Business Essentials

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will introduce students to realistic business and finance principles by examining fundamental economic concepts, the business environment, and primary business activities. Through workplace scenarios and problem-based learning, students will explore business ethics, customer relations, economics, financial analysis, human resources management, information management, marketing, operations, and business technology.

Course Objectives:

1.00 Understand ethics. 8%

2.00 Understand the business environment 26%

3.00 Understand business management. 14%

4.00 Understand business operations. 19%

5.00 Understand business technology. 16%

6.00 Understand the job search process. 17%


Business Essentials Syllabus

Atlas King

Welcome to Business Essentials. I am excited for the new year. Below you will find helpful information about the course

Material Needed

Laptop- we will use google classroom

Please bring pen, paper, pencil and highlighter to class and earphones for your laptops

Instructional Activities

Individual and group activities will be listed in the Instructional Activities section. Instructional activities reflect “best practice” as determined by highly qualified and successful teachers. The activities follow a specific sequence that is designed to build understanding of the objective and the specific content.


Vocabulary

There are variety of research-based activities that effectively introduce and reinforce vocabulary for any subject. This course provides instructional flexibility to utilize any tool that achieves the intended result which is to understand and recall key terms necessary for further development of this objective. When learning a new vocabulary, it is critical that students know how to spell the word, define it, and obtain a visual clue for context. Sample activities (KIM, Quizlet, Kahoot, or other online vocabulary websites)


Activities

Rubrics will be included for projects or written reports, and research if needed.

Activities like Think-Pair-Share may be used multiple times as an instructional strategy but the questions or items for students to think about, discuss, or share with the class will vary with the content.


LATE WORK

-25 pts for each day an assignments is late. Some project are deducted more depending on project or research. You will have plenty of time during class to do assignment, you do not have homework unless you are absent. It is to your advantage to submit all assignments.


Tardy- 1-3 warning after that referral and pts deducted

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