Business, Management & Administration in Greenville County Schools

1. Business, Management & Administration in Greenville County Schools COW Presentation November 14, 2006

2. Cluster Area Majors • Administration and Information Support • Management • Small Business Management

3. Benefits of BMA • More than 150 occupations fall into BMA • More than 400,000 BMA jobs in South Carolina • BMA sector projected to be one of the fastest expanding through the year 2008 (Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-03) • One of the highest paying sectors with nearly half of jobs in management and professional occupations

4. Courses Required for Majors • Keyboarding • Computer Applications • Integrated Computer Applications • Accounting • Entrepreneurship • Virtual Enterprise

5. Other Available Courses • Desktop Publishing • Web Design • Multimedia • Document Processing • Business Law • Marketing • Digital Input Technology • Business Communication • International Business • Administrative Support Technology

6. Focus of Administration and Information Support • Use of technology for office operations • Coordinate administrative activities of office • Supervise employees • Manage office operations • Coordinate office technology

7. Administration and Information Support Major Required Courses for Major (Minimum of four credits required) **Integrated Business Applications 1 **Integrated Business Applications 2 **Keyboarding or documented skill level Desktop Publishing Web Design Multimedia Administrative Support Technology **Courses required for Career Technology Education completer status (CIPCode) Complementary or Substitute Coursework Business Law Entrepreneurship Document Processing Virtual Enterprise Personal Finance

8. Focus of Management Major • Preparation and execution of business activities • Supervision of other employees • Organization of operations and production • Marketing functions • Communication with customers, clients, and others • Administrative functions

9. Courses Required for Management Required Courses for Major (Minimum of four credits required) **Keyboarding or documented skill level **Accounting 1 **Entrepreneurship **Computer Applications or Integrated Business Applications **Courses required for Career Technology Education completer status (CIPCode) Complementary or Substitute Coursework Web Design Virtual Enterprise Multimedia Business Law Marketing Personal Finance

10. Focus of Small Business Management • Study all aspects of running a profitable business • Entrepreneurship • Human resources • Financial planning • Information technology • Marketing • Internet resources

11. Courses Required for Small Business Management Required Courses for Major (Minimum of four credits required) **Keyboarding or documented skill level **Computer Applications or Integrated Business Applications **Virtual Enterprise 1 **Virtual Enterprise **Courses required for Career Technology Education completer status (CIPCode) Complementary or Substitute Coursework Accounting Business Law Personal Finance Entrepreneurship Marketing Web Design Multimedia

12. Virtual Enterprise • Greer High School • Wade Hampton High School • Offers students the opportunity to experience in a simulated business environment all facets of being an employee in a firm

13. Benefits of VE • Links to regional, national, and global networks • Places students on front lines of business world • Connects students to business partners • Teaches entrepreneurship and practical skills that are essential to career readiness

14. Greer High VE

15. Funding for Business Management & Administration • 2005-06 • Each high school received $2,000 in supply funds from Perkins • 2006-07 • Each high school will receive $2,000 in supply funds from Perkins

16. Additional Supply Funds • Virtual Enterprise classes • Additional funding in 2004-05 to begin program • Funding for training of teachers • Other Business Management & Administration classes • Per class supply ($94) and equipment ($121) funds from general fund accounts

17. SC Small Business Facts • In SC, three of every five businesses are operated by sole-proprietors, working full-time without any paid employees. Virtually all of the remaining businesses are small. Among these "employer firms" (businesses providing full-time jobs to people other than the owners): • · Nineteen out of 20 (95 percent) have fewer than 100 employees. • Four of every five (76 percent) have fewer than 10 employees. • More than half (58 percent) have fewer than five employees. You better learn to work closely with people! Even if you work alone.