The Modules produced by the SBI Institute have been developed by trained educators so that they will fit seamlessly into your current process.
| Programs | Objectives | Content | Instructional Strategies | Program Duration (hrs) | Target |
| Valuing the Customer – Meeting the customers expectations | Understanding the expectations of corporations and entrepreneurs | Corporate expectations, customers, identification, customer relationships at all levels, meeting expectations, navigation of corporate/ entrepreneurial system, climate and culture | Interactive instruction, active listening and learning, authentic assessments, pre and post assessments, graphic organizers | 8 | Juniors, Seniors, Graduates |
| Management Tactics and dealing with the politics | Understanding the unwritten rules of the game and how to play effectively | Identifying the culture and key decision makers, importance of the tactics, measuring tools for success, political interaction in the workplace, extracurricular activities and some rules of engagement | Interactive instruction, brainstorming, discussion, authentic assessments, problem solving scenarios, creative and critical thinking activities | 4 | Juniors, Seniors, Graduates |
| Performance vs. Relationships and the importance of both | Learning to manage relationships and expectations in organizations, develop sensitivity to cultural similarities and differences | Managing performance, establishing relationships and negating potential workplace conflict | Interactive instruction-authentic assessments, diversity scenarios | 4 | Juniors, Seniors, Graduates |
| The Leadership Continuum – as a process-roles and responsibilities of leaders | Defining the roles and responsibilities of leaders at the 3 levels of the continuum | Differences between leadership and management, Defining the roles of each, setting the vision, mission and strategy, AAR’s, rewards systems | Interactive instruction, authentic assessments-Vision To Execution Model, graphic organizers | 16 | Juniors, Seniors, Graduates |
| Business Ethics – in todays world | Maintaining an ethical performance in an unethical environment | Accounting practices, customers, emails, work place relationships, Keeping commitments, timeliness, after work responsibilities | Interactive Instruction, worksheets, scenarios, active listening and learning, critical thinking activities | 8 | Juniors, Seniors, Graduates |
| Business Process Integration -Tools companies utilize today | How to align new tools, systems, and processes from corporate America into curriculums | Understanding business operating systems, and such tools as lean, six sigma, sarbox, etc, and learning while at the university | Interactive instruction, active listening and learning, post test assessments | 16 | Seniors, Graduates |
| Managing Upward – Getting your ideas and thoughts heard in organizations | Methods of getting superiors, and peers to support your efforts and receiving recognition | Getting your ideas and thoughts implemented from day 1 and throughout your career | Interactive instruction, post test assessments | 4 | Juniors, Seniors, Graduates |
| Selecting Mentors – Choosing the right ones for career success | Expectations and methods for selecting the proper mentors to help guide individuals through your career | Understanding the relationship. How to select mentors throughout your career, How many mentors are feasible, what to expect from mentors | Interactive instruction, scenarios, post test assessments, cooperative learning | 4 | Seniors, Graduates |
| Your First Job – The road from student to leader, How to get there | Preparing the graduates for the transition from college to corporate life or entrepreneurship, develop commitment to social and professional responsibilities | Skills Inventories, business etiquette, dress and grooming, interviewing skills, resume preparation, job search, negotiating offer, relocation | Interactive instruction(discovery maps), scenarios, authentic assessments, pre and post assessments | 16 | Seniors, Graduates |
| College Survival – Staying for the journey | A practitioner’s view of corporate America and/or being an entrepreneur | Real–life survival stories, scholarship research, finding money, taking responsibilities for your actions, goal setting, maximizing self esteem, defining your values | Interactive instruction | 8 | Freshmen, Sophomores |
| Business Success for professionals | Prepare doctors, lawyers and other professionals with entrepreneurial tools for success. | Understanding how to prepare a entrepreneurial practice. Leadership, reduce waste and redundancy and branding. | Interactive instruction, post test assessments, | 8 | Law school and medical students |
| History of Minorities in Management within Corporate America and as successful entrepreneurs. | Provide a history of minorities in management roles and as entrepreneurs over the past 40 years. | Understanding the history of access to management, color barriers and the chosen few. | Interactive instruction, scenarios, post test assessments, cooperative learning | 8 | HBCU’s |