DECA endorses the Career Cluster and pathway curriculum-planning model established by the States' Career Clusters Initiative (SCCI). The SCCI website (www.careerclusters.org) includes information on the initiative and resources (including sample career pathway plans of study for each industry.

The Management and Administration Cluster includes career opportunities dedicated to performing administrative and managerial processes vital to the success and ongoing existence of a business organization, regardless of the sector or industry in which the business resides or the product/service it provides.

Using the SCCI pathway model and input from teachers we have identified management and administration courses and DECA competitive events that can be integrated into each course. These are suggestions for using competitive events in your classroom. They are not intended to restrict you or your students to certain competitive events. Any DECA member can enter any competitive event.

Here is a typical course sequence.

Sample

Administration & Management Pathway

Administrative Services: Career opportunities that facilitate business operations through a variety of administrative and clerical duties including information and communication management, data processing and collection, and project tracking.

Business information Management: Careers that provide a bridge between business processes or initiatives and IT and help to align business and IT goals.

Corporate/General Management: Careers that focus on planning, organizing, directing and evaluating all or part of a business organization through the allocation of financial, human, and material resources.

Human Resource Management: Careers that focus on the staffing activities that involve planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and safety of employees.

Operations Management: Career opportunities that focus on planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the resources needed to produce or provide a business's goods.