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JA TITAN School Edition^TM JA TITAN School Edition introduces critical economics and management decisions through an interactive Web-based simulation. JA TITAN School Edition^TM Activities Topic: Building a Management Team Students become acquainted with Junior Achievement's business simulation and are introduced to the concept of management. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify key decision-making roles in a business name skills and experience needed for specific jobs develop plans for their Cyberpen companies Topic: Getting the Price Right Students become familiar with the simulation and the financial reports that accompany it. They form companies, choose a business strategy, and make a decision about price for the next business quarter. Key Learning Objectives The students will... discover the types of decisions all businesses make: price, production, marketing, capital investment, and R&D determine a business strategy set a product price to achieve a specific level of sales Topic: Producing Enough at the Right Price Students are introduced to the concept of supply. By setting production levels for their pen companies, the students try to find the market-clearing price for their product. Key Learning Objectives The students will... adjust price to affect production identify the gross margin for their companies set a production level to maximize profit identify ways to maximize efficiency of production Topic: Finding the Buyers Students discover the impact of marketing on sales within a business and make marketing decisions for their Cyberpen companies. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify key decision-making roles in a business. review the principles of setting prices. analyze price, production, and marketing information for Cyberpens. Topic: Building Bigger Students promote new growth in their businesses through capital investment. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify the essential elements of capital investment establish a rationale for capital investment consistent with their company's price/volume strategy assess presentations to determine how capital investment decisions are made analyze the results of their decisions for the last quarter and make decisions for the next quarter Topic: Making Better Cyberpens Students make decisions to spend money on research and development to improve their Cyberpens. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify the key reasons for spending on research and development develop a plan for research and development consistent with company goals analyze the results of their decisions for the last quarter and make decisions for the next quarter Topic: The Expert Rescue Team Students take on the roles of consultants to struggling Cyberpen companies. They assist the companies with identifying strategies and making decisions to improve their profitability. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify potential problems from a company's financial reports make presentations of recommended strategies to improve company performance analyze the five decisions required for a Cyberpen company Topic: Decision Making in Crisis Students make decisions in a fast-paced environment that more closely emulates the business world. Key Learning Objectives The students will... analyze company and industry data make business decisions in a high-speed environment Topic: Buying Out the Competition Students study Company and Industry Reports to determine which companies would be the best to buy out. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify factors in making a decision to buy another company analyze whether or not another company is a good purchases make price, production, marketing, capital investment, and research and development decisions for their Cyberpen companies Topic: Electronic Commerce Students are introduced to the concepts of electronic business and electronic commerce (or "e-business" and "e-commerce"). They identify critical marketing decisions as they relate to operating their Cyberpen companies as e-businesses. Key Learning Objectives The students will... identify the characteristics of an e-business identify the characteristics of e-commerce apply marketing principles to e-commerce		Home>> Back to the High School Main Page>> JA TITAN School Edition^TM enhances the students' learning of the following concepts and skills: Concepts Business Capital Capital investment Cash flow Competition E-commerce Inventory Management Marketing Price Production Profit Research and Development Risk Supply Skills Analyzing situations Applying information Charting data Computer Consensus building Critical thinking Decision making Giving reports Interpreting data Math computation Reading Teamwork JA TITAN School Edition contains 10 instructional activities and is recommended for students in grades 9-12. Use of this program requires a logon and password assigned by the local JA office. All instructional materials are available online. 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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