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SYLLABUS Small Business
Management/Entrepreneurship
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Term: Fall
2005; August 29, 2005 December 8, 2005
Instructor: Daniel Lowery, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Office: Room
513
Office
Hours: Monday and Thursday 8:00 10:30 or by Appointment
Instructors
Background: Education: B.S.,
M.S.B.A.,
Ph.D.,
Professional: Executive Director,
Management
Consultant
Various
Management Positions, Social Security Administration
Course Time: Monday and Thursday 12:10 p.m. 1:40 p.m.
Course Description: This course deals with the organization and
management of a small business. The
topics covered include entrepreneurship, financing, marketing, site planning,
accounting, human resources, and the development of business plans.
Prerequisites: BUS 220, Management Thought, Principles and Practice
Learning
Outcomes/
Competencies: Students
successfully completing this course will:
§
Understand
the nature of small businesses and the roles they play in the American economy
and in society;
§
Understand
how to plan and organize a broad range of activities pertinent to small
businesses;
§
Be
able to develop a business plan;
§
Understand
how the marketing concept applies to small businesses;
§
Understand
how to organize and manage a small business;
§
Understand
key challenges involved in operating a small business;
§
Understand
the importance of financial planning and control;
§
Be
able to apply tools that can better ensure the financial viability of small
businesses; and
§
Understand
the importance of ethics as they pertain to all aspects of small business
management.
Textbooks: Small Business Management, 5th Edition, Leon C. Megginson,
Mary Jane Byrd, and William L. Megginson, McGraw-Hill
Irwin, 2006
Learning
Strategies: The course will be organized around lectures drawn from the text, a
select set of guest lectures, and the development of a business plan as part of
a service-learning exercise.
Assessment: Midterm Examination 30%
of grade
Final Examination 30% of
grade
Quizzes 10%
of grade
Business Plan Development 20%
of grade
Class Participation 10% of
grade
Class Policy
for
Assignments: The two examinations will not be cumulative in nature.
Quizzes are
designed primarily to help students prepare for examinations.
Quizzes may not be made up;
however, the lowest two scores will be dropped.
Grading Scale:
A: 92
100 C: 72
77
A-: 90
91 C-:
70 71
B+: 88
89 D+:
68 69
B: 82
87 D: 62 67
B-: 80
81 D-: 60 61
C+: 78
79 F: 59 and below
Class Policy on
Attendance: Because this course is designed around lectures that contain supplemental
information, attendance is critical. At
the same time, emergencies do occur.
Students are expected to miss no more than four classes in total. Additionally, no more than one class
featuring a guest speaker can be missed.
Class Policy on
Electronic
Devices: All cell
phones, beeper, pagers, etc. should be turned off and stored out of
sight during class.
Course Outline:
Monday, August 29, 2005 Introduction
to Class
Thursday, September 1, 2005 Chapter
1, Starting Your Small Business; Chapter
2, Family-Owned Business
Monday,
September 5, 2005 No
Class
Thursday,
September 8. 2005 Chapter
3, Forms of Ownership of Small Business; Chapter
4, Becoming the Owner of a Small Business
Monday,
September 12, 2005 Guest
Speaker
Thursday,
September 15, 2005 Chapter
5, Planning, Organizing, and Managing a
Small Business
Monday,
September 19, 2005 Chapter
6, How to Obtain the Right Financing for
Your Business
Thursday,
September 22, 2005 Chapter
7, Developing Marketing Strategies
Monday,
September 26, 2005 Chapter
8, Promoting and Distributing
Thursday,
September 29, 2005 Guest
Speaker
Monday,
October 3, 2005 Guest
Speaker
Thursday,
October 6. 2005 Chapter
9, How to Maintain and Manage Human
Resources and Diversity in Small Companies; Chapter 10, How to Maintain Relationships with Your
Employees and Their Representatives
Monday,
October 10, 2005 Prep Session for Midterm
Examination
Thursday,
October 13, 2005 Midterm
Examination
Monday,
October 17, 2005 Introduction to
Service-Learning; Guest Speaker
Thursday,
October 20, 2005 Initial
Meeting with Service-Learning Clients
Monday,
October 24, 2005 Chapter
11, Obtaining and Laying Out Operating
Facilities
Thursday,
October 27, 2005 Chapter
12, Purchasing, Inventory, and Quality
Control
Monday,
October 31, 2005 Guest
Speaker
Thursday,
November 3, 2005 Second
Meeting with Service-Learning Clients
Monday,
November 7, 2005 Chapter
13, Profit Management
Thursday,
November 10. 2005 Chapter
14, Budgeting and Controlling Operations
and Taxes
Monday,
November 14, 2005 Chapter 15, Using Computer Technology in Small Businesses
Thursday,
November 17, 2005 Chapter
16, Risk Management, Insurance, and Crime
Prevention
Monday,
November 21, 2005 Chapter
17, Maintaining Good Government Relations
and Business Ethics
Thursday,
November 24, 2005 No
Class
Monday,
November 28, 2005 Guest
Speaker
Thursday,
December 1, 2005 Prep
Session for Final Examination
Monday,
December 5, 2005 Final
Meeting with Service-Learning Clients
Thursday,
December 8, 2005 Final
Examination
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