Courses in business education provide students with the opportunity to develop skills that are helpful in their daily lives and business careers. These courses are designed to prepare students to successfully compete in the global marketplace. Finally, these courses provide a foundation for further study in the field of business in college.
Business Education
We believe that a quality Business Education program is one that encompasses The National Standards for Business Education; a research-based core curriculum framework established by the National Business Education Association, the nation’s foremost learned society for economic and business education.
This collection of national standards is a forward-looking synthesis of what students should know and be able to do in business.
The standards are based on a vision and a set of competencies designed to prepare students to become knowledgeable and ethical decision makers as they fulfill their roles as consumers, workers, and citizens.
The National Standards for Business Education are based on the shared conviction that business education competencies are essential for all students.
- Because all students will participate in the economic system, all students need to be literate in business and economics.
- Because all students will encounter a business environment that is characterized by diversity—both domestic and international—all students need to practice the interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills that will help them function successfully in that environment.
- Because all students will use technology as a tool for managing information, all students need to hone the lifelong learning skills that foster flexible career paths and confidence in adapting to a workplace that demands constant retooling.
- Technology has accelerated the pace and frequency of change not only in business but also in life. Today, life and work activities tend to overlap. This trend is likely to continue and will require more sophisticated decision-making in all spheres.
The business education concepts as described in these national standards can contribute to the development of this “renaissance” worker. An education for and about business offers students the opportunity to master the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to succeed in business—and more importantly, an equal opportunity to succeed in life.
As the nature of work continues to change, business education becomes increasingly important for all students. We believe that if young people are to take their rightful place in society as productive and responsible citizens, they should have the chance to study the principles of business as they relate to their personal and professional lives.
Future Business Leaders of America Creed:
Education is the right of every person.
The future depends on mutual understanding and cooperation among business, industry, labor, religious, family, and educational institutions, as well as people around the world. I agree to do my utmost to bring about understanding and cooperation among all these groups.
Every person should prepare for a useful occupation and carry on that occupation in a manner that brings the greatest good to the greatest number.
Every person should actively work toward improving social, political, community, and family life.
Every person has the right to earn a living at a useful occupation and that this right should not be denied because of race, color, creed, sex or handicap.
Every person should take responsibility for carrying out assigned tasks in a manner that brings credit to self, associates, school, and community.
Every person has the responsibility to work efficiently and to think clearly using his abilities to make the world a better place for everyone. |
