School of Business
Business Olympics: International Business
World Tour for Performing
Artists
GOAL:
Your job, as the prospective event
management group, will be to design the first world tour for a five-member
music group.
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake all
have an event management group plan their world tours. It is your team’s
job to plan a world tour and marketing plan for a new music group. You
will present your plan to a panel of judges who decide which event
management group will represent them.
Business Olympics Winners!
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Corporate Sponsors:
Merrill Lynch
P. C. Richard
First National Bank of Long Island |
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HISTORY OF THE
BUSINESS
OLYMPICS
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1996 Create a marketing plan for a new baseball team to
play in Suffolk County. |
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1997 Redesign Main Street, Smithtown, for 2010. |
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1998 Create a marketing plan to bring the NY
Islanders to Suffolk County. |
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1999
Seven Habits of Effective Students |
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2000 Success is a Choice! |
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2001
Young Entrepreneur: Invent a product and create a plan to take it to
market. |
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2002
Business Ethics: Do the Right Thing! |
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2003
International Business: Global Marketing. |
Educational
Goals:
Students learn to:
· Work
in teams.
· Conduct
research.
· Analyze
and use critical thinking skills.
· Use
technology such as computer software for presentations.
· Apply
creativity skills.
· Manage
their time.
· Present
their final product to groups of judges while demonstrating appropriate
business dress, language and behavior.
TIME LINE:
October:
Students are introduced to project and pick their teams.
November: Business mentors join us for in school and after school
workshops related to topic.
December:
The students present their projects to panels of judges.
All
students are recognized for their participation. Five final teams win
prizes.
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