Small Business Management – Entrepreneurship Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

BUSG-2309-001 Small Business Management – Entrepreneurship

Prerequisites

Course Description

A course in how to start and operate a small business. Topics include facts about a small business, essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan, financial needs, marketing strategies and legal issues.

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Department Expectations

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Launching New Ventures, An Entrepreneurial Approach, Kathleen R. Allen, 6^th Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company.

ISBN# 9780538481793

Supplies

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1. Textbook
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2. Pen and paper for note taking
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3. Pencil, yellow highlighter (if you want to highlight areas of importance)
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4. 4 Scantron Answer Sheets 
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5. Access to computer and printer for homework assigne

   Student Performance

   Course Learning Outcomes:

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   1. The student will describe important issues about small businesses and the entrepreneurial process.  SCANS* Information C5-C7; Thinking Skills F7, F9, F12
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   2. Student will discuss and identify essential management skills required of a successful entrepreneur, including the comparison of the traditional entrepreneurial personality with the traditional managerial personality.  SCANS* Resources C1-C4; Information C5-C8; Thinking Skills F7-F12; Interpersonal C9-C14
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   3. Student will list the basic steps involved in preparing a business plan including:
      \ a.  Analyzing the Industry and the Market
      \ b.  Analyzing the Product/Service
      \ c.  Protecting Intellectual Property
      \ d.  Building a Founding Team
      \ e.  Calculating start-up capital requirements
      \      SCANS* Information C5-C8; Systems C15-C17 Resources C1-C4
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   4. Student will identify and discuss the five stages of growth of a business and discuss the concept of harvesting@. SCANS* Information C5-C8; Thinking Skills F7-F12
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   *Meets Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)

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   Information:  Acquires and uses information.

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   Interpersonal:  Works with others, serves clients, exercises leadership.

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   Systems:  Understands complex interrelationships.  (evaluates, monitors, improves social organizational and technological systems)

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   Thinking Skills:  Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn and reason.

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   Resources:  Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources (time, money, materials, facilities and human resources)

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   Students Rights and Responsibilities

   Student Rights and Responsibilities

   Log in using the AC Connect Portal

   In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

   If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

   Expected Student Behavior

   CLASSROOM GROUND RULES:

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   Be on time and prepared for classroom discussion. No food or drink in computer classrooms. Cell phones and pagers must be in silent mode while class is in session. NO TEXTING DURING CLASS. NO IPODS.  NO CELL PHONES.

   Grading Criteria

   GRADING SCALE:
   90-100%	A Excellent
   80-90%	B Above Average, Very Good
   70-80%	C Average, Good
   60-70%	D Poor, but passing
   Below 60%	F Failing

    

   Instructor reserves the right to subjectively influence the final grade relative to class attendance, participation and attitude.

   Weighted Total:

   25% Assignments and attendance

   25% Project

   20% Discussion Boards

   15% Peer Evaluation

   15% Exams               

   100% Total Grade

   ASSIGNMENTS:

   Weekly assignments MUST be typed and submitted into Blackboard.  Assignments are due by the beginning of the next class.  Late assignments will be docked 10% per day and will not be taken past June 19th. 

   Technical support and assistance to log on to the course:
   AC Connect / Blackboard Support Information
   For telephone support, call AskACat 371-5000.
   For hands-on technical support, visit the Student Help Center.
   Also see the AC Connect Student Resources online help.

   EXAMINATIONS:

    Examinations will consist of essay, true-false, multiple choice, matching or short answer questions. Final Examination will be comprehensive. Should  an emergency arise, contact the instructor in ADVANCE before via phone, e-mail or text.  If contact is NOT MADE BEFORE class, a 0 will be given for that test grade.  Tests taken more than a week from the original test date will result in docked or a zero grade.  There are no make-up exams.    Only one exam will be allowed to be missed.

   WITHDRAWAL POLICY: 

   It is the responsibility of the student to initiate drop or withdrawal procedures through the Registrar’s office. Students who stop attending class but do not officially drop or withdraw from this course will receive a grade of F if their average falls below a 60.   PLEASE communicate with the instructor BEFORE the class is dropped to discuss options!  Once the class is dropped, all grade records are deleted in Blackboard and can not be accessed again. 

   June 6th is the last date to withdraw.

   Accessing Grades Online:

   To view your current course grades:

   • Go to www.actx.edu, click on AC Connect and log in using your ACNetID and password
   • Click on BUSG-2309.
   • Click on My Grades on the menu to the left.

   To view your Final course grades:

   • Go to www.actx.edu, click on AC Connect and log in using your ACNetID and password
   • Scroll down to Self Service on bottom right of the page, and click on Current Student.
   • Under current student, click on Academic Profile and click on Grades.

   Be aware that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended) does not permit instructors to disclose information regarding grades over the phone, via email, or to a third party. Therefore, if you need to discuss your grades, you must do so in person.

    

   Attendance

   ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled class meetings.  Should you miss a class, it is your responsibility to determine what you have missed and take appropriate actions. Please obtain the names and phone numbers of at least two of your fellow classmates and contact them about anything you have missed.

   WITHDRAWAL POLICY: It is the responsibility of the student to initiate drop or withdrawal procedures through the Registrar’s office. Students who stop attending class but do not officially drop or withdraw from this course will receive a letter grade at the end of the semester.

   June 6th is the last date to withdraw.

   EXAMINATIONS: Examinations will consist of essay, true-false, multiple choice, matching or short answer questions. Final Examination will be comprehensive. Should  an emergency arise, contact the instructor in ADVANCE before the test via phone, e-mail or text.  Tests taken more than a week from the original test date will result in docked or a zero grade.  There are no make-up exams.    Only one make up exam will be allowed to be missed.

   Calendar

   BUSG 2309 Small Business Management – Entrepreneurship
   Spring 2014

   Instructor reserves the right to modify this schedule as needed during the semester.

   WEEK		ASSIGNMENT	TESTS
   Night 1	May 30	Chp. 1 Understanding Entrepreneurship
   Day 2	May 31	Chp. 2 Preparing for the Entrepreneurship Journey
   Day 3	June 1	Chp. 3 Recognizing and Shaping an Opportunity	Chp. 1, 2
   Night 4	June 6	Chp. 4 Developing and Testing a Business Model	Chp. 3
   Day 5	June 7	Chp. 4 Continued Chp. 5 Analyzing the Industry and the Market
   Day 6	June 8	Chp. 6 Analyzing Product/Service Design and Protection Chp. 7 Building the Founding Team	Chp. 4, 5
   Night 7	June 13	Chp. 8 Calculating Startup Capital Requirements	Chp. 6, 7
   Day 8	June 14	Chp. 9 Proof of Concept:  An New Approach to Business Plans
   Day 9	June 15	Chp. 9 The Full  Business Plan:  Strategy and Structure	Chp. 8, 9

    

    

    

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