Resumo de Students:emerging Trends In Business

Business activities which involve production of goods and services contribute in a variety of ways to the development of nations. Over the last few years there has been a tremendous change In nature, scope and functioning of Business enterprise. Increasing standards of living, growing consumer awareness, continuous innovations in product designs and technology and worldwide telecommunication links have put business under immense pressure to strive for its survival and growth.
To cope with a business environment with increasing complexity and rapid changes, there is an urgent need to give a critical look at the existing curriculum In Business Studies at the school stage. Rather than loading it with not-so-relevant chunks of content, it is necessary to base it on themes, issues and skills which are useful, practical, functional and related to one''s personal life at home and at work place. For this purpose, the first step required is to review/redefine the objectives of teaching Business Studies at Senior Secondary stage. It may be necessary to restructure the modules in terms of their being core (such as organisation, management and accounting), allied (such as business law) and instrumental (statistics, computer application) modules.
Accountancy in turn can also be restructured in terms of the underlying principles which form the base of the entire accounting work; their application to practical situations such as in sole-trading firms, partnership firms, companies, and so on.
With this back-ground in view, given below is a list of emerging trends in modem business world which may guide practitioners and educationists in reviewing the existing curriculum in Business Studies at school stage.

1. Business update
2. Career awareness
3. Sex-equity
4. Management Studies
5. Inter-disciplinary approach
6. Practical and Skill Oriented Curriculum
7. Scientific temper
8. Consumerism
9. Value Education
10. Scope of Participatory, Exploratory and Innovative learning approaches
With the growing organisational problems, the current emphasis in Business Studies is on management. In management also there is a need to include such issues, themes and skills, which will guide one towards better performance in one''s daily activities. Thus inclusion of basic learning skills, art of decision making, importance of self achievement motive, striving for perfection, and problem solving will help students in making management a deliberate habit. It should also help one to manage the business effectively.
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