This publication is designed as a reference book for business teachers and school administrators who are concerned with present and future problems of administering and supervising business education at the secondary level. Chapter I details the roles and responsibilities of the business education department chair who is administrator, supervisor, and teacher. Chapters II through VI address curriculum planning; budget items, including equipment and supplies and materials; instructional practices (staff orientation, scheduling, textbooks and support materials, supplementary text, software library, inventory, and program promotion); student organization (Future Business Leaders of America); and professional growth. Appendixes include a sample department overview; textbook evaluation criteria; software evaluation criteria; advisory committee information; Future Business Leaders of America materials list; and business and office education materials available from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (YLB)