Illinois State Teaching Standards

Business, Marketing, & Computer Education

Knowledge Indicators - The competent business, marketing, and computer education teacher:
6A. understands external business factors' impact on marketing.
6B. understands the principles of the four Ps of marketing (product, price, place, promotion).
6C. understands the role of marketing and its impact on individuals, businesses, and society.
6D. understands the basic tenets of management theories and why they are important.
6E. understands the importance of the basic tenets of management theories in the successful operation of the organization.
6F. understands various organizational structures and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
6G. understands the role of organized labor and its influences on government and business.
6H. understands the relevance of generally accepted operations management principles and procedures in order to be able to design an operations plan.
6I. understands the relationship between ethics and the law, the sources of the law, the structure of the court system, the different classifications of procedural law, and the different classifications of substantive law.
6J. understands the relationships among contract law, law of sales, and consumer law.
6K. understands the role and importance of agency law and employment law as they relate to the conduct of business in the national and international marketplaces.
6L. understands legal rules that apply to personal property and real property.
6M. understands the advancements in computer technology and how they affect areas such as property law, contract law, criminal law, and international law.
6N. understands international business related to ethics, finance, management, marketing, import/export trade concepts, communication/culture, and the environment.

Performance Indicators - The competent business, marketing, and computer education teacher:
6O. develops a marketing plan, using the principles of the four Ps of marketing.
6P. applies forecasting principles to marketing data.
6Q. illustrates how the functions of management are implemented and explains why they are important.
6R. analyzes financial data influenced by internal and external factors in order to make long-term and short-term management decisions.
6S. describes the activities of human resource managers.
6T. develops and uses general managerial skills such as time management, technology, networking, and entrepreneurial thinking.
6U. applies the ethical considerations in education to various issues confronted by businesses.
6V. identifies unique characteristics of an entrepreneur and evaluates the degree to which one possesses those characteristics.
6W. applies economic concepts when making decisions for an entrepreneurial venture.
6X. develops a business plan for an entrepreneurial venture.