
9 environment used in the  assignments books
of the external analysis
organization

3 10 The internal - Definition of By the end of the lesson the  lecturing  lecture Business management
environment terms learner should be able to :  discussions notes book
of the a) Explain the terms  assignments  books
organization used
  Lecturing  lecture Business management
11 The internal - Awareness of  discussions notes book
environment the internal Explain the Awareness of the  assignments books
of the environmental internal environmental
organization trends trends

12 - Relevant By the end of the lesson the  lecture  lecture Business management
The internal frameworks to learner should be able to  discussions notes book
environment analyze internal explain:  assignments  books
of the environmental Explain - Relevant
organization trends frameworks to analyze
internal environmental
trends

13 The internal - Applying a) the Applying relevant b) Lecturing  lecture Business management
environment relevant frameworks to c) discussions notes book
of the frameworks to analyze the internal d) assignments books
organization analyze the environment
internal
environment
 14 - Different tools By the end of the lesson the  lecture  lecture Business management
The internal used in the learner should be able to  discussions notes book
environment external analysis explain:  assignments  books
of the a) The Different tools
organization used in the external
analysis

 Lecturing  lecture Business management

15 Competitive - Meaning of - Meaning of terms used  discussions notes book
environment terms used  assignments books
s
  Lecturing  lecture Business management
16  discussions notes book
Distribution Analyzing the Analyzing the competitor  assignments books
decision competitor environmental trends
environmental
trends

- Methods in  Lecturing  lecture Business management

4 17 Promotion which an By the end of the lesson the  discussions notes book
decision organization can learner should be able to  assignments  books
gain competitive explain:
advantage in The Methods in which an
response to organization can gain
competitor competitive advantage in
analysis response to competitor
analysis
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