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Course, Subject

Home & Careers, Career Development and Occupational Studies

Author

CDOS Writing Team, Authors of Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Resource Guide with Core Curriculum.

Duration

2 weeks

Description

Objective:
Students demonstrate knowledge of factors and conditions that affect the success of a new business.

Activity:

• Students select a place of business to research, such as a beauty salon, daycare center, restaurant kitchen, nursing home, retail store, or lawyer's office. Information to be researched will include:
  • List of goods or services provided
  • Proposed clientele served
  • Employee organization chart (career ladder)
  • Local and federal regulations that apply
  • Goals/objectives
  • Business purpose
  • Description of environment
• Students interview an owner/manager of the selected business type.
• Students compile lists of standards for safety, sanitation, interpersonal dynamics, technology, and other industry standards.
• Students prepare a report to the class (written and/or oral) including:
  • List of applicable standards and regulations
  • Information such as wages/benefits, dress code requirements, work hours, worker responsibilities, travel requirements, etc.
  • Analysis of the likelihood of success for a business and factors that affect success

Materials/ Resources

Access to research materials

Source

CDOS Writing Team. “Success of a Business.” In Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Resource Guide with Core Curriculum. New York State Department of Education, 286.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

CDOS.C.1.1.B Students apply decision-making skills in the selection of a career option of strong personal interest.

CDOS.C.1.1.C Students analyze skills and abilities required in a career option and relate them to their own skills and abilities.

CDOS.C.2.1.A Students demonstrate the integration and application of academic and occupational skills in their school learning, work, and personal lives.

CDOS.C.2.1.B Students use academic knowledge and skills in an occupational context, and demonstrate the application of these skills by using a variety of communication techniques (e.g., sign language, pictures, videos, reports, and technology).

CDOS.C.2.1.C Students research, interpret, analyze, and evaluate information and experiences as related to academic knowledge and technical skills when completing a career plan.

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