Who Caused the Recession Hand out/scenario

Oil Market Game.

Check stocks.

Sept 28th

Today you will be starting to look at one of the Functions of Business: Production

Definitions, for completion: Pages 155-165

Natural Resources
Raw Materials
Labour
Capital
Information
Management
Purchasing
Processing
Quality Control

Next, read the section on improving productivity on pages 166-171.

For this scenerio, you may work in partners. 

You started a small T shirt company where you print great designs for T shirts on your printer, press them on shirts you buy at a local discount store, then sell them on-line.  You have decided to start a formalised business.  You have acquired a business partner who is bringing a large amount of capital to your business.  Explain how you will scale your business.  Be specific, where will you locate? What type of machinery will you use? Any management strategies will you use?

Tue Sept 26

Dragons Den

NOTES on the FUNCTIONS of Business

Kahoot review game for the QUIZ TOMORROW!!!!!

Friday Sept 22

Check stocks

Time to finish yesterdays assignment

Review game.

Quiz next WEDNESDAY!

Dragons Den

Read Pages 90-105 (NEW TEXTBOOK) and answer the following questions.

1. What does Duty to Report mean?
2. Do companies have to provide a safe work space in BC for workers? Who is in charge of safety in BC (not in the textbook)
3. What does glass ceiling mean when it comes to discrimination?
4. What is harassment in the workplace?
5. What is 'duty to accomodate' for businesses mean?
6. What does pay equity mean?
7. Explain what Fair Trade means.

Discuss question 8 page 105

Terns to know for the quiz on WEDNESDAY

Supply and Demand
Free Market
Econominc Cycle: Growth, Boom, Recession, Depression
Business ownership: Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporations
Franchise
Joint Ventures
Stratigic Alliances
Mergers
Multinational Corporations
Ethics
Whistle Blowing
Insider Trading
Fraud
Worker Safety/Harassment (WCB and Worksafe BC)
Triple Bottom Line (Profit, Planet, Profits or Environmental, Finanncial, and Socially Responsible)
Pay Equity
Privacy Laws (Know that peoples private information is protected by law)
Fair Trade
Planned Obsolecence (Story of Stuff)
Percieved Obsolecene (Story of Stuff)

Wed sept 20

Today we are going to look at ethics.

Business is a major part of our lives, society and the world.  Business has created great innovation, generated profit and opportunity for literally billions of people but not all business decisions are beneficial for society.

Ethics: moral principles that govern a persons/or groups decisions

Triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit

 


Assignment: You are to pick ONE Dilemmas from the following links to 'Short Dilemmas'.  For each, answer what you would do and why.  (short paragraph)

DILEMMAS (they are not all business dilemmas to give some variety)

Tue Sept 19

Dragons Den

Notes on Economic Cycle

Short Selling stocks.