La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXVII-105

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXVII-105 - NBEA National Business Education Standards

A. In 1995, the National Business Education Association published the National Standards for Business Education: What America's Students Should Know and Be Able to Do In Business.¹ ( ¹ National Standards for Business Education: What America's Students Should Know and Be Able to Do In Business; National Business Education Association, Reston, Virginia; 1995.) This document provides standards for business education programs, defines the parameters of the discipline of business education, and provides a guide for curriculum writers to use in developing superior programs in business education. The standards are designed to develop students' comprehensive knowledge and competence. The NBEA recommends that students should be able to:

1. function as economically literate citizens through the development of personal consumer economic skills, a knowledge of social and government responsibility, and an understanding of business operations;

2. demonstrate interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills necessary to function in multicultural business settings;

3. develop career awareness and related skills to enable them to make viable career choices and become employable in a variety of business careers;

4. select and apply the tools of technology as they relate to personal and business decision making;

5. communicate effectively as writers, listeners, and speakers in social and business settings;

6. use accounting procedures to make decisions about planning, organizing, and allocating resources;

7. apply the principles of law in personal and business settings;

8. prepare to become entrepreneurs by drawing from their general understanding of all aspects of business;

9. understand the interrelationships of different functional areas of business and the impact of one component on another;

10. develop the ability to participate in business transactions in both the domestic and international arenas;

11. develop the ability to market the assets each individual has whether they be in the labor market or in the consumer goods market;

12. manage data from all of the functional areas of business needed to make wise management decisions;

13. utilize analytical tools needed to understand and make reasoned decisions about economic issues, both personal and societal.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXVII-105

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 30:985 (May 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. l7:6.