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How Will I Use My Resource?
Students review information and characteristics of a businessperson. They work in teams, become a business for the day and practice decision making skills. They create a product from a given resource and make a report about their product.
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Are You Ready to Start Your Own Business?
Students discuss the motivation behind owning your own business. They plan a course of action to research the pros and cons of owning a business and then share their information with the rest of the class as a follow up activity.
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International Trade
Learners make an inquiry of concepts through the answering of a series of questions that cover governmental controls. The concepts of international trade are covered The exchange rates of trade are used and the elemeents appreciation and...
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Interpreting Company Accounts
Students look at the two aspects of interpreting company accounts. They can be closely related to each other. Depreciation is investigated and is interpreted according to the inquiry made. The affect of how accounts are presented is...
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Management and Leadership
Students undertake the study of leadership theory. The skills of being a leader and manager are covered. There is a comprehensive use of real life examples throughout the lesson.
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Business Location
Students consider factors that modern business, in the light of technological and economic changes, might have to consider in decisions to re-locate. The Activity is based around a scenario of a business selling CDs and DVDs to a variety...
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Diminishing Returns
Students play an economics game to learn about the law of diminishing returns. The lesson can be used to link to other concepts. The difference of production and productivity is explored.
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Market Structure: Oligopolies
Students investigate the structure of oligopolistic markets. The business market is explored in order to make a comparison to accepted theory found in textbooks. An overall picture of the market is then created within the student mind to...
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Asset Led versus Market Led Marketing
Students make a distinction between asset-led and market-led business approaches. The context used is that of British Airways (BA). BA has faced a number of challenges in the last ten years and the strategies developed have, in some...
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Contestable Markets
Students make inquiry into the concept of contestable markets. The lesson focuses upon theory and the intention is to encourage students to move to analysis or evaluation of the market. The lesson helps to reinforce the skills of...
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Strategies for Economic Development
Students develop an awareness of the main strategies of development. The limitations of strategies is addressed. The skills of analysis and evaluation in the business environment are developed. The goal of the skills is becoming...
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College Here I Come!
Students research colleges to determine possible choices based on established guidelines. They compile a portfolio of information gathered during their searches.
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Tonya Skinner: International Business
Are you looking for international business education resources? Tonya Skinner has developed a variety of business classroom resources including: lessons, bulletin boards, curriculum development, scavenger hunts, and classroom tools.
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Wisconsin Business Education Association (Wbea)
The WBEA provides information on its organization, membership, convention, and legislative initiatives. It also offers related links and resources and curriculum and lesson plans for a variety of business subjects.
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Problem Solving/negotiation
This site is an advertisement, but it has some good information regarding the negotiation process, e.g., seven steps that are common to all negotiations.