Standards - Career & Technical Education

Build an Information Management System.

Create and/or use spreadsheets, graphs, diagrams, text, and/or other representations to design and establish a well-structured Information Management system.

Collect relevant data, determine its usefulness, and organize applicable data for use in Information Management.

Examine and explain the software applications associated with analysis used for Information Management.

Explain and describe how information and analysis assist in business decision-making.

Perform data analysis to make business decisions and explain how data can be used in the decision-making process.

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Discuss and demonstrate ways to value diversity.

Describe the relationship between globalization and international business.

Explain why companies engage in international business and the factors that encourage its growth.

Gather and share information on the expansion of technology and its effects on the global economy.

Compare and contrast economic measurements and statistics, including gross domestic product (GDP), gross national income, human development index, and inflation rates, in various countries around the globe.

Gather and share information on how countries rate according to the Index of Economic Freedom.

Describe the factors used in ranking countries on the Index of Economic Freedom.

Compare and contrast types of marketing orientation, including production, sales, and customer orientations.

Differentiate between strategic and societal marketing.

Gather and share information on how multinational companies increase profitability, citing specific examples.

Describe how the economic environment of a country affects its attractiveness to foreign investors.

Gather, evaluate, and share information on foreign direct investment.

Describe factors that make investing in a foreign company attractive to investors.

Describe positive and negative consequences experienced by a host country as a result of foreign direct investment.

Gather, evaluate, and share information on collaborative domestic arrangements.

Assess how product quality affects the global supply chain.

Explain how political factors influence the global supply chain.

Explain the role of inventory management in the global supply chain.

Gather, evaluate, and share information on international business ethics and global corporate ethical behaviors.

Evaluate the behaviors of selected multinational enterprises in foreign countries to determine whether those behaviors are ethical.

Explain how the Corruption Perceptions Index is created and utilized.

Discuss international companies’ code of conduct policies.

Describe the growth of direct marketing, including Internet or e-commerce marketing.

Explain the different types of trade barriers and their economic effects.