Entrepreneurial learning, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2012.
Original scientific paper
Practice firm model – getting competences with method “Learning By Doing”
Irena Naraks
; Secondary school of Economics Celje, Celje, Slovenia
Abstract
A practice or training firm is a virtual company, ran like a “real” business, silhouetting a “real” firm’s business procedures, products and services. Each practice firm trades with other practice firms, following commercial business procedures in the practice firm’s worldwide economic environment. A practice firm resembles a real company in its form, organisation and function. Although there is no actual transfer of goods or money, other transactions take place: orders are made, invoices issued and financial records maintained - including creditors, debtors, stock holdings and so on. A practice firm researches the market, advertises, buys raw materials, transports, stocks, plans, manufactures simulated goods, sells simulated products or services, and pays wages, taxes, superannuating etc. Secondary school of Economics Celje, Slovenia (SES) was a partner in the IPA project - Modular curriculum for training firms. As a good practice example from EU, SES served as a platform for developing Croatian curriculum for training firms, adapted to local/regional/national educational and labour market needs.
Keywords
practice firm practice firm trainee; trainer in practice firm; task division; EUROPEN; central office; quality certification; modular curriculum; IPA project
Hrčak ID:
130268
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Publication date:
1.12.2012.
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