Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM Strand)
Overview of the ABM Strand
The Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) strand is designed to build a strong academic foundation for students who aim to become business professionals. Students who select the ABM strand learn vital financial, business management, and accounting concepts, preparing them for careers as managers, accountants, and entrepreneurs.
ABM subjects in senior high school focus on honing students’ creativity, business acumen, and leadership skills. Our curriculum exposes students to real-world problems to foster their analytical and problem-solving skills, which complement their technical know-how. Students of the AMB strand graduate with the necessary competencies and confidence to perform well in any ABM courses in college and excel in their chosen professions.
The ABM strand is designed to shape innovative business leaders. OEd’s curriculum drills students on business-related skills but also encourages them to dive into the humanities and learn to appreciate different perspectives. With a well-rounded ABM curriculum in senior high school, students learn to adopt a mindset that places importance on human aspects and business.
With the Accountancy, Business, and Management strand, students have a strong chance of excelling as a business leader.
The Objectives of the ABM Strand
The ABM strand curriculum is designed for senior high school students who are strongly inclined toward management and entrepreneurship. The strand exposes students to business and accounting concepts and challenges them to apply their knowledge to real-world problems. With ABM for senior high, students will:
- Gain relevant competencies in accounting, financial management, and business management.
- Hone their decision-making skills through exposure to business simulations, mimicking the decisions managers typically face.
- Enhance students’ communication skills, which is vital to leadership skills.
- Learn to collaborate as part of a team or as a leader to prepare them for the challenging role of business managers or owners in the future.
- Exude confidence in their competencies and ability to apply these to their projects and assignments in ABM strand courses and in the real world.
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Advantages of the ABM Strand
The ABM strand offers a comprehensive curriculum to shape future entrepreneurs and managers. ABM courses touch on all subject matters related to accounting, business, and management. Enrolling in the ABM strand gives students the following advantages:
- Develop a strong business sense, built upon a deep understanding of accounting, business, and management concepts.
- Establish a strong academic foundation allowing students to excel in different ABM-related courses.
- Enhance students’ math skills to help students perform accounting duties with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Instill a value of honesty and compassion in future business leaders who will promote ethical business processes.
- Build up the confidence to communicate their ideas and have more faith in their decisions, especially when handling different crises.
What is the Best Course for ABM Students?
The ABM strand prepares students for different accounting, business, and management courses in college. Students graduate with all the relevant skills and knowledge that will allow them to excel and bloom into world-class professionals. Discover the different ABM courses OEd’s graduates have pursued:
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy – If you have an eye for detail and your strength lies in mathematics, BS Accountancy is a great path for you. ABM students who took up Accountancy, dominate in accounting and bookkeeping. However, their strand has also equipped them to pursue fulfilling careers in finance, budget analysis, and auditing.
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – If you have a knack for leading and managing a team toward a goal, BS Business Administration will equip you with the competencies to climb the corporate ladder. ABM students enter the workforce with a strong understanding of business, management, and accounting that enable them to function well as managers, market data analysts, and even as business owners.
- Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management – For students who have a keen interest in both business management and traveling, BS Hospitality Management offers numerous opportunities in both the Philippines and abroad. The ABM strand courses equip students with strong business and marketing competencies so they can perform various managerial and administrative roles in the hospitality industry, or start their own business.
Possible Career Paths with ABM Strand
The ABM strand in senior high school focuses on building students’ ability to manage businesses and lead a team of professionals. Here are possible careers ABM strand students can explore:
- Entrepreneurs
- Advertising Professionals
- Marketing or Sales Representatives
- Accountants
- Account Managers
- Bank Tellers
- Restaurateurs
- Hotel Managers
- Corporate Managers
- Retail Managers
- Financial Advisers
- Economists
The ABM Strand Curriculum
The ABM strand curriculum was especially crafted to equip students with the necessary skills like communication and socialization that will set them apart as world-class professionals in a highly competitive industry, as well as the business savvy, mathematical, and financial know-how needed for resource management and day to day operations. Finally, ABM graduates will also be given a variety of major subjects dealing with Accountancy, Statistics, and Business Mathematics for industry standard expertise. Enroll into the ABM strand to hone your business-mindedness and equip yourself with the necessary skills to set yourself up for success.
FAQs
The ABM strand is a versatile option for SHS students that have long hoped to run businesses of their own, or dreamt of leading successful careers as accountants, marketing and sales professionals, and even managers for large commercial entities.
If you have always seen yourself as the type who wishes to be their own boss and launch their business idea, then you may use the ABM courses in this strand to turn yourself into a capable entrepreneur. Other students may feel that this is the right fit if they have always had a fascination for numbers and financial management.
ABM students take advantage of their strand’s versatility by leading successful and fast-paced careers as entrepreneurs, accountants, business associates, account managers, sales and marketing agents, and many more!
Choosing the ABM Strand in SHS will open up a multitude of fun and highly dynamic work opportunities with plenty of opportunity for growth should you choose to go into a corporate line of work. Enterprising students can fully embrace their business-mindedness and launch their ventures with more skills and greater confidence in its success.
At OEd, we believe that all students deserve a shot at quality education! We do not require an entrance exam for enrollment, but we do have a list of requirements that must be submitted in order to pursue the ABM strand, and other tracks available in our curriculum.
OEd SHS requires successful online registration and important documents from Grade 10 Records. We also require an NSO Birth Certificate, and a Form 137 directly coursed to us by your previous learning institution. Learn more in our SHS Application FAQs page!