Business Management Ag Education Curriculum
Instruction will be provided to teach the student principles of business and
risk management. They will be instructed how to use items such as net
worth statement and cash flows etc to operate a successful business. They
will learn proper procedures for budgeting, keeping records, marketing
management, and securing loans. During January students will incorporate
completing state degree and proficiency applications as part of this class.
During the months of April and May students will complete a shop project is
all students provide a project.
Text – Agribusiness and Entrepreneurial Approach, Hamilton, Connelly & Doster,
Delmar Publishers
Chapter 1 – Should I Work for Me or Someone else?
Objectives: To identify key concepts of entrepreneurship and the various forms it takes.
Chapter 2 – How Do I Start a Business Plan?
Objectives: To identify the parts of a business plan and select a type of plan
Chapter 3 – How Do I Set Up Personal and Business Goals?
Objectives: To develop the ability to set goals for yourself or a business venture
Chapter 4 – What type of Business Organization Should I Choose?
Objectives: To identify the characteristics of various types of business organizations and
to select one for a personal business venture
Chapter 5 – Should I Purchase a Business or Build One?
Objectives: To examine the considerations in buying or building a business
Chapter 6 – What Are My Three Business Resources?
Objectives: To develop an understanding of your business resources
Chapter 7 – What is My Competition?
Objectives: To recognize the nature of competition and its importance to a new business
Chapter 8 – How do I Develop a Market Niche?
Objectives: To explore the concept of a market niche
Chapter 9 – How do I Promote My Business?
Objectives: To recognize the many methods of advertising and their business importance
Chapter 10 - How Do I Account For Business transactions and Events?
Objectives: To identify the concepts of business transactions and events
Chapter 11 – How do I Use a Single Entry System?
Objectives: To identify the elements of a single entry bookkeeping system
Chapter 12 – How Do I Use the Double entry System?
Objectives: To practice the double entry system, learn to use computerized systems and
set up spreadsheets
Chapter 13 – Decisions, Decisions…How Do I Make Them During the Start-up Period
Objectives: To examine a managerial decision-making model
Chapter 14 – In Decision Making, How Do records Help Me Project Cash Flow?
Objectives: To explore how records and reports can help in making management
decisions
Chapter 15 – How Can I Manage Customer Credit and Collections?
Objectives: To identify how credit affects business
Chapter 16 – How Do I Manage the Legal Aspect of a Business Venture?
Objectives: To identify some of the legal items an entrepreneur needs to be concerned
about when starting a business enterprise
Chapter 17 – How Can I Manage Tax Responsibilities for the Business Venture?
Objectives: To identify how taxes affect the entrepreneur
Chapter 18 – Where Should My Business Be Located?
Objectives: To explore the importance of location to a business
Chapter 19 – What Facilities Do I Need For the Business?
Objectives: To consider the facilities required by an entrepreneur
Chapter 20 – What Are the Costs of Running a Business?
Objectives: To identify the costs associated with a business enterprise
Chapter 21 – How Do I Price My Product or Service Fairly?
Objectives: To identify pricing methods
Chapter 22 – How Do I Schedule My Production, Service or Sales Activities?
Objectives: To explore the concepts of scheduling production or services
Chapter 23 – How Can I Establish A Sound Set of Business Procedures?
Objectives: To explore good business procedures to be used by an entrepreneur
Chapter 24 – How Do I Develop customers?
Objectives: To identify a customer profile and customer development strategies
Chapter 25 – How Do I Manage Personal Contracts
Objectives: To identify ways of improving business contracts
Chapter 26 – What Should I Consider When Hiring Others?
Objectives: To identify the major concerns in hiring employees
Chapter 27 – How Do I Manage Business Risk?
Objective: To identify the risk that occurs in business and to recognize management
strategy
Chapter 28 – What Is the Basis For Computers In My Business?
Objectives: To identify the lace of the computer in the business plan
Chapter 29 – How Do I Manage Business Growth?
Objectives: To identify the concerns of an expanding business
Chapter 30 – Should I Change the Business Structure?
Objectives: To examine the effects of changing the business structure
Chapter 31 – Should I Sell the Business?
Objectives: To explore considerations in selling a business
Chapter 32 – A Last Look At Entrepreneurship
Objectives: To review the major concerns for being a beginning entrepreneur
Chapter 33 – Am I Suited For Entrepreneurship?
Objectives: To assess your entrepreneurship interests
Throughout this curriculum we will also use various independent sources to learn
financial tools such as cash flow statements and net worth statements. We will also
introduce students to principles of futures markets.