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1. Compare the industrial age security norms with the information/
knowledge age boom and burst cycles.
2. Explain the significant differences between the industrial age and
the information/knowledge age that have a major impact on your
economic survival.
3. During these transitional times, analyze how each of the employment/
working options can be maximized to support your lifestyle.
4. With the myriad of employment options during this knowledge/
information age, explain how you will remain flexible during your
working years.
5. List various forms of compensation.
6. Identify how each can be maximized and what adjustments need to be
made in order to support your lifestyle.
7. As an individual member of this global society, explain how the
economy in other major parts of the world affects your being able to
support your lifestyle.
8. Outline steps necessary to develop a strategic plan to be
self-sufficient in these unsettling times.
9. List the various aspects of income, credit, savings, and investments.
10. Use an electronic calculator and/or spreadsheet program to
examine and compare income, credit, savings and investments and
their interrelationships matched against spending to ensure
a sound financial future.
11. Long-term financial planning is critical. Use an electronic
calculator and/or spreadsheet program to examine and compare
all sources of potential income identifying how they interrelate
and support your long-term goals.
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1. Survival Issues
A. Where you currently are
B. Non-stop change
C. Your transformation
D. Fringe benefits
2. Employment Options
A. Working for others
B. Self-employment
C. Home-based businesses
3. Employment/Worker Opportunities
A. Full-time--core employees
B. Part-time
C. Temporary
D. Permanent
E. You and Company
F. Contracting
4. Forms of Compensation
A. Salary
B. Hourly
C. Overtime
D. Bonus
E. Contract
5. Relationship to the Whole
A. You and your family's needs--lifestyle
B. U.S. economy
C. Global economy
6. Implications of Individual Responsiblity
A. Self-sufficiency
B. Control of future through strategic planning
7. Understanding Financial Resources
A. Income
B. Credit
C. Savings
D. Investments
8. Specific Choices and their Interrelationships
A. Work choices as basis for income
B. Spending decisions as related to income
C. Savings to meet high-cost plans
D. Investments to support lifestyle after working years
9. Lifetime Financial Planning
A. Social security
B. Individual retirement plans
C. Investment options
D. Insurance
E. Professional planning assistance
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