Designed for use with secondary and postsecondary students who have completed one year of distributive education/marketing general instruction, this curriculum guide provides a competency-based core of instruction for training supervisory managers in a one-year, cooperative program. Seven sections and 22 instructional units are included. Each unit consists of eight basic components: performance objectives, teacher activities, information sheets, assignment sheets, job sheets, transparency masters, tests, and test and assignment sheet answers. Section A, Principles of Economics, has two units: Economics and Free Enterprise and Economics of Modified Free Enterprise. The second section is entitled Principles of Management. The six units in section C, Personnel Management, are: Supervisory Skills, Store Organization, Personnel Selection, Employee Development, Compensating Employees, and Labor Relations. Section D, Layout and Security, includes three units: Store Layout, Security, and Safety. Section E, Fundamentals of Merchandising, contains three units: Trading Area and Merchandise Selection, Merchandise Control Operations, and Inventory Control. In section F, Credit Services, there are three units: Credit Procedures, Credit Card Services, and Collection Procedures. The final section on Small Business Ownership consists of four units: Starting a Small Business, Setting Up the Books, Insurance, and Promoting a Small Business. (YLB)