Career Exploration Module – DAY ONE
Lesson Title
Career Module
Introduction
Cluster
Pathway
All Pathways
Essential
Question
What is the
Business
Management &
Administration
Cluster?
TEKS
Career Portals:
1.A, 1.B, 2.A
Prior Student
Learning
Students should
already be
aware that there
are 15 other
career clusters
Estimated time
45 minutes
Objectives
- Introduce the BMA cluster
- Discuss and explore career opportunities within the BMA Cluster
- Identify the 6 pathways within the Business Management &
Administration Cluster (BMAC)
Materials/Equipment/Handouts Needed
- Introduction Presentation (computer, projector, screen, etc.)
- Vocabulary List
- Wall Dominoes Student Handout
- Wall Dominoes Presentation
Introduction/Engage
- Initiate a class discussion by asking each student to give one example
of a career in the BMA cluster without repeating another student’s
response
Activities
- Lecture: Introduction Presentation
- Discuss upcoming career module experiences and expectations
- Assignment: Wall Dominoes Game
- Review and distribute BMAC Career Module Vocabulary List
Lesson Closure
- Review the 6 BMAC Pathways using questioning techniques
- Review and collect Wall Dominoes Activity
- Distribute Customer Service activity for Day 2 and instruct students to
prepare for the following lesson
- Homework: Instruct students to begin searching for vocabulary list
definitions
Assessment
- Verbal responses to introduction question
- Completion of Wall Dominoes Matching Activity
Extension
- Challenge students to gather a list of skills needed to be successful in
this cluster
Accommodations for Learning Differences
- Accommodations Manual
- Guidelines and Procedures for Adapting Instructional Materials
- Sample Curriculum Customizations for Learning Differences
- Lesson Plan/Curriculum Modification Checklist
- Instructor Format for Curriculum Customization for Learning Differences
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VOCABULARY LIST
1. Career
2. Job
3. Values
4. Ethics
5. Skills
6. Talent
7. Ability
8. Interests
9. Influence
10. Application
11. Resume
12. Cover Letter
13. Interview
14. Workforce
15. Compensation
16. Salary
17. Benefits
18. Promotion
19. Termination
20. Diversity
21. Consumer
22. Customer Service
23. Organizing
24. Management
25. Planning
26. Staffing
27. Implementing
28. Controlling
29. Management Style
30. Leadership
31. Human relations
32. Ethical business practices
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VOCABULARY LIST DEFINITIONS
1. Career – a goal for work that is fulfilled through an occupation or series of occupations
2. Job - An activity through which an individual can earn money; a regular activity in exchange of
payment
3. Values – things that are important to you
4. Ethics – principles of morality or rules of conduct
5. Skills - the things you learn that enable you to perform certain tasks
6. Talents – a natural, inborn aptitude to do certain things
7. Ability – the quality of being able to perform a mental or physical task
8. Interests -- activities that give you satisfaction and that can provide a basis for your employment
goals and possible career paths
9. Influence – power enabling a person to affect the actions of others
10. Application -- a document used by employers that asks for information related to employment; gives
the employer standard information about each job applicant
11. Resume -- a tool that provides information about you to a potential employer
12. Cover letter -- a letter expressing your interest in a specific job
13. Interview -- a meeting of people, face to face, especially for consultation
14. Workforce -- all of the people, 16 years or older, who are employed or who are looking for a job
15. Compensation -- the amount of money paid to an employee for work performed, including salary
wages
16. Salary -- direct payment of money to an employee for work completed
17. Benefits -- compensation in forms other that direct payment
18. Promotion -- any form of communication used to inform, persuade, or remind; communicating
information about products and services to potential customers; the advancement of an employee to
a position with greater responsibility
19. Termination -- the end of an employment relationship between a company and an employee
20. Diversity -- the comprehensive inclusion of people with differences in personal characteristics and
attributes.
21. Consumer -- a person who buys and uses goods and services
22. Customer Service -- the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or
use its products or services
23. Organizing -- the function of a manager involving identifying and arranging the work and resources
needed to achieve the goals that have been set
24. Management -- the process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use
of people and other resources
25. Planning -- the function of a manager involving analyzing information, setting goals, and making
decisions about what needs to be done
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26. Staffing -- the function of a manager including all of the activities involving in obtaining, preparing,
and compensating the employees of a business
27. Implementing – manager’s effort to direct and lead people to accomplish the planned work of the
organization.
28. Controlling -- determines to what extent the business is accomplishing the goals it set out to reach in
the planning stage
29. Management Style -- the way a manager treats and involves employees
30. Leadership -- the ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals
31. Human relationships -- the way people get along with each other
32. Ethical business practices -- practices that ensure that appropriate standards of conduct are
observed in a company’s relationships with everyone who is a part of the business or affected by the
business’ activities
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WALL DOMINOES
Partner Names: _____________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________________________ Date: _______ Score: ________________
The Business Management & Administration Career Cluster is divided into 6 career pathways
according to the tasks of planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions
essential to efficient and productive business operations.
Follow the Word Wall and match the picture with its definition. Beside each number below place
the letter from each picture that describes its definitions.
____
1. Power enabling a person to affect the actions of others
____
2. Activities that give you satisfaction and that can provide a basis for your
employment goals and possible career paths
____
3. The quality of being able to perform a mental or physical task
____
4. A natural, inborn aptitude to do certain things.
____
5. The things you learn that enable you to perform certain tasks.
____
6. Principles of morality or rules of conduct
____
7. Things that are important to you
____
8. An activity through which an individual can earn money. It is a regular activity in
exchange for payment
____
9. A goal for work that is fulfilled through an occupation or series of occupations
____
10. To get a 100 unscramble your letters below
_
Unscramble the letters below for an extra 10 points.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 
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WALL DOMINOES – ANSWER KEY
Partner Names: _____________________________________________________________
Class Period: ___________________Date: _________________ Score: ________________
The Business Management & Administration Career Cluster is divided into 6 career pathways
according to the tasks of planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions
essential to efficient and productive business operations.
Follow the Word Wall and match the picture with its definition. Beside each number below place
the letter from each picture that describes its definitions.
E
1. Power enabling a person to affect the actions of others
L
2. Activities that give you satisfaction and that can provide a basis for your
employment goals and possible career paths
A
3. The quality of being able to perform a mental or physical task
S
4. A natural, inborn aptitude to do certain things
C
5. The things you learn that enable you to perform certain tasks
O
6. Principles of morality or rules of conduct
N
7. Things that are important to you
B
8. An activity through which an individual can earn money; it is a regular activity in
exchange for payment
O
9. A goal for work that is fulfilled through an occupation or series of occupations
To get a 100 unscramble your letters below
Unscramble the letters below for an extra 10 points.
_C_ _O_ _O_ _L_ _B_ _E_ _A_ _N_ _S_ 
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