Small Business Management – Entrepreneurship Syllabus for 2017-2018
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Course

BUSG-2309-002 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.

Student ResourcesStudent Resources Website

Department Expectations

Occupational License Disclaimer

Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:

Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact your advisor, the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.

Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Online Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

 

 

Small Business Management 17^th ed, Longenecker, Petty Palich, Hoy

ISBN: 978-1-133-94775-2

Supplies

Student Performance

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. The student will describe important issues about small businesses and the entrepreneurial process.  SCANS* Information C5-C7; Thinking Skills F7, F9, F12
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
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
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

*Meets Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)

Information:  Acquires and uses information.

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

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

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

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

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

Grading Criteria

GRADING SCALE:

            90 - 100%         =          A          Excellent

            80 -   89%         =          B          Above Average, Very Good

            70 -   79%         =          C          Average, Good

            60 -   69%         =          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

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 Mondays at 11:30 p.m.
  • It is recommended to submit homework by 11:00 p.m. for successful submission.
• Late assignments are not accepted.
  • Extenuating circumstances will be considered, if communicated BEFORE the due date, with a proven track record of on-time assignments.
• ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL.
• Extra credit is not available.

EXAMINATIONS/QUIZZES:

• Examinations/Quizzes will consist of essay, true-false, multiple choice, matching or short answer questions.
• Final Examination will be comprehensive. 
• Should you have an emergency, contact me in ADVANCE before 11:30 p.m.
  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/quizzes. 

WITHDRAWAL POLICY: 

• PLEASE communicate with the instructor to discuss options before considering dropping the class
• It is the responsibility of the student to initiate drop or withdrawal procedures through Instructor of the course.
• A student wanting to drop a class must set up an office visit or a phone call with the instructor in order to drop the class.
• Students that do not attend class on or before the census date will automatically dropped from the course.
• 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.
• Once the class is dropped, all grade records are deleted in Blackboard and can not be accessed again.

***If after two weeks of coursework, a student’s grade is under a 70, an academic retention alert will be sent to advisor and financial aid department.

December 6th 2017, is the last day 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.

Final grade will be determined from the weighted total of all grades.  Instructor reserves the right to subjectively influence the final grade relative to class attendance, participation and attitude.

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

Calendar

Additional Information

October 23	First Day – Fall II 2017
October 30	Census Day (Second 8-Week Online Classes)
November 6	Spring 2018 Registration Begins
November 22-26 December 06 December 11-15 December 16 - January 1, 2018	Thanksgiving Holiday (Campus Closed) Last Day to Withdraw (Second 8-Week Classes) Finals Christmas Break