Subject/Course: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Unit Name: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Idaho Entrepreneurship Standards and Learning Indicators
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Entr_6.1
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Entr_6.2
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Entr_6.3
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Entr_6.4
Pacing: 2 weeks
CCSS ELA
CCSS Reference: Site specific
standard from CCSS or TIA
document; several standard
references applicable to this unit
should be clustered together.
Overarching Understanding(s)
Essential Questions
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Develop a vision for yourself or a specific business.
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Why are employees especially important to small businesses?
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Identify the characteristics of a good employee and implement a plan
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What staffing procedures are necessary for on-going and start-up
to recruit individuals with those characteristics.
businesses?
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Demonstrate an understanding of building and motivating a team to
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How can managers influence and motivate employees?
accomplish a shared vision.
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What are specific ways to handle some special human resource
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Develop a plan for measuring the achievement of a vision.
dilemmas?
Student-Friendly Learning Target Statements
Knowledge, Reasoning, or Skill
□ I know the definition of these terms: developmental activities, educational activities, cost-effective, Theory X, Theory
Targets
Y, hygiene factors, motivating factors, job enlargement, job enrichment, management-by-objectives, performance
“What I need to know.”
evaluation, delegate
“What I can do with what I
□ I can develop strategies for reaching a personal vision.
know.”
□ I can develop a vision, goals and objectives for a specific business.
“What I can demonstrate.”
□ I can explain why friends and family may not be your best employees
□ I can identify characteristics of a good employee.
□ I can understand the significance of developing a hiring procedure for a specific job (ranging from initial
advertisement to the final interview).
□ I can plan personnel needs and determine the types of employees needed.
□ I can identify sources of personnel for a small business.
□ I can describe the advantages in a given activity working together.
□ I can describe the characteristics of successful teams and give examples.
□ I can explain the advantages of motivation, leadership, and trust in a team.
□ I can explain why clear communication among members of the team is very important.
□ I can describe ways to motivate others.
□ I can name and explain several practices of an entrepreneurial leader.
□ I can explain the importance of linking the goals of the individual to the goals of the team.
□ I can create set short-term goals and a personal vision for long-term goals.
□ I can appraise employee performance.
□ I can outline procedures for handling employee suggestions and complaints.
□ I can determine whether one’s personal short-term goals are met.
□ I can analyze vision statements from various businesses in terms of future trends.
Subject/Course: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Performance Targets:
“What I can make to show my
learning.”
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
Teacher Notes
Unit Name: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Pacing: 2 weeks
I can develop a training program for new employees.
I can write job descriptions of positions in a planned business.
Materials for Lesson Planning
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Ch23 – Human resource management
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Developmental activities, educational activities, cost-effective, Theory X, Theory Y, hygiene factors, motivating
factors, job enlargement, job enrichment, management-by-objectives, performance evaluation, delegate