Competitive Events Framework Matrix.xlsx


1	Competitive Event Title	Composition of exam based on Instructional Area					Composition of Exams & Role-Plays/Case Studies based on Performance Indicators
2	Business Adminstration Core	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 1
3	Business Administration Core: Common knowledge and skills across 12 instructional areas shared across the four career clusters. ALL 12 instructional areas are considered TIER 1 Business Law Communication Skills Customer Relations Economics Emotional Intelligence Financial Analysis Human Resources Management Information Management Marketing Operations Professional Development Strategic Management	Business Admin Core	Business Law	1	1	4
4		Business Admin Core	Communications	15	15	11
5		Business Admin Core	Customer Relations	5	5	4
6		Business Admin Core	Economics	7	7	13
7		Business Admin Core	Emotional Intelligence	22	22	19
8		Business Admin Core	Entrepreneurship	0	0	1
9		Business Admin Core	Financial Analysis	16	16	13
10		Business Admin Core	Human Resources Management	1	1	1
11		Business Admin Core	Information Management	11	11	11
12		Business Admin Core	Marketing	1	1	2
13		Business Admin Core	Operations	10	10	11
14		Business Admin Core	Professional Development	11	11	9
15		Business Admin Core	Strategic Management	0	0	1
16	Business Management & Adminstration Events	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 1	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 2	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 3
17	Principles of Business Management & Administration Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making Human Resources Management Series	Business Mgmt + Admin	Business Law	4	5	5
18		Business Mgmt + Admin	Communications	9	8	6
19		Business Mgmt + Admin	Customer Relations	2	2	2
20		Business Mgmt + Admin	Economics	8	6	5
21		Business Mgmt + Admin	Emotional Intelligence	11	9	8
22		Business Mgmt + Admin	Entrepreneurship	1	0	0
23		Business Mgmt + Admin	Financial Analysis	8	7	6
24		Business Mgmt + Admin	Human Resources Management	1	1	0
25		Business Mgmt + Admin	Information Management	8	8	6
26		Business Mgmt + Admin	Knowledge Management	4	5	7
27		Business Mgmt + Admin	Marketing	1	1	1
28		Business Mgmt + Admin	Operations	21	24	26
29		Business Mgmt + Admin	Professional Development	6	6	5
30		Business Mgmt + Admin	Project Management	4	5	7
31		Business Mgmt + Admin	Quality Management	2	3	3	Principles of Business Administration & Management (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (Tier 2; based on Career Cluster Pg. 22)	Human Resource Management Series (Tier 3; based on Career Pathway Pg. 42)
32		Business Mgmt + Admin	Risk Management	3	3	4	Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Human Resource Management Series (Tier 2; based on Career Cluster Pg. 22)
33		Business Mgmt + Admin	Strategic Management	7	7	9	Human Resource Management Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)
34	Finance Events	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 1	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 2	Competitive Events Connection-Tier 3
35	Accounting Applications Series Business Finance Series Financial Consulting Financial Services Team Decision Making Principles of Finance	Finance	Business Law	6	7	8
36		Finance	Communications	7	6	4
37		Finance	Customer Relations	4	4	5
38		Finance	Economics	8	6	5
39		Finance	Emotional Intelligence	11	9	8
40		Finance	Entrepreneurship	1	0	0
41		Finance	Financial Analysis	22	25	28
42		Finance	Financial-Information Management	7	9	10
43		Finance	Human Resources Management	1	1	0
44		Finance	Information Management	8	7	5
45		Finance	Marketing	1	1	1
46		Finance	Operations	7	6	5
47		Finance	Professional Development	11	13	14
48		Finance	Risk Management	5	6	7	Principles of Finance (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Accounting Applications Series, Business Finance Series (Tier 2; based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Accounting Applications Series (Tier 3; based on Career Pathway Pg. 27)
49		Finance	Strategic Management	1	0	0	Accounting Applications Series, Business Finance Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Financial Consulting, Financial Services Team Decision Making (Tier 2; based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Business Finance Series (Tier 3; based on Career Pathway Pg. 33)
50							Financial Consulting, Financial Services Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)
51	Hospitality & Tourism Events	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Events Connection--Tier 1	Competitive Events Connection--Tier 2	Competitive Events Connection--Tier 3
52	Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Hotel & Lodging Management Series Quick Service Restaurant Managment Series Restaurant & Food Service Management Series Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making	Hospitality + Tourism	Business Law	3	3	3
53		Hospitality + Tourism	Communications	8	7	5
54		Hospitality + Tourism	Customer Relations	9	11	12
55		Hospitality + Tourism	Economics	8	6	6
56		Hospitality + Tourism	Emotional Intelligence	12	10	9
57		Hospitality + Tourism	Entrepreneurship	1	0	0
58		Hospitality + Tourism	Financial Analysis	9	8	8
59		Hospitality + Tourism	Human Resources Management	2	3	2
60		Hospitality + Tourism	Information Management	14	15	15
61		Hospitality + Tourism	Market Planning	1	1	1
62		Hospitality + Tourism	Marketing	1	2	2
63		Hospitality + Tourism	Operations	13	13	14
64		Hospitality + Tourism	Pricing	1	1	1
65		Hospitality + Tourism	Product/Service Management	5	6	8	Principles of Hospitality & Tourism (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Hotel & Lodging Management Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 42)
66		Hospitality + Tourism	Professional Development	7	8	7	Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Quick Service Restaurant Management Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 49)
67		Hospitality + Tourism	Promotion	1	1	1	Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Hotel & Lodging Management Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Restaurant & Food Service Management Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 49)
68		Hospitality + Tourism	Quality Management	1	1	1	Hotel & Lodging Management Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Quick Service Restaurant Management Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
69		Hospitality + Tourism	Risk Management	1	1	1	Quick Service Restaurant Management Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Restaurant & Food Service Management Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
70		Hospitality + Tourism	Selling	2	3	4	Restaurant & Food Service Management Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
71		Hospitality + Tourism	Strategic Management	1	0	0	Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)
72	Marketing Events	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Events Connection--Tier 1	Competitive Events Connection--Tier 2	Competitive Events Connection--Tier 3
73	Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series Automotive Services Series Business Services Marketing Series Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making Food Marketing Series Integrated Markeing Campaign--Event Integrated Marketing Campaign--Product Integrated Marketing Campaign--Service Marketing Communication Series Marketing Management Team Decision Making Professional Selling Retail Merchandising Series Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series Sports & Entertainment Markeing Team Decision Making	Marketing	Business Law	2	2	2
74		Marketing	Channel Management	4	5	6
75		Marketing	Communications	7	6	4
76		Marketing	Customer Relations	2	2	2
77		Marketing	Economics	8	6	5
78		Marketing	Emotional Intelligence	11	9	8
79		Marketing	Entrepreneurship	1	0	0
80		Marketing	Financial Analysis	7	6	5
81		Marketing	Human Resources Management	1	1	0
82		Marketing	Information Management	7	6	4
83		Marketing	Market Planning	3	4	4
84		Marketing	Marketing	1	1	1
85		Marketing	Marketing-Information Management	9	11	14
86		Marketing	Operations	7	6	5	Apparel & Accessories Management Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Apparel & Accessories Management Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Apparel & Accessories Management Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 47)
87		Marketing	Pricing	2	3	3	Automotive Services Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Automotive Services Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Automotive Services Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 39)
88		Marketing	Product/Service Management	9	11	13	Business Services Marketing Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Business Services Marketing Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Business Services Marketing Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 39)
89		Marketing	Professional Development	6	6	5	Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Food Marketing Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 39)
90		Marketing	Promotion	7	9	11	Food Marketing Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Food Marketing Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Marketing Communication Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 29)
91		Marketing	Selling	5	6	8	Integrated Marketing Campaign Event/Product/Service (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Integrated Marketing Campaign Event/Product/Service (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Retail Merchandising Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 47)
92		Marketing	Strategic Management	1	0	0	Marketing Communication Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Marketing Communication Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)	Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series (Tier 3 Based on Career Pathway Pg. 39)
93							Marketing Management Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Marketing Management Team Decision Making (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
94							Principles of Marketing (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Professional Selling (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
95							Professional Selling (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Retail Merchandising Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
96							Retail Merchandising Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
97							Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series (Tier 1 Pg. 4)	Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making (Tier 2 Based on Career Cluster Pg. 23)
98							Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making (Tier 1 Pg. 4)
99	Entrepreneurship Events	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Events Connection Entrepreneurship	Competitive Events Connection Tier 1 & 2
100	Entrepreneurship Series Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making	Entrepreneurship	Business Law	4	4	3
101		Entrepreneurship	Channel Management	3	3	3
102		Entrepreneurship	Communications	1	0	1
103		Entrepreneurship	Customer Relations	1	1	1
104		Entrepreneurship	Economics	3	3	2
105		Entrepreneurship	Emotional Intelligence	6	6	4
106		Entrepreneurship	Entrepreneurship	14	13	14
107		Entrepreneurship	Financial Analysis	10	9	11
108		Entrepreneurship	Human Resources Management	5	4	4		Notice that Entrepreneurship encompasses all of the career clusters in the framework of DECA Competitive Events. As such, students are expected to demonstrate their ability to recognize opportunities & to act on the, determine needs, identify markets, utilize marketing research, identify sources of capital and use management skills. These same expectations are applied to all of the Entrepreneurship events: Business Growth Plan, Entrepreneurship Promotion Project, Entrepreneurship Series, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making, Franchise Business Plan, Independent Business Plan, Innovation Plan, International Business Plan and Start-Up Business Plan.
109		Entrepreneurship	Information Management	4	3	2
110		Entrepreneurship	Market Planning	5	6	6
111		Entrepreneurship	Marketing	1	1	1
112		Entrepreneurship	Marketing-Information Management	2	3	2
113		Entrepreneurship	Operations	13	13	14
114		Entrepreneurship	Pricing	2	3	2
115		Entrepreneurship	Product/Service Management	4	4	4
116		Entrepreneurship	Professional Development	5	5	4
117		Entrepreneurship	Promotion	6	7	8
118		Entrepreneurship	Quality Management	1	1	1		Business Administration Core Pg. 2
119		Entrepreneurship	Risk Management	2	3	4		Business Management & Administration Core Pg. 13
120		Entrepreneurship	Selling	1	1	1	Entrepreneurship Series	Finance Core Pg. 15
121		Entrepreneurship	Strategic Management	7	7	8	Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making	Marketing Core Pg. 17
122	Personal Financial Literacy Events	Career Cluster	Instructional Area	District	CDC	ICDC	Competitive Event Connection--National Standards
123	Personal Financial Literacy	Financial Literacy	Credit and Debt	11	11	11
124		Financial Literacy	Employment and Income	19	19	19
125		Financial Literacy	Financial Decision Making	28	28	28
126		Financial Literacy	Investing	17	17	17
127		Financial Literacy	Risk Management and Insurance	10	10	10
128		Financial Literacy	Spending and Saving	15	15	15
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