This manual provides recommendations for developing, implementing, and using the Common Core Units in Business Education (CCUBE)--instructional materials, methodologies, and strategies for implementing the sixteen Common Core Competencies of the California Business Education Program Guide for Office and Distributive Occupations. Contents include a definition and discussion of personalized instruction, suggestions for integrating CCUBE into business curriculum, outline of staff requirements, description of content of CCUBE materials, suggestions for planning reproduction of materials, listing and description of equipment and facilities needed, and discussion of classroom management, grading and credit, and management of student records. Appended materials and forms are intended to aid in developing a management strategy for the implementation of CCUBE into a departmental program. They include a fact sheet on personalized instruction; facility diagrams of two high schools; guidance sheets on men's and women's grooming, oral communications, and adding machine; record keeping forms; and materials reproduction guide. (YLB)