Business Essentials will help students build a strong knowledge base and develop management skills as they study forms of business ownership, functions of management, budgeting and finance, legislation, technology, communications, leadership and teamwork, marketing, and economics. Mastery of these standards through project-based learning and leadership development activities of the Career and Technical Student Organizations (FBLA) will help prepare students with a competitive edge for the global marketplace.

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Georgia Peformance Standards (GPS)

Entrepreneurial Ventures is the third course in the Small Business Development Career Pathway. This course concentrates on the management skills necessary for successful business operation. Students will study management strategies for developing and implementing business plans; structuring the organization; financing the organization; and managing information, operations, marketing and human resources. International business principles are infused in the standards for Entrepreneurial Ventures.

An integral component of the Entrepreneurial Ventures course is a school-based or community-based entrepreneurial venture that will engage students in the creation and management of a business and the challenges of being a small business owner. Mastery of these standards through project-based learning and leadership development activities of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) will help prepare students with a competitive edge for the global marketplace.

Curriculum

Georgia Peformance Standards (GPS)

Business Essentials will help students build a strong knowledge base and develop management skills as they study forms of business ownership, functions of management, budgeting and finance, legislation, technology, communications, leadership and teamwork, marketing, and economics. Mastery of these standards through project-based learning and leadership development activities of the Career and Technical Student Organizations (FBLA) will help prepare students with a competitive edge for the global marketplace.

Curriculum

Georgia Peformance Standards (GPS)

Legal Environment of Business is the second course in the Small Business Development Career Pathway. This course concentrates on the legal aspects of business ownership and management. Legal issues will include contracts, sales, consumer law, agency and employment law, personal and real property, risk management, environmental law, and government effects on business. The impact of ethics on business operations will be studied. International business principles are infused in the standards for Legal Environment of Business.

Curriculum

Georgia Peformance Standards (GPS)