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What Makes a Great Manager

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes key elements that it takes to be a great manager so that your business can thrive.
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Free Management Library

Managementhelp: Introduction to Management

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to the world of management. Many links are provided to specific management points.
Website
Free Management Library

Free Management Library: Guidelines to Conducting Effective Meetings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers guidelines on conducting effective meetings. Although this is written for business, it is applicable for any group meeting. SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.11-12.1b Group Rules
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Business Communication

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will help students learn about business communication. Students will learn how to write various types of business letters and other communication.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Rise of Big Business

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides information about the rise of big business in America after the Civil War. Read about the modern corporation, increased mechanization, and consumer products.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Management Pyramid

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides a visual of the business management pyramid and offers students an opportunity to build the pyramid.
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Other

Introduction to Anthropology: Taylorism and Fordism

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the precepts of Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford in their applications of scientific business management that improved productivity and increased output of consumer goods.
Article
Wolters Kluwer

Small Business Guide: Do You Have the Right Stuff to Run a Small Business?

For Students 9th - 10th
Very comprehensive site with links to all of the roles you must be experienced in to run a small business successfully. Roles such as tax collector, manager/boss, sales/marketing/advertising executive, accountant, etc. are discussed.
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Other

Ohio Association of School Business Officials

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource contains links to resources for school business managers and treasurers. Information concerning ecommerce, legislative news, business management, professional development opportunities, and organizational information are...
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Other

National Business Education Association

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to find out more about business education standards, conferences, publications, and curriculum.
Handout
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Business & Personal Finance: Module 1: Careers in Construction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever thought about a career in construction then this publication is for you! It talks about what you need to learn and do to get that first great job. Whether you want to be an environmental engineer, a skilled ironworker,...
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Other

Managing the Grapevine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an excellent description of this form of communication. Dealing effectively with the grapevine is fully explained. Reasons for communicating through a grapevine and how to effectively manage it are given.
Article
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Managing Big Business

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes how, as railroads grew in size, they needed to be managed by corporations due to their increasing complexity and the size of their...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Our Business

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students (working with a partner) will create a business. This project can be used at the end of the year as a major project or divided up into smaller lessons. Project incorporates all of the content standards.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Online: General Journal Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This case study requires analyzing general journal concepts as well as recording daily transactions in a general journal. Additional Internet research activities are included.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dressing the Part

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Dress code requirements in business and school are always a controversial topic. In this project students will research the value of dressing appropriately for a variety of settings to include business and school. They will research...
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Other

Be an Actuary: Career Without Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you considered a career as a actuary? Explore this business field that provides career planning resources for high school students, college students, and educators.
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Other

Careers in Marketing: Careers in Marketing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from careers-in-marketing.com provides descriptions of careers in marketing, such as retailing, product management, and marketing research. It also provides excellent links to other marketing career sites.
Article
Other

That Empower Word Again

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a very short article on empowerment. Explains what most managers do to empower his/her employees and whe he/she should really be doing.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Labor vs. Management

For Students 5th - 8th
As Big Business grew in the Gilded Age, so did conflict between the workers and management. Read about the techniques used by both groups to try to press their points and get the upper hand in negotiations.
Handout
Free Management Library

Free Management Library: Habit to Differentiate Good From Poor Listeners

For Students 9th - 10th
Table contrasting the habits of effective and poor listeners. Contains related links and links to discussion groups in the areas of management, business, and organization development.
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Wolters Kluwer

Small Business Guide: Your Sales Tax Obligations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of sales taxes. Links on the page provide additional information. Click on "What Are Sales Taxes" for an explanation of what kinds of sales are subject to sales taxes. There is also a link for sales tax...
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the training and education it takes to be a real estate broker or sales agent. Includes projected income ranges and the job outlook.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Introduction to Database Management

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan introduces students to the concept of organized information in a database. This is an introduction, so there are no computer exercises. A PowerPoint presentation is used as a visual aid for discussion and explanation....

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