Foundations Of Business Course Outline

This course, designed to provide a fundamental understanding of business management, will cover managing, marketing, financing and communicating within a business environment. Skills taught will include communication, problem solving and decision-making, economics, ethics, financials, and basic marketing principles. Students will experience applications supporting the Florida Math Standards. Foundations of Business Elective Course Assignments are individual and project based and will provide a solid foundation for future coursework.

1- Introduction

Introduction
Course Description
Course Links
MLA Formatting Word 2007
MLA Documentation Updates
MLA Citation
MLA Incorporating Sources

2- Business Operations

Business Operations
Transformation
Production Management
Business in Our Economy
Resources
Goods and Services
Economic Choice
Supply and Demand
Organizational Structure
Line-And-Staff Structure
Centralization
Decentralization
Departmentalization
Management: Historical

3- Project 1 – Supply & Demand

Instructions
Essay: Project 1 – Supply & Demand

4- Business Organization

Scientific Management
Behavioral Management
Definition of Management
Planning
Organizing
Management Skills
Human and Computer
Management Thought
Contemporary Thought
Authority and Responsibility
Authority
Delegation
Management/Leadership Styles
Leadership Traits
Contingency Theory
Theory X and Theory Y
Managerial Grid
Transformational Leadership
Japanese Management Methods

5- Project 2 – Management

Management Skills
Assignment: Project 2 – Management

6- Marketing Goods and Services

Goods and Services
Supply and Demand
Equilibrium
Nonprice Determinants of Demand
Marketing and Business
Market Segmentation
Marketing Mix
Product
Pricing
Promotion
Place
Marketing Concept
Marketing Concept Definition
Social Responsibility
Code of Ethics
Social Responsibility
Social Responsiveness
International Trade
Political Environment
Cultural Environment
World Trade Organization

7- Project 3 – Market Process

Project 3 – Market Process
Assignment: Project – Market Process

8- Advertising

Advertising
Cooperative Advertising
Persuasive Advertising
Advertising Objectives
Advertising Budget
Selecting the Right Advertising
Advertising Evaluation

9- Project 4 – Advertising

Project 4 Instructions
Process
Assignment: Project 4 – Advertising

10- Consumers in the Economy

Consumer Behavior
Consumer Processing
Attitude Formation
External Factors
Cultural and Sub-Cultural
Decision Making Process
Consumer Rights
Consumer Product Safety Act

11- Project 5 – Consumer Behavior

Instructions
Assignment: Project 5 – Consumer Bahavior

12- Accounting & Financial Institutions

Deposit Taking
Investment and Risk Management
Historical Development
Legal and Regulatory Structure
Early American Finance
Finance in the 1800s
Role of Banks through 1920s
Securities and Exchange
Impact of Technology
Accounting
Professional Organizations
Securities Act of 1933
Changing Workforce
Accounting Cycle
Computerized Accounting System
Accounting Information Systems
AIS
Design
Implementation
Attestation

13- Money & Financial Institutions

Money
Functions of Money
Money Supply
The Fed
Decisions
Credit Cards
Debit Cards
Travel Cards
Personal Financial Planning
Financial Risk
Computers & Technology
Assignment: Financial Institutions Project

14- Stocks and Bonds

Stocks
Types of Stock
Preferred Stock
Advantages / Disadvantages
Bonds
Coupon
Government Bonds
Investing in Bonds
Market Risk
Capital Market
IPO
Venture Capital
Rose of SEC
Role of Federal Reserve
Markets Outside U.S.
Assignment: Show me the Money

15- Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship
Business Plan
Marketing Plan
Management Plan
Successful Entrepreneurs
Factors of Production
Labor
Capital
Franchising
Advantages and Disadvantages
Franchising Considerations
The Franchising Sector
Global Franchising
Cottage Industries
Home Employment Benefits
Resources
Assignment: Franchising Project

16- Human Resource Management

HR Management
Staffing
Compensation
Employee and Labor Relations
Human Resource Research
Employee Benefits
Expanded Benefits
Perks
Determinants of Compensation
Factors to Consider
Incentive Plans
Performance Based
EEO
Equal Pay Act

17- Information Processing

Historical Perspective
Herman Hollerith
ENIAC I
Fourth Generation
Cut/Copy/Paste
Linking Programs
Embedding Objects
Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Decision Support Systems
Computer Networks

18- Final Exam

Quiz: Final

19- Course Survey

Course Survey
Handout: Course Survey
Assignment: Course Survey

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