1. Business Education: Role & Mission
Business education represents a broad and diverse discipline that is included in all educational delivery systems.
Elementary and secondary schools
One- and two-year schools and colleges
Four-year colleges and universities
Training in business and industry

2. B.E.: Role & Mission (cont.)
Business education can begin at any level.
It can be interrupted for a period of time and/or continued throughout the life span of the individual.
Business education includes education for:
Office administration
Marketing & retail
Business teaching
Business administration
Economic citizenship

3. B.E.: Role & Mission (cont)
Provide occupational competence which enables an individual to:
Get a job for which he or she is qualified.
Formulate and implement a career development plan which is responsive to personal and technological changes.
Develop positive interpersonal and leadership skills.

4. B.E.: Role & Mission (cont)
Develop economic competence to enable the individual to be a productive citizen and wise consumer of:
Resources
Goods
Services
Business education prepares students
for entry into and advancement in jobs within business, and equally important;
to handle their own business affairs and to function intelligently as consumers and citizens in a business economy.

5. B.E.: Role & Mission (cont)
Strengthen basic skills – listening, speaking, writing and computing, problem-solving, and computer-related.
Support & reinforce academics
Strengthen each individual’s self-concept and desire to succeed.
Formulate plans to ensure continued educational growth, whether it be formal or informal.