Browse | Search | Lesson Plans | Products, consulting Training & workshops Purpose | History | Process | Acknowledgment | Reference Business Education Standards Accounting   1.  Understands and applies basic procedures in the accounting cycle   2.  Understands and applies payroll theories and procedures   3.  Interprets and creates basic financial statements   4.  Understands and uses accounting software and spreadsheets   5.  Understands the concepts of assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity Business Law   6.  Understands how the legal system affects business   7.  Knows the characteristics of the major types of business organizations   8.  Understands the nature of contract law, law of sales, and consumer law   9.  Understands the nature of agency law and employment law   10.  Understands the nature of environmental law and energy regulation   11.  Understands the legal implications of electronic communications and information systems on business Business Mathematics   12.  Uses common international standards of measurement to solve business problems   13.  Analyzes and interprets data using common statistical procedures, charts, and graphs   14.  Uses basic mathematical operations to solve business problems Entrepreneurship   15.  Knows unique characteristics of an entrepreneur   16.  Knows characteristics and features of viable business opportunities   17.  Understands that cultural difference, export/import opportunities, and current trends in a global marketplace can affect an entrepreneurial venture   18.  Understands how ethics, government, and different forms of business ownership affect the entrepreneurial venture   19.  Understands the characteristics and components of a business plan   20.  Understands the financing necessary to start a business Information Systems Management   21.  Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware   22.  Knows the characteristics and uses of industry- and subject-specific computer software programs   23.  Knows the characteristics and uses of operating systems, environments, and utilities   24.  Knows characteristics and uses of communications and networking systems   25.  Understands the selection and acquisition of information systems   26.  Knows appropriate procedures and development tools used to analyze and design information systems   27.  Understands different types and levels of programming languages   28.  Understands plans and procedures for maintaining the security of information systems   29.  Establishes and uses a personal code of ethics for information systems uses and management   30.  Understands the impact of information systems and technology on business and society International Business   31.  Understands significant aspects of international business and trade and the opportunities they creates at the local, state, national, and international level   32.  Understands the social, cultural, political, legal, and economic factors and issues that shape and impact the international business environment Legal and Ethical Responsibilities   33.  Understands the obligations of businesses to the government and the community   34.  Understands the role of ethics in the business world   35.  Understands ethical concepts, including integrity and confidentiality, as related to the business environment Management   36.  Understands the functions of management and how they are implemented   37.  Understands the role of quality and continuous improvement in business organizations   38.  Understands a variety of strategies used to make long-term and short-term management decisions   39.  Understands various organizational structures and the advantages and disadvantages of each   40.  Understands general managerial skills and strategies   41.  Understands human resource management issues and how they affect the success of the organization   42.  Understands operations management principles and procedures Marketing   43.  Understands the roles of marketing and the impact of marketing on the individual, business, and society   44.  Understands how external factors and competition influence or dictate marketing decisions   45.  Understands characteristics and processes of marketing research   46.  Understands characteristics of a market and strategies used to deal with a diversified marketplace   47.  Understands components and strategies of effective marketing plans (e.g., product development, pricing, distribution processes and methods, forms of promotion)   48.  Understands the selling process and forecasting principles and methods used to determine sales potential for specific products     Topics      1. Business and cultural differences      2. Business and ethics      3. Business and the global marketplace      4. Business assets and liabilities      5. Business contracts      6. Business management      7. Business organization      8. Business organizations      9. Business ownership      10. Business plan      11. Business regulations and codes      12. Business reports and documents      13. Business taxes      14. Business technology      15. Business trends      16. Business types      17. Businesses and community involvement      18. Businesses and quality      19. Businesses lobbying government officials      20. Characteristics and processes of marketing research      21. Characteristics of a market      22. City resources      23. Code, licensing and tax requirements      24. Communication hardware/software      25. Compensation management      26. Components and strategies of effective marketing      27. Computer hardware      28. Computer maintenance and trouble-shooting      29. Computer networks/Internet      30. Computer programming language      31. Computer software      32. Computer system design      33. Confidentiality in the work place      34. Conflicts in the workplace      35. Consumer buying in different countries      36. Contract negotiations      37. Cooperation and conflict      38. Critical analysis of computer systems      39. Culture and international business      40. Data collection and sampling      41. Data organization and display      42. Design issues      43. Displaced employees      44. Downsizing      45. Economic effects      46. Economy and ethics      47. Employee communication      48. Employee development      49. Employee evaluation      50. Employee management      51. Employee promotion      52. Employer/employee relationships      53. Entrepreneurship/Innovation      54. Equal treatment of people in the workplace      55. Equipment for an information system      56. Ethical considerations      57. Ethical/unethical behavior      58. Financial management      59. Financial records      60. Financial statements      61. Financing      62. Financing to start a business      63. Foreign exchange rates      64. Functions of management      65. Functions of marketing      66. Geographical areas      67. Global competition      68. Goods and services      69. Government regulation of businesses      70. Human resource management issues      71. Import/export data      72. Importing/Exporting      73. Improved organization workforce      74. Influence of external factors and competition on marketing      75. Information Systems      76. Information systems and technology      77. Interactive electronic communication      78. International business      79. International finance      80. International trade      81. Inventory control      82. Investment      83. Job descriptions      84. Legal system and legislation      85. Liaisons with community and professional organizations      86. Long-term and short-term management plans      87. Management Practices and Skills      88. Management theories      89. Market system operation      90. Marketing and international business      91. Markets and prices      92. Merge data      93. Money management      94. Money supply      95. New and emerging technology      96. Operating systems      97. Operations management principals and procedures      98. Organizational structures      99. Organized labor and management      100. Personal code of ethics for information systems use      101. Personnel      102. Political environments and geography      103. Presentations      104. Principles and methods to determine sales potential      105. Problem-solving      106. Production schedule      107. Productivity      108. Professional contacts      109. Profit and loss      110. Quality assurance      111. Regulatory agencies      112. Role and impact of marketing      113. Security of information systems      114. Selling process      115. Social and cultural factors      116. Social responsibility      117. Society and ethics      118. Sources available to entrepreneurs      119. Spreadsheets/databases      120. Starting a business      121. Strategies used with diversified marketplaces      122. Technology in society      123. Technology in the workplace      124. Telecommunications      125. Time/Task Management      126. Types of markets      127. Viable business opportunities      128. Word processing/desktop publishing      129. Worker productivity      130. Workplace Communication      131. Workstations

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