What do you want
to do with your life?
What do you
dream of becoming?
What are you
good at?
What do you
enjoy?
How will you
achieve your goals?
What skills do
you need through out life?
Chapter 1 You and the World of Work
- Explain how a job differs from
a career.
- Understand how your career
plans will be shaped by your skills and abilities, as well as the job
outlook.
- Analyze how the workplace is
affected by forces such as changing technology and the global economy.
Chapter 2 Getting to Know Yourself
- Follow the seven steps in the
decision-making process and explain how these steps are helpful in
choosing a career.
- Identify your values,
interests, aptitudes, personal preferences, and abilities and describe how
they affect your career choices.
- Identify and match your
personality and learning styles to career choices.
Chapter 3 Researching Careers
- Research careers using
traditional resources, the Internet, and informal strategies.
- Explain how part-time work can
help you gain insight in making future career plans.
- Formulate key questions to ask
in assessing a career opportunity.
- Understand the characteristics
of a career profile.
Chapter 4 Entrepreneurship
- Define entrepreneurship and
explain its advantages and disadvantages.
- Identify the four main ways of
becoming a business owner and explain the advantages and disadvantages of
each.
- Describe basic forms of
business ownership.
- Describe the processes and
decisions involved in establishing a new business.
Chapter 5 Developing an Individual
Career Plan
- Evaluate various career
possibilities.
- Develop an individual career
plan and set intermediate career goals.
- Identify the education and
training you will need to reach your career goals.
Chapter 6 Finding and Applying for
a Job
- Explain why networking is
effective for developing job leads.
- Create and maintain a career
network and contact list.
- Use the Internet and other
resources to search for career opportunities.
- Prepare written materials
necessary for job-hunting, including applications, résumés, and cover
letters.
Chapter 7 Interviewing
- Identify methods of preparing
for interviews.
- Recognize the factors that
create an employer’s first impression of a job candidate.
- Anticipate and answer typical
and tough interview questions.
- Apply procedures for following
up on an interview.
- Recognize proper methods of
accepting and rejecting employment.
Chapter 8 Beginning a New Job
- Anticipate and manage the
anxieties and challenges of a first day of work.
- Understand company policies
and payment procedures.
- Explain benefits that
employers offer workers.
- Discuss the significance of
employee performance reviews.
Chapter 9 Workplace Ethics
- Identify and develop the
skills that employers look for in employees.
- Explain why ethics are important
to employers.
- Describe ways to behave
ethically in the workplace.
Chapter 10 Developing a Positive
Attitude
- Understand how a positive
attitude, high self-esteem, and enthusiasm lead to success on the job.
- Describe how to assert
yourself at work.
- Handle criticism, workplace
pressure, and gossip professionally.
- Control anger on the job.
Chapter 11 Workplace Health and
Safety
- Recognize the
relationship between good health and career success.
- Describe
strategies for coping with stress.
- Identify
rules and procedures for maintaining a safe workplace.
- Identify
workplace conservation and environmental practices and policies.
- Explain how
to respond effectively to various workplace emergencies.
Chapter 12 Workplace Legal Matters
- Identify how
laws and labor unions affect the workplace.
- Describe
discrimination in the workplace and identify some of the laws that address
it.
- Recognize
sexual harassment and identify actions to take against it.
- Identify
types of civil law cases and explain how they get resolved.
- Understand
the difference between civil and criminal law.
- Identify and
evaluate legal services that can help you solve problems.
Chapter
13 Interpersonal Relationships at Work
- Work
effectively with a variety of coworkers by recognizing and developing
positive and respectful personal traits.
- Understand
and practice effective methods of conflict resolution.
- Appreciate
and increase sensitivity to diversity in the workplace.
Chapter 14 Teamwork and Leadership
- Explain how
teamwork benefits both team members and businesses.
- Describe the
procedures necessary for organizing and maintaining an effective team.
- Define total
quality management and explain its effect on workers.
- Discuss the
characteristics of effective leaders and supervisors.
- Describe
procedures for leading meetings.
Chapter 15 Professional
Communication Skills
- Identify ways of planning and
organizing oral messages.
- Describe the importance of
effective speaking and listening skills in customer relations.
- Identify and describe basic
writing skills.
- Explain the importance of
writing and reading skills in customer relations.
Chapter 16 Thinking Skills on the
Job
- Make
appropriate decisions using the seven steps in the decision-making
process.
- Consider a
variety of factors in making decisions at work, including personal values
and purposes, and the alternatives and consequences of decisions.
- Prioritize
your work.
- Identify and
clarify problems using the six basic steps in the problem-solving process.
- Generate
alternative solutions to problems.
- Implement
solutions and evaluate their results.
Chapter 17 Technology in the
Workplace
- Explain how
technological advancements transform the workplace.
- Describe ways
workers can become technologically literate.
- Explain how
businesses use the Internet and various programs such as databases,
spreadsheets, and desktop publishing.
- Identify
basic copyright law protections.
Chapter 18 Time and Information
Management
- Prepare a schedule that will
enable you to accomplish your most important tasks.
- Employ common techniques to
use time effectively.
- Organize your work area,
paperwork, tasks, and computer files.
Chapter 19 Economics and the Consumer
- Define a free-enterprise
system and identify producers and consumers.
- Describe the marketplace and
explain why prices go up and down.
- Explain three factors to
consider when measuring the economy’s health.
- Identify ways to make wise
shopping decisions.
- Describe common types of
fraud, and identify ways to protect yourself as a consumer.
Chapter 20 Managing Your Money
- Identify the steps involved in
planning a budget.
- Explain how to keep records
effectively.
- Describe strategies for
staying within your budget.
- Identify personal changes that
might affect your finances.
- Discuss ways to adjust to
economic change.
- List several sources of help
for financial problems.
Chapter 21 Banking and Credit
- Compare common methods for
saving money.
- Explain the characteristics of
different savings plans.
- Select, use, and manage a
checking account.
- Describe different types of
credit.
- Explain the advantages and
disadvantages of using credit.
- Explain how to compare credit
costs.
Chapter 22 Buying Insurance
- Define some common insurance
terms.
- List some ways to lower
insurance costs.
- Describe the basic types of
health, auto, and life insurance coverage.
- Explain the importance of
owning home insurance.
- Distinguish between group and
individual health insurance plans.
Chapter 23 Taxes and Social
Security
- Describe the
tax system and the obligations it imposes on you.
- Complete a
federal tax return.
- Describe how
the Social Security system works.
- Identify
Social Security benefits and state social insurance benefits.
- Explain the
main problems facing the Social Security system today.
Chapter 24 Adapting to Change
- Identify ways
to prepare yourself for the future.
- Describe
actions and behaviors that lead to promotions.
- Explain why
workers may want to change jobs, and describe strategies for seeking a new
job or career.
- Describe
steps to take if you lose your job.
Chapter 25 Balancing Work and
Personal Life
- Decide on a place to live,
organize your living space, and establish good housekeeping habits.
- Describe ways of balancing
your work and personal life.
- Identify some family-friendly
employment practices.
- Participate in your community
as a voter and volunteer.
Owning and Operating a Small Business
- Entrepreneurship and small
business.
- Business Ownership and
Operations.
- Organizational
Structures.
- Leadership in Management.
- Technology’s Impact on
Business
- Creating a Business Plan
Money Management
- Planning a Budget
- Checking Accounts
- Savings Accounts
- Investing in Stocks
- Bonds and Real Estate
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Ch. 1 Quiz = 12/15
Ch. 1 Assignment =
8/10
Essay # 1 = 7/10
Ch. 2 Quiz = 9/10
Ch. 2 Assignment =
12/15
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Total for the marking
period:
48/60 for the marking
period
Average = 80%
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