ERIC Number: ED211802
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
Pages: 88
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Getting Down to Business: Energy Specialist Service, Module 29. [Student Guide]. Entrepreneurship Training Components.
Colby, Pamela G.
This module on owning and operating an energy specialist service is one of 36 in a series on entrepreneurship. The introduction tells the student what topics will be covered and suggests other modules to read in related occupations. Each unit includes student goals, a case study, and a discussion of the unit subject matter. Learning activities are divided into individual activities, discussion questions, and a group activity. Units (and subject matter) in this module are planning your business (services, customers, competition; personal qualities; legal requirements; how to compete well); choosing a location (customers nearby; area; space; building; rent); getting money to start (business description; statement of financial need; meeting with the loan officer); being in charge (hiring; matching people and tasks; training); organizing the work (work orders; work schedules); setting prices (costs for materials; demand for services; competition; operating expenses; profit); advertising and selling (plan your advertising; ways to advertise; "people" ads; how to design printed ads); keeping financial records (customer billing form; daily cash sheet); and keeping your business successful (profit/loss statement; change your business to increase sales). A summary and quiz complete the document. (A teacher's guide is available for this module.) (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advertising, Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills, Energy Conservation, Financial Support, Learning Activities, Learning Modules, Money Management, Recordkeeping, Salesmanship, Secondary Education, Service Occupations
Wisconsin Vocational Studies Center, 964 Educational Sciences Bldg., Madison, WI 53706 (Order No. ETC100FF1, $6.00. 25% discount on 100 or more of same title. Complete set--ETC100--$200.00).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA.
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