UNIT 4: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Lesson 1: What Is a Quality Business?
This lesson prepares citizens for their The McGrath Family JA BizTown experience by examining the "best practices" used by many quality businesses. Citizens will be able to: (1) define how ranking relates to evaluation criteria, (2) define revenue as related to quality businesses and (3) relate "best practices" to criteria measurements.
Lesson 2: How Do Businesses Succeed?
In this lesson citizens will read about The McGrath Family JA BizTown business sponsors in BizBriefs, a booklet describing those businesses. Citizens receive The McGrath Family JA BizTown job assignments at the end of this lesson. Citizens will be able to: (1) define quality business and (2) describe criteria that comprise a quality business.
Lesson 3: What are Business Costs?
In this lesson, citizens begin to operate as a member of their business teams. After reviewing the importance of teamwork, business teams examine business costs and begin their preparatory business work in BizPrep. Citizens will be able to: (1) describe costs associated with operating a business and (2) calculate business expenses.
Lesson 4: Which Price Is Best?
Working in their business teams, citizens recognize the importance of accurately setting the prices of goods and services to earn a profit. Citizens will be able to: (1) define selling price, revenue, and inventory, (2) describe factors that affect the selling price and (3) explain the relationship among revenue, costs, and profit.
Lesson 5: Why Advertise?
Citizens learn the purpose of effective advertising and work together in their business teams to produce several advertisements for their businesses. Citizens will be able to: (1) define advertising and (2) describe characteristics of effective advertising.
Lesson 6: What Else Should Be Prepared?
In this lesson, business teams review their Best Practices for a Quality Business and make final preparations for their visit to JA BizTown. Citizens will be able to: (1) understand how careful completion of details ensures a more successful JA BizTown visit and (2) acknowledge how effective teamwork and cooperation enhance each business team.