VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi About the Programme: Entrepeneurship is studied with 10th grade students during 18 weeks twice a week. In this lesson,Besides virtual company, there are other applications of using technology.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi PHASES OF THE VIRTUAL COMPANY 1. FIND THE SUITABLE PEOPLE In this activity the students who have the similar ideas,make groups of 3 or 4. The aim is their cooperation with the copartners.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

2.CREATE IDEAS After they make the groups(form a company ),they start to think about the business ideas. Examples of ideas and skills: 1. Skill based ideas: Tutoring, Web design, Sports centre, Dance courses, vocational courses 2. Interest based ideas:Sales of garden plants,Greenhousing,Cooking, Pet Shop, Galery,Patisserie 3. Motivation based ideas:Online library,Sales organic products, Counselling 4. Needs based ideas:Bookstore,Day-care center,Resting facility, Virtual sales, Cafe 5. Other different ideas

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

2.CREATE IDEAS While the students are forming the business ideas,they use the mind map technique.

Mind Maps for Business Ideas İş Fikirleri SKILL BASED IDEAS NEEDS BASED IDEAS INTEREST BASED IDEAS MOTIVATION BASED IDEAS PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC FOODS PRODUCTION OF LOCAL DISHES FAMILY COACHING PATISSERIE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS DRAWING COURSE DANCE COURSE MUSIC COURSE BUSINESS IDEAS

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 2.CREATE IDEAS The mind maps are evaluated at the next level in gradation table.

Example of gradation table Ideas Factors DANCE COURSE DRAWING COURSE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS PATISSERIE PRODUCTION OF LOCAL DISHES PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC FOODS FAMILY COACHING MUSIC COURSE Easy to Apply Unique / New Opportunity for Profit High Demand for society It matches the interest and hobbies

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

3. TAKING FEEDBACK After evaluating the ideas from the mind map,they form a quetionnare about the 2 of most preferred ideas in order to take feedback.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Example of questionnare

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Example of questionnare

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 4.ANALISING THE DATA OF THE QUESTIONNARES Applying the questionnares helps the students to select the best option of business ideas.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 4.ANALISING THE DATA OF THE QUESTIONNARES

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

5. ANALISING THE BUSINESS IDEAS After analising the questionnares,they decide the business idea.Then,they continue with the SWOT analysis. They ascertain the strenghts- weaknesses (inner factors) and opportunities-threats(outer factors).

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Example SWOT Analysis

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 6. CALCULATION OF INITIAL COSTS Students are going on with the initial cost calculation.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

7. PRICING It is the fixing level of the prices. Sales price; It is calculated by adding initial costs to profit percentage. Profit rates can be %10-%30 percent.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 7. PRICING

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 8.MARKETING AND ADVERTISING It is the phase of preparing company logo and examples of advertisement. And also the students prepare publicity cards of their companies.

VISIT CARDS

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

MAKING A WEBSITE 9. MAKING A WEBSITE At this step,The students design a website to introduce their enterprises. These websites are giving them a chance to advertise,too.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi MAKING A WEBSITE 9. MAKING A WEBSITE

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

10. BASIC ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES It is the level of defining the basic activities of the company. All the steps are defined at this level.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Example study ‘Flowchart’

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi

11. ORGANIZATION roles in the virtual enterprise are selected and decided. At this phase, roles in the virtual enterprise are selected and decided. They set up the departments of the virtual enterprise They set up the departments of the virtual enterprise

Organization General Manager (Owner) Chef Assistant AccountantManager Waitress Cleaning Personell

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi 12-FORMAL(LEGAL) PHASES In order to run their companies,They have to do some legal procedures. the tax office, to the Chamber of Commerce,to the They should apply legally to the tax office, to the Chamber of Commerce,to the Social Security Administration of Turkey. They can also take financial support from Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Turkey.

Bornova Selçuk Yaşar Boyacılık Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi CONCLUSIONS Our students developed their cooperation skills. They had opportunity of recognizing themselves. They managed to use the technology efficently. They learnt the qualifications of forming a company. They were informed about the foundations and steps for economic help.