This document identifies the information that should be included in a business plan, and in what order, to make it an effective management tool and an effective tool to communicate a proposed or existing company's strengths and potential to potential financiers. Following an introduction, the document explains the following sections of a business…

A young white Harvard business graduate's experience in the ghetto is depicted as showing the way for large corporations to sponsor small, minority-run enterprises. (DM)

Business educators must teach word-processing concepts to business administration students. While administrators are not the operators, they are the users in that they prepare material for input and use the output. (JOW)

Describes the experiences of California's first and only noneducator superintendent. (JF)

Discusses how "the operation of a small independent music production company takes place within a complex environment. Intense forces, both positive and negative, interact in a unique way in the development of a black music company." (Author/JM)

Many large Japanese-owned multinational corporations have established successful subsidiaries in the United States, but distinct ethnic and cultural differences have caused communication problems between Japanese managers and American laborers and business people. Many top executives of the Japanese subsidiaries are sent to the United States on a…

A suggested secondary business curriculum for future entrepreneurs should include a foundations course in the private enterprise system and courses in accounting, distributive education, data processing, and perhaps business law, leading to a capstone course in small business management. Some career possibilities are also noted. (MF)

Discusses the development of a curriculum in business ownership and management for secondary business education programs in Arkansas. Content was determined from community small businesses, the Small Business Administration, and an advisory committee. The curriculum concentrated on generic skills varying instructional strategies to localize…

This paper is divided into three parts. The first part considers a range of options from which self-employment can be created; the second part considers the personal, social, and economic changes involved in going out on your own; the third part reviews the key steps involved in starting up. (SSH)

Graduates of the Minority Business Development Program were surveyed in order to determine the extent to which the program gave them the experience and tools they needed to prosper in business. The results of the survey were presented at a hearing before the Congressional Committee on Small Business. Most of the responses from the graduates were…

Responding to a Small Business Administration statement that technical school graduates lack knowledge of business principles, the Norwich (Connecticut) Regional Vocational Technical School conducted a course in small business ownership/management for all of its seniors. The required course, a fifty-four-hour module, replaced one English,…

The article points out how the Junior Achievement program has provided youth with hands-on work experience and the responsibilities of administering a small business. Program goals, operation, and expansion over its 55 year history are described. (Author/MS)

The New Youth Entrepreneur curriculum is a series of 12 youth-oriented educational modules containing instructional materials, learning activities, and checkup exercises designed to teach students key elements of entrepreneurship. This document is the twelfth module, and discusses the usefulness of a business plan for entrepreneurs starting small…

This workbook was prepared for those interested in starting their own business, as well as business owners with many years experience who have never developed an organized promotional program. Introductory sections explain how to use the workbook and stress the need for promotion. The next sections outline the steps and ask users to respond to…