Tuesday Mornings at BMHS

It is just starting to get light out when I get here. Usually there are only four or five cars in the parking lot when I arrive. The gates are unlocked at 6 a.m., but I don't get here that early any more. Some students get dropped off before 7 a.m. They wait for the cafeteria to open, or just hang out around campus. I unlock the library, and then my room. I start up the desk computer and check my notes to make sure I'm on target for the week's lesson plans.

Objectives on board? Check. Bell work sent to Computer apps? Check. Blog ready for Intro to Biz? Check. All e-mail answered? Check. Let's light this candle!!

Bell Work: How is a franchise like a sole proprietorship? How is it different?

Today, in the fascinating world of business, your mission is to choose a company and do the research necessary to give a "professional" looking PowerPoint Presentation. I am much more concerned with the content of the material presented than any bells and whistles you might display in your PowerPoint. In other words, seek first to present factual and informative material. Do not try to "Wow" us with a bunch of fancy slides.

I will be around to help anyone with the details. Let me know, OK?

Thank you,

Mr. Burd

Intro to Biz, Monday, February 14

Happy Valentine's Day.

Bell Work:

• Think about starting your own skate board business that sells boards you design and make. According to our book, page 102, what part of your business would be described as production, and what part of your business would be described as procurement?

Monday, we shall...finish our Chapters 5 & 6 test. Start a new project--see attached.handout. (sorry)

Thank you,

Mr. Burd

Biz Plan

How to write a business plan

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Another Biz Slide

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In To Biz, Friday, 11 February

Valentine's Day is Monday. I have a suggestion: If you love someone, tell them.
Don't wait. Do it now.
Friday: our objective is to finish up Chapter 6 Business Ownership & Operations
We will:

• Differentiate the 6 Types of Businesses
• Describe the 5 Functions of Business
• Show how the 5 functions all interact with one another

There will be a test during the last 30 minutes of the period on both chapters 5 & 6.

Here is another slide show from one of our awesome students. Whoops, the site is blocked. I'll upload it from home.

Thank you,

Mr. Burd

Intro to Biz, Thursday 10 February

Good Morning, Awesome students.

I'm sorry that we fell a little bit behind on Wednesday. There were many adjustments that had to be made due to this new format.

Our objectives today are:

• Differentiate the six types of businesses
• Describe the five functions of business
• Discuss how the five functions of business relate to each other.

That's a lot. We will have a handout on Chapter 6.2. (Next week I hope to have your handouts on the computer.)

There will be a PowerPoint Presentation that we will all watch.

Bell Work:  There are six types of businesses. (Note: this is different from the three major types of business organizations.)

They are:

1. Producers
2. Processors
3. Manufacturers
4. Wholesalers and Intermediaries
5. Retailers
6. Services

Pick two of these types and list a company that falls under that category. For example, Bell Copper Company in Miami, AZ is a producer. They take raw material from the ground. 

As mentioned, you can do your bell work on paper and turn them in on Fridays, or you can click on the "Mr. Burd" link below and e-mail me. A student's project is below. Thanks, Lauren.

Business plan! slide show

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Thank you,

Mr. Burd

Intro to Biz, Wednesday 9 Feb

Welcome. I am glad to see that you have found our blog for the Intro to Biz class.
All of life is an experiment.
This blog will be one of them. It might become a great tool for our learning together. Or, it might fail miserably. But, what the heck? Let's try it, OK?

Bell Work: On Tuesday, we studied about the three major types of business organizations. Why does an entrepreneur need to know about the different types of business ownership?

Our objective today is: Describe how coops and nonprofits are like and unlike corporations and franchises.

Your task is to read pages 94-98 in the book. You can access the book from this site: Glencoe. User name is itb2008 and password is jU6uspat.  (about 18 minutes)


After reading, break into five groups. (no more than 5 per group). Each group will create a PowerPoint presentation on one of these topics:

• sole proprietorships, 
• corporations
• partnerships
• cooperatives
• and nonprofit organizations

The presentation will be 5 slides that show the advantages and disadvantages of the type of business, the percent of that type of business in the US, and how much each type of business adds to our economy.

Please let me know what else you would like to see on this site. Let's make it a class project that we could proudly show our administrators, OK?

E-mail me at burd.richard@gmail.com

Thank you,

Mr. Burd