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Understanding
Cooperatives
UNIT 1—The American Business Enterprise System
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Teaching Tools:
Instructor
Discussion Guide
Handout 1
Quiz 1
Quiz 1 Answers
Unit 1
PowerPoint Slides
S 1.1 Principles of Our Business
System
S 1.2 Individually Owned
S 1.3 Partnership
S 1.4 Investor-Owned Corporation
S 1.5 Cooperative Corporation
S 1.6 Hybrid-Limited Liability Company
S 1.7 Comparison of Am. Bus. Types
S 1.8 Ownership/Profit Incentive
Teacher References
CIR 55:
Co-ops 101
CIR 5:
Cooperatives in Agribusiness
CIR 11:
Cooperatives: What They Are and the Roles of Directors, Members,
Management, and Employees (chapter 1)
CIR
11 Chapter 1 PowerPoint
CIR 45,
Section 1: The American System of Business
Student References
CIR 5:
Cooperatives in Agribusiness
CIR 11:
Cooperatives: What They Are and the Roles of Directors, Members,
Management, and Employees (chapter 1)
CIR 45,
Section 1: The American System of Business
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Unit 1 - The American Business Enterprise System
Objective
The objective of this unit is to teach the
student how to: 1) recognize how businesses are organized in the United
States, 2) identify the characteristics of each form of business, and 3)
discuss how the members/owners benefit from each.
After completion, the student should:
1. Be able to write a short paragraph
describing the "Free" or "Private" enterprise system in
America.
2. Have a working knowledge of the four
basic principles of the U.S.
business system.
3. Know the four basic ways American businesses
are generally organized.
4. Be aware of the two subdivisions of a
corporation.
5. Be able to discuss the characteristics of
the methods of doing business.
Instructor Directions
1. Become familiar with the discussion guide
and reference materials.
2. Lead the discussion using PowerPoint
slides and/or the selected references
provided. The discussion guides serve as an outline.
3. If possible, invite representatives from
the differing types of business ownerships to speak to the class as
resource people. Give the provided handout to the students. The students
should complete the handout as each speaker is asked the appropriate
questions. (or you can instruct the students to fill it out as an exercise)
4. An alternative to #3, if time and circumstances
permit, would be an on site visit to each (or some) of the types
of businesses. Students should then complete the handout from the
information gained during the field trip(s).
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