22 June 2009
Small Business Management, Northern Virginia Community College Syllabus
Syllabus
BUS 165 SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
John Wesley Yoest, Jr. (Jack)
Adjunct Professor of Management
Business Technologies Division
Summer 2009, (Second) Six Week — Second, June 30 to August 10, 2009
12 class sessions
BUS 165-060A Tuesday/Thursday 600P – 920P
Bisdorf Building, Class room number 454
Main Campus:
Northern Virginia Community College
3001 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
NVCC phone: 703 845-6200
Fax: 703-845-6009
Jack@Yoest.org
or,
JYoest@NVCC.edu
Cell: 202.215.2434
Education:
M.B.A., George Mason University
B.S., Old Dominion University
Course Work, Oxford University
1) Course Objective:
Prerequisites: Each student must be able to
1) Read and write English fluently, and
2) Have the desire to manage an organization
The course will enable students to acquire knowledge concerning the basic principles and practice of management — including the ability to problem solve, plan, organize, reason, and communicate, lead, control and influence.
This course will give the student basic critical thinking skills and an understanding of starting and running a small business.
If you successfully complete this course, then you will be able to:
• Understand the principal reasons for failure and success of small business firms.
• Understand the role of entrepreneur.
• Plan to start a new business, buy a going concern, or acquire a franchise.
• Finance, organize, and staff a small business.
• Locate and layout the business.
• Market a product or service.
• Control the business.
• Develop a business plan.
The textbook must be purchased: Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, by Thomas W. Zimmerer and Norman M. Scarborough; Prentice-Hall, 2008, Fifth Edition.
2) Academic Requirements:
ASSIGNMENTS:
Homework: There will be reading assignments from the text for every class.
Find a friend. Exchange contact information with at least one class member to keep current on any missed classes. Your Business Professor is not the primary contact.
Establish a domain name. It is strongly recommended to reserve and claim your name, for example: www.yoest.com, www.yoest.org.
Quizzes: There will be a short quiz in the first ten minutes of every class period. Questions may be true/false, very short answer, or fill-in-the-blank.
Tests: NONE. There is no Final Exam, however, we will have a regular class during exam week.
Business Plan: Each student will create, present and turn in a Business Plan.
Small Business in the News: The student will make five presentations of news articles concerning small business or a profile of an entrepreneur.
Class Participation: This will be a subjective measure at the discretion of the instructor. Even with the grade structure following, class participation and preparedness are important — they could make the difference in a borderline grade.
Quizzes: Nine @ two points each; 18 points total
Small Business in the News: Five @ 10 points each; 50 points total
Class Participation: 5 points
Exchange contact info: One point
Claim Domain Name: One point
Business Plan: 25 points
Total = 100 percent
Structure for Small Business in the News:
Each student will be required to give a brief oral presentation on a current news article, found on the Internet.
This presentation should be organized:
1) Provide the source of the article.
2) Deliver a brief overview of the topic, and, most important,
3) Your opinion/reaction to the article.
At the conclusion of the presentation you will turn in a print-out of the article, being sure to include the newspaper source, date, and website.
Current Event grading scale:
1 — Choice of article
2 — Follow Directions
2 — Organization
2 — Overview/Reaction/Opinion
2 — Presentation
1 — Turn In
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10 Total Points
Additional information and public speaking helps.
Course Grading System:
A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = 0-59
BUSiness 165 Course Outline
June 30 Introduction
July 2
1) The Foundations of Entrepreneurship
2) Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind
July 7
3) Designing a Business Model
Small Business in the News Presentation #1
July 9
4) Crafting a Winning Business Plan
5) Forms of Business Ownership
6) Franchising
July 14
7) Buying an Existing Business
Small Business in the News Presentation #2
July 16
Marketing Plans
July 21
9) E-Commerce
Small Business in the News Presentation #3
July 28
10) Pricing
11) Financial Plans
July 30
12) Cash Flow
Small Business in the News Presentation #4
August 4
13) Sources of Financing
14) Business Location
August 6
15) Global Entrepreneurship
Small Business in the News Presentation #5
16) Building a Team
3) Attendance:
Regular attendance of this course is expected. Failure to do so could have an adverse effect on the student’s course grade. Any class material and assignments missed are the student’s responsibility.
It is a requirement that the student exchange names and phone numbers with a classmate. Excessive absences, as defined in the college catalog, could result in the student receiving the grade ‘F’ for the course.
Testing and Grading:
Attendance at scheduled presentations is mandatory. No make-ups will be given without advance permission from Your Business Professor. This advance permission will be granted only under highly unusual circumstances, which in the opinion of this instructor warrants such action.
Normally this instructor will assign only the grades of A, B, C, D, or F. Special grades such as W, I, and R will be assigned only in those circumstances prescribed in the college catalog. The grade of X (audit) must be initiated by the student and will be assigned only when the student has attended class regularly. Failure to do so will result in the instructor issuing the grade of ‘F’.
The Successful Student will devote two hours of class preparation for each hour of class room instruction.
The student will be asked to grade the effectiveness of the Professor’s Quizzes.
Withdrawals:
Any student may withdraw from this course without academic penalty within the first 60% of the session. Initiation of the withdrawal is the student’s responsibility and the grade of ‘W’ will be awarded. The last day for withdrawal, without academic penalty, for this semester/session is _______________. Beyond this date dropping a course or failure to attend will result in the grade of ‘F’ except under mitigating circumstances. Documentation of these circumstances is required AND a grade of ‘W’ implies that the student was making satisfactory progress (passing) in the course at the time of the withdrawal.
If a student misses the first two weeks of class s/he will be dropped from the class.
Special Needs and Accommodations:
Please address with the instructor any special problems or needs at the beginning of the semester/session. If the student is seeking accommodations based on disability, you should provide a disability data sheet, which can be obtained from the Counselor for Special Needs.
Cheating:
The following will be considered cheating in this course:
1. The giving or receiving of aid on any graded assignments or test without specific permission of this instructor.
2. The use of any material on a graded assignment or test other than those authorized by this instructor.
3. Talking or discussion of any kind during a graded test without specific permission of this instructor.
4) Notes and suggestions and hints:
Last Day for Schedule Adjustments with Tuition Refund is ____________.
Last Day to Withdraw Without Grade Penalty or Change to Audit is _________.
Attendance will be taken at each class.
Check the course catalog first for questions.
Be sure to log onto Blackboard to follow assignments and current grade.
Expect to be asked to contribute to each class session.
Do not text-message during class.
When Your Business Professor says “Tomorrow” he means the next class meeting — not the next day.
It is normal and customary to wait for any late Professor for 20 minutes.
Draft Your Own Reference Letter.
Refer your friends to take this business class.
Canceled Classes: If class is canceled FOR ANY REASON, you are still responsible for the material due. The quiz on that material will be given at the next class, in addition to the regularly scheduled quiz. Campus classes are closed by division, day or evening. Sometimes day classes will meet and evening classes will be canceled or vice versa. The evening division starts with 4:30 p.m. classes.
Other Business Division courses:
ACC 211 Accounting
BUS 165 Small Business Management
AST 107 Editing and Proofreading
BUS 200 Principles of Management
AST 236 Software Applications or IST 117
BUS 241-1 Business Law I and II
BUS 280 International Business
BUS 100 Introduction to Business
FIN 215 Financial Management
BUS 125 Applied Business Math
ITE 115 Intro to Computer Applications and Concepts
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