Life skills // Entrepreneurship
Teamwork in Business
Most businesses need more than one person; working together, dividing tasks, and using different people's strengths; the value of teamwork in business
Quick check
If the learner was working with friends to run a stall at a fair, could they suggest how to divide up the jobs so everyone plays to their strengths?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
- Describe how they would divide tasks in a team business project (one person makes, one sells, one designs)
- Explain why using people's different strengths makes a business better
- Give an example of a problem that could happen if a team doesn't work well together
Topic // Map
Where this fits
What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
1 topic- Making a Simple PlanHelpful
Entrepreneurship // Ages 7 to 9
Having a plan makes it easier to divide work among a team
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Teamwork in Business
Ages 7 to 9 // Concept
Leads to
1 topic- Scaling UpHelpful
Entrepreneurship // Ages 9 to 11
Understanding teamwork is relevant to hiring and managing more people
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