JA TITAN School EditionTM

 

JA TITAN School Edition introduces critical economics and management decisions through an interactive Web-based simulation.


JA TITAN School EditionTM 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

 

 

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JA TITAN School EditionTM 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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