ERIC Number: ED211748
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1981-May
Pages: 95
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Getting Down to Business: Farm Equipment Repair, Module 2. [Student Guide]. Entrepreneurship Training Components.
McBain, Susan
This module on owning and operating a farm equipment repair business is one of 36 in a series on entrepreneurship. The introduction tells the student what topics will be covered and suggests other modules to read in related occupations. Each unit includes student goals, a case study, and a discussion of the unit subject matter. Learning activities, discussion questions, and a group activity. Units (and subject matter) in this module are planning your business (personal qualities; service, customers, and competition; special services; legal requirements) choosing a location (picking an area; pickinq a spot); getting money to start (description of your business; statement of financial need); being in charge (dividing the work); organizing the work (doing the work; checking the work); setting prices (parts, labor, profit); advertising and selling (designing an ad, promotion); keeping financial records (cash sales, credit sales, daily cash sheet); and keeping your business successful (profit and loss statement; profit ratio and expense ratio; increasing net profits). A summary and quiz complete the document. (A teacher's guide is available for this module.) (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advertising, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills, Financial Support, Learning Activities, Learning Modules, Money Management, Recordkeeping, Salesmanship, Secondary Education, Vocational Education
Wisconsin Vocational Studies Center, 964 Educational Sciences Bldg., Madison, WI 53706 (Order No. ETC100E1, $6.00. 25% discount on 100 or more of same title. Complete set--ETC100--$200.00).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA.
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