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LEARNING STANDARDS FOR:
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES
AT THREE LEVELS

Standard 3b: Career Majors

Students who choose a career major will acquire the career-specific technical knowledge/skills necessary to progress toward gainful employment, career advancement, and success in post-secondary programs.

Students who choose a career major will acquire the career-specific technical knowledge/skills necessary to progress toward gainful employment, career advancement, and success in post-secondary programs.

BUSINESS/INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Basic Business Understanding

Students:

• demonstrate an understanding of business, marketing, and multinational economic concepts, perform business-related mathematical computations, and analyze/interpret business-related numerical information.

• participate effectively with coworkers, supervisors, suppliers, customers, and others in an employment experience related to their occupational cluster of study
• solve problems/make decisions for a business in which they are employed or for a student-managed school store
• use application software to prepare purchase orders, record inventory received, and maintain accounts receivable/payable records for a business through a Cooperative Occupational Education or a General Education Work Experience Program
• plan an itinerary, make reservations, and prepare a travel expense report for supervisors in a volunteer community service experience
• conduct research, prepare a chart, and make a presentation about the sales volume and market share for a local business
• evaluate and compare the overall effectiveness of global marketing plans for several companies in the community conducting international business
• develop a business plan for an international business venture based on an analysis of current economic statistics.

Students:

• select, apply, and troubleshoot hardware and software used in the processing of business transactions.

• use business-related hardware and software to process transactions in an employment setting related to the student's occupational program (e.g., order-processing technology to assist customers in an auto parts store or CD-ROM software to identify retail outlets for customers)
• demonstrate the ability to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot a fax machine or computer system in a simulated or real employment environment
• use vendor "help lines" to solve business technology hardware and software problems in an employment or volunteer experience
• conduct a research project to determine the cost-effectiveness of recently upgraded production technology installed at their place of employment, and make a presentation about the project, using state-of-the-art software and media tools
• conduct a study and write a proposal to justify the expense of adding new business-related equipment to the school office (e.g., fax machine, electronic mail or voice mail system).

Students:

• prepare, maintain, interpret/analyze, and transmit/distribute information in a variety of formats while demonstrating the oral, nonverbal, and written communication skills essential for working in today's international service-/information-/technological-based economy.

• use local, regional, national, and/or international telecommunications networks to obtain and/or communicate business information for a capstone project
• facilitate a panel discussion as part of an employment experience
• prepare and deliver a 10-minute oral presentation using a variety of visual aids on an employment or volunteer experience
• develop/produce complex, business-quality documents (e.g., business letters, inventory reports, financial/accounting reports, proposals, advertising/sales brochures) for a capstone business simulation, a work experience situation, or a community service project
• communicate effectively with coworkers and supervisors during an employment or volunteer experience at a company or organization involved in international business
• participate in the public speaking competitive event at a local, State, regional, and/or national leadership conference of DECA or FBLA.

Students:

• demonstrate an understanding of the interrelatedness of business, social, and economic systems/subsystems.

• contribute to the effective operation of various systems and subsystems (e.g., office support system, data processing system, computer programming systems) during an employment experience in a Cooperative Occupational Education or a General Education Work Experience Program
• develop a system/subsystem modification to enhance productivity during an internship experience in a community service organization
• start a student-owned and -managed small business through the Junior Achievement program or other school-sponsored program.

Students:

• identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources (e.g., financial, materials/facilities, human, time) in demonstrating the ability to manage their lives as learners, contributing family members, globally competitive workers, and self-sufficient individuals.

• use application software to prepare federal and State income tax returns
• develop an operating budget for the year for a school-sponsored extracurricular organization or the DECA or FBLA chapters
• use calendar-type software to design a student work schedule for a student-operated school store or a business in which students are employed through a Cooperative Occupational Education or a General Education Work Experience Program assist in planning a conference for a business or community service organization.

Students:

• exhibit interpersonal skills essential for success in the multinational business world, demonstrate basic leadership abilities/skills, and function effectively as members of a work group or team.

• participate in a job performance and attitude evaluation as part of an employment experience
• participate in the job interview competitive event at a local, State, regional, and/or national DECA or FBLA leadership conference
• facilitate a team or work group meeting during an employment or volunteer experience
• conduct a training session for new employees during an employment experience or in a student-operated school store

conduct a study comparing different approaches to managing human resources in several community businesses involved in international trade.