Mini Company
Mini Company, Get-up-and Go
Congratulations and well done to Damian Brazil, David Fogarty, Matthew Maloney and James Regan who took part in the Transition Year Mini Company Get up and Go Programme. They traveled to Dublin on Monday the 15th March with their teacher Ann Hardiman to take part in the Regional Finals. For their project they sourced and sold emergency mobile phone and I-pod chargers. 33 schools participated in the competition and the boys were one of six groups who were chosen to go forward to the National Finals to be held on Tuesday 4th May.
The “Mini Company – Get up & Go” programme is designed to promote an understanding and appreciation among Transition Year students of how business works and to promote the development of entrepreneurial skills and an overall interest in enterprise education in students.
The students and teacher becomes involved in setting up a company, including all the roles associated with running a business, selling shares, generating capital, offering a service or producing a product, operating the company, and at the year end winding up the company.
Students learn through group work, role play and team work and are introduced to the skills required of running a company in a modern economy. As part of the mini company programme, students also fill many of the key roles associated with running a business such as Managing Director, Sales and Marketing Manager, Finance Manager and Company Secretary. They hold “board meetings” and update the mini company team on the progress of the company. The programme endeavors to develop students’ social and personal, time management, and research and presentation skills.
We wish the team luck in the National Finals which will be held in Osprey Hotel in Naas on the 4th May 2010..
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