ERIC Number: ED211796
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Publication Date: 1981-May
Pages: 95
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Getting Down to Business: Home Attendant Service, Module 26. [Student Guide]. Entrepreneurship Training Components.
Sanderson, Barbara
This module on owning and operating a home attendant service 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 are divided into individual activities, discussion questions, and a group activity. Units (and subject matter) in this module are planning your business (services, customers, and competition; personal qualities; legal requirements); choosing a location (customers; competition; balance between customers and competition; personal considerations); getting money to start (information needed to get a business loan; financial information); being in charge (tasks; selecting staff; employee satisfaction); organizing the work (keeping track of the staff; work orders; scheduling; time cards; time planning); setting prices (acceptable to customers; in line with competition; components of price; establishing a price); advertising and selling (customer needs; advertising and promotion; selling and customer relations); keeping financial records (importance of financial records; customer billing; daily cash sheet); and keeping your business successful (profit and personal satisfaction; key elements of a successful business; profit/loss statement). A summary and quiz complete the document. (A teacher's guide is available for the module.) (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advertising, Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills, Financial Support, Home Health Aides, Learning Activities, Money Management, Recordkeeping, Salesmanship, Secondary Education
Wisconsin Vocational Studies Center, 964 Educational Sciences Bldg., Madison, WI 53706 (Order No. ETC 100BB1, $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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