19 Tex. Admin. Code § 130.136 - Foundations of Business Communication and Technologies (One Credit), Adopted 2015
(a) General
requirements. This course is recommended for students in Grades 9-12.
Recommended prerequisite: Touch Systems Data Entry. Recommended corequisite:
Business Lab. Students shall be awarded one credit for successful completion of
this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Business Management and
Administration Career Cluster focuses on careers in planning, organizing,
directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and
productive business operations.
(3)
In Foundations of Business Communication and Technologies, students implement
personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the
workplace and in society and make a successful transition to the workforce and
postsecondary education. Students apply technical skills to address business
applications of emerging technologies, create word-processing documents,
develop a spreadsheet, formulate a database, and make an electronic
presentation using appropriate software.
(4) Students are encouraged to participate in
extended learning experiences such as career and technical student
organizations and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
(5) Statements that contain the word
"including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
examples.
(c) Knowledge
and skills.
(1) The student demonstrates
professional standards/employability skills as required by business and
industry. The student is expected to:
(A)
communicate effectively with others using oral and written skills;
(B) demonstrate collaboration skills through
teamwork;
(C) demonstrate
professionalism by conducting oneself in a manner appropriate for the
profession and workplace;
(D)
demonstrate a positive, productive work ethic by performing assigned tasks as
directed;
(E) comply with all
applicable rules, laws, and regulations; and
(F) demonstrate time-management skills by
prioritizing tasks, following schedules, and tending to goal-relevant
activities in a way that uses time wisely and optimizes efficiency and
results.
(2) The student
coordinates information management and business management to aid in business
planning. The student is expected to:
(A)
explain the strategic role of information systems and information communication
technology within an organization;
(B) determine risks and rewards of developing
a strategic role for information systems and information communication
technology; and
(C) integrate
information systems planning with business planning.
(3) The student enhances usability of systems
operations to support business strategies and operations. The student is
expected to:
(A) identify the management
information requirements and business needs of an organization; and
(B) explain issues involved in designing and
developing systems for different environments.
(4) The student analyzes available software
packages for use in business settings. The student is expected to:
(A) determine equipment and supplies
needed;
(B) establish equipment and
supplies maintenance systems;
(C)
schedule equipment maintenance;
(D)
use equipment and supplies maintenance procedures; and
(E) use critical-thinking skills to
troubleshoot equipment and software issues.
(5) The student uses the computer's operating
system to execute work responsibilities. The student is expected to:
(A) move files in the computer operating
system;
(B) create directories;
and
(C) save files in various
formats such as plain text, PDF, rich text format, and older versions of
word-processing software.
(6) The student applies word-processing
technology. The student is expected to:
(A)
identify customary styles of business documents;
(B) improve touch-system skills using the
keyboard and keypad to input data;
(C) use hardware and software needed to
produce documents to address different computer applications;
(D) demonstrate writing techniques generating
ideas and gathering information relevant to the topic and purpose while
maintaining accurate records of outside sources;
(E) produce business documents, including
business letters, resumes, research papers, and newsletters;
(F) edit a variety of written
documents;
(G) insert and edit
objects such as tables, graphics, hyperlinks, headers, and footers into a
document;
(H) prepare and
distribute personalized correspondence using mail merge; and
(I) use online word-processing technologies
to create, edit, and share documents.
(7) The student identifies database software
to create databases that facilitate business decision making. The student is
expected to:
(A) explain the principles of
data analysis;
(B) explain the
nature of tools that can be used to access information in the database
system;
(C) choose appropriate
software;
(D) define fields and
type of data;
(E) create database
structure;
(F) define relationships
of tables;
(G) analyze company data
requirements; and
(H) design a
database to meet business requirements.
(8) The student applies data entry techniques
to enter information in databases. The student is expected to:
(A) access information in the database
system;
(B) build data in a data
warehouse;
(C) enter and edit data
into database tables and database forms for easy data entry; and
(D) import and export databases.
(9) The student uses commands to
retrieve data and create reports from databases. The student is expected to:
(A) retrieve data from tables and
queries;
(B) formulate queries;
and
(C) create and print
reports.
(10) The student
applies data mining methods to acquire pertinent information for business
decision making. The student is expected to:
(A) discuss the nature of data
mining;
(B) describe data mining
tools;
(C) demonstrate basic data
mining techniques; and
(D)
interpret data mining findings.
(11) The student applies spreadsheet
technology. The student is expected to:
(A)
perform mathematical processes, including percentages and decimals, order of
operations principle, estimation, and prediction of patterns of data;
(B) formulate and produce solutions to a
variety of business problems such as budgets, payroll, inventory, invoices,
balance sheets, profit-loss statements, and conversion of foreign
currencies;
(C) create charts,
graphs, and infographics using spreadsheet data; and
(D) use online spreadsheet technologies to
create, edit, and share documents.
(12) The student applies presentation
management technology. The student is expected to:
(A) identify the guidelines for using
graphics, fonts, and special effects in presentations;
(B) analyze the effectiveness of multimedia
presentations;
(C) determine the
appropriate technology to create and deliver an effective
presentation;
(D) save documents in
various formats such as template, video, and PDF to share or transport
electronically;
(E) deliver an
effective presentation; and
(F) use
online presentation management technologies to create, edit, transport, and
share documents.
(13)
The student applies desktop publishing technology. The student is expected to:
(A) identify technologies available for
desktop publishing;
(B) identify
customary standards and styles of desktop publishing; and
(C) create desktop publications importing
text and graphics.
(14)
The student uses a variety of software applications. The student is expected to
integrate multiple learned software applications to efficiently accomplish
workplace tasks.
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