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JA
Company Program®
The Company Program helps young people appreciate and better understand the role of business in our society. With the support and guidance of volunteer consultants from the local business community, the Junior Achievement Company Program provides basic economic education for high school students. By organizing and operating an actual business enterprise, students not only learn how businesses function, they also learn about the structure of the United States free enterprise system and the benefits it provides.
JA
Company Program®
Activities
Topic: Organizing a Junior Achievement
Company
Students analyze and explore personal opportunities and responsibilities within a company.
Key Learning
Objectives The students will...
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summarize the responsibilities of the jobs and describe leadership opportunities within the JA Company Programs
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evaluate the leadership, educational, and social opportunities gained from the JA Company Programs
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organize a company, sell stock, produce a product, market a product or service, and maintain financial records
Topic: Developing a Business
Plan
Students design strategies for a company that include a business plan, production plan, financial plan, and marketing plan.
Key Learning
Objectives The students will...
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demonstrate leadership
ability
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construct a business
plan
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carry out the
plan
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establish production and sales goals for a product or service
Topic: Managing a Junior Achievement
Company
Students produce a product, monitor productivity, evaluate the quality of the product, and create a selling strategy.
Key Learning
Objectives The students will...
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develop an effective sales
presentation
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differentiate between production and
productivity
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monitor quality
control
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describe the effect on productivity of employee attitudes and
skills
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evaluate the impact of technology, management, and government regulations on productivity
Topic: Liquidating a Junior Achievement
Company
Students will compose an annual report for stockholders and develop personal career goals.
Key Learning
Objectives The students will...
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describe and compute taxes that businesses
pay
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explain how dividends are determined and
paid
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evaluate the impact of entrepreneurs on the U.S. economic system
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JA
Company Program®
enhances the students' learning of the following concepts and skills:
Concepts
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Business
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Capital
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Choices
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Competition
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Division of labor
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Entrepreneur
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Expenses
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Fixed costs
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Goods
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Incentive
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Income
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Management
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Marketing
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Price
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Productive resources
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Productivity
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Profit
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Services
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Stock
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Variable costs
Skills
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Assembling products
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Estimating
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Filling out forms
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Giving reports
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Graphing
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Interpreting data
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Math computation
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Negotiating
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Problem solving
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Research
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Selling
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Teamwork
JA Company Program is a 15-week course and is recommended for students in grades 9 through 12. Instructional materials include materials needed to organize and operate a Junior Achievement Company.
All JA programs have technology enhancements and are designed to support the skills and competencies outlined in the SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) report. These programs also augment the school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.
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