Introduction to Business

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code:

BUS 105

Instructor:     

James C. Henderson

E-mail: jameshenderson@forrestcollege.edu

Phone: (864) 225-7653

Course Schedule:

This course meets on Mondays and Wednesdays in room 103 from 8:30 am to 10:00 am starting June 30, 2008 to September 13, 2008.

Credit Hours:

4.5 Credit hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements

Text:

Ebert & Griffin, Business Essentials.

Course Description:

This course is an overview of basic business practices in both the profit and non-profit sectors.  Ethics, quality, productivity, finance, and other business functions will be emphasized in a case study format.

Course Objectives:

After completion of this course, students will be able to understand and discuss:

  • The business environment
  • Organizing the business
  • Operations, Management, and Quality
  • The role of accountants and accounting information
  • Money and banking
  • Financial risk and risk management
  • The legal context of business
  • Managing personal finances

Prerequisite:

None, however, some basic computer skills will be helpful

Course Outline

NOTE:  Home work will be assigned on a class-by-class basis.

Chapter 1: The Contemporary Business World

Chapter 2: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship, New Ventures, and Business Ownership

Chapter 4: The Global Context of Business

Chapter 5: Business Management

Chapter 6: Organizing the Business

Chapter 7: Operations Management

Chapter 8: Employee Behavior and Motivation

Chapter 9: Leadership and Decision Making

Chapter 10: Human Resource Management and Labor Relations

Chapter 11: Marketing Process and Consumer Behavior

Chapter 12: Pricing, Distributing, and Promoting Products

Chapter 13: Information Technology for Business

Chapter 14: The Role of Accountants and Accounting Information

Chapter 15: Money and Banking

Chapter 16: Securities and Investing

Instruction Method:

Class work will involve lecture, discussion, and case studies.

Grading:

Unit Test ......................................................................................................... 40%

Project ........................................................................................................... 25%

Homework ..................................................................................................... 20%

Participation ................................................................................................... 15%

Total ............................................................................................................. 100%

 

*Missed tests:  If you miss a test, you must schedule to take the test within one week of having missed it or you will not be eligible to take the test at all. Quizzes can only be made up if you advise the instructor before class time that you will be absent.

 

Grading Scale:            A          =          90-100

                                    B          =          80-89

                                    C         =          70-79

                                    D         =          60-69

                                    F          =          Below 60

Attendance:

Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class.  You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about.  You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail.  Let your instructor and members of your group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class, or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc.  As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance.  You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 10% of your grade.  You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates.  You must be in attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates.

Make-up work:

Make-up tests will be given at the discretion of the instructor, following the presentation of a valid excuse.  If the instructor determines that a make-up test is not warranted, a zero (0) will be given for that test.  Failure to take a scheduled make-up test will result in a zero (0) being given for that test

Academic Dishonesty

Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension /expulsion from the college.

Resources

The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN).

Changes

In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.