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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.
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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
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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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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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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.
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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...
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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...
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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Other

Association of Government Accountants: Cgfm Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) resources page, a certification program of the Association of Government Accountants.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Biography of America: Capital and Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
This thirty-minute video, the seventeenth in a series on American history, examines the rocky relationship between labor, management, and industry from 1882 to 1901. You can also read the transcript, find a map of the Anthracite Strike,...
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Other

International Institute for Sustainable Development

For Students 9th - 10th
The IISD--the International Institute for Sustainable Development--provides information on all aspects of sustainable development: business, climate change, economic policy, energy, and natural resources. Its website also includes...
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Other

Ontario Council for Technology Education: Food Truck Project [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By the end of this project, the student will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts and skills required in the planning and development of a product or service, such as a food truck, including the use of design process...
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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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Other

The Wall Street Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Wall Street Journal is an internationally recognized daily business newspaper published in New York City. Content includes headline news about investments, marketing, management, and finance for business professionals. Unfortunately...

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