Business

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES.
• Select and use appropriate writing aids and references.
• Prepare assignments that exhibit a clear understanding of the structure of English grammar, word usage, spelling, punctuation, and business vocabulary.
• Analyze and evaluate business documents.
• Produce documents that show an understanding of the essentials of the sentence as an aid to clear thinking and effective writing.
• Compose coherent, well-developed, unified paragraphs.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Assess Internet options in the search for relevant information.
• Examine the content of and proofread written assignments.
• SLO 3: EXPRESS IDEAS AND FACTS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY.
• Create, revise, and edit written sentences, paragraphs, and basic business documents (using a computer).

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE SKILLS AND COMPREHENSION IN BUSINESS MATHEMATICS (AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES).
• Use and derive formulas and equations in the solution of unknowns.
• Demonstrate skill in the business use of mathematics through a variety of applications.
• Develop accuracy, neatness, thoroughness, promptness, and speed as desirable work habits.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze thought problems pertaining to business mathematics and to solve them.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: Demonstrate the ability to develop an entrepreneurial idea into a viable business concept. This includes the ability to
• Determine the feasibility of a business idea.
• Assess the marketability and acceptability of a business idea by the prospective consumers.
• SLO 2: Demonstrate the skills to research the requirements of starting a small business. This includes the ability to
• Identify the legal, financial, and human resource needs for a new business.
• Understand how a business concept might be affected by the current and anticipated demographic, technological, and social climates.
• SLO 3: Demonstrate the skills to produce and develop a business plan for a new business venture. This includes the ability to
• Determine the essential elements of a business plan.
• Identify target markets and project start-up, monthly, and yearly costs.
• SLO 4: Demonstrate the ability to think critically, develop alternatives, and analyze solutions for a new business. This includes the ability to
• Anticipate how uncontrollable variables in the environment might affect the new business.
• Develop contingency plans to navigate through ambiguous situations.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO #1: Actively engage in intellectual inquiry beyond that required in order to pass a course of study (College Wide Learning Outcome – Area 4).
• Discuss and outline a proposal of study (that can be accomplished within one semester term) with a supervising instructor qualified within the discipline.
• Design an independent study (to be completed individually or by collaboration of a small group) to foster special knowledge, skills, and experience that are not available in any one regularly scheduled course.
• Use information resources to gather discipline-specific information.
• SLO #2: Utilize modes of analysis and critical thinking to apply theoretical perspectives and/or concepts in the major discipline of study to significant problems and/or educational activities (College Wide Learning Outcome – Area 3).
• Analyze and apply the knowledge, skills and experience that are involved in the independent study to theoretical perspectives and/or concepts in the major discipline of study.
• Explain the importance of the major discipline of study in the broader picture of society.
• SLO #3: Communicate a complex understanding of content matter of the major discipline of study (College Wide Outcome – Area 3).
• Demonstrate competence in the skills essential to mastery of the major discipline of study that are necessary to accomplish the independent study.
• SLO #4: Identify personal goals and pursue these goals effectively (College Wide Outcome – Area 4).
• Utilize skills from the “academic tool kit” including time management, study skills, etc., to accomplish the independent study within one semester term.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PERTAINING TO BUSINESS.
• This includes the ability to describe the economic, social, legal, and governmental environments and how they might affect business operations.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF BUSINESS.
• This includes the ability to identify and describe the functional units such as management, marketing, finance, accounting, and human resources in a typical business organization.
• SLO 3: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• This includes the ability to critically analyze business problems and utilize critical thinking to develop alternative solutions.
• SLO 4: APPLY COURSE CONCEPTS TO THE REAL WORLD OF BUSINESS.
• This includes the ability to connect business theories to practice and recognize the need to deal with ambiguous situations.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Compose and write effective letters and memorandums.
• Critique written documents for clarity and effectiveness in the message.
• Demonstrate appropriate business writing style, document appearance, grammar usage, and writing mechanics.
• Research and incorporate sources effectively and meaningfully in a formal business report (including graphics).
• SLO 2: EXPRESS IDEAS AND FACTS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY.
• Write, revise, and edit professional business documents.
• Create reports for business and other organizations.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO #1: DEMONSTRATE COMPREHENSION IN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES AND PLANNING, AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES OF THE SUBJECT AREA.
• Apply economic principles and concepts of individual economic planning.
• SLO #2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Analyze the changing economic environment.
• Describe the conceptual basis of various economic tools available to the individual as well as the terminology used in their development and implementation.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Analyze the conceptual basis of various economic tools available to the individual as well as the terminology used in their development and implementation.
• Evaluate economic needs and goals and design financial models to achieve them.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: EXAMINE AND DEMONSTRATE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO KEY DIVERSITY ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE.
• Define culture within the context of the United States workplace.
• Identify leadership skills and abilities that are effective in managing a multicultural workforce.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Analyze demographic trends in order to determine possible future directions in the United States workforce.
• Analyze how language, gender, race, ethnicity, and organizational culture interact to produce an organizational climate.
• Analyze the impact of cultural, historical, and stereotypical perspectives on the workplace.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: Demonstrate the ability to understand important legal principles, concepts, and terminology, and to explain how they affect the environment of business and societal interactions.
• Understand the state and federal court systems, jurisdiction, methods for alternative dispute resolution, and the operation of the court system process, including the role of the judge, jury, lawyers, and parties to the action. Show familiarity of the appellate process, types of motions, rulings, judgments and enforcement of judgments.
• Describe the Constitutional basis for state and federal government regulation of business.
• Distinguish between torts and crimes and describe the purpose of criminal and tort law, including an understanding of intentional torts, negligence, business torts, strict liability, product liability, and the arguments for and against tort reform.
• Understand the elements of a valid contract, when a promise becomes enforceable, contractual performance requirements, and the remedies available in the event of breach. Distinguish between contracts governed by the Uniform Commercial Code and those governed by the common law of contracts.
• Describe the concept of agency, including how agency relationships are formed, duties of the agent and principal, and the liability of the parties in contract and tort.
• Identify and describe the different business organizational structures available to an entrepreneur including sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. Understand the key differences, including liability, to owner/shareholders, tax considerations, ease of creation and capitalization requirements.
• SLO 2: Demonstrate the ability to think critically and analyze problems so as to be able to apply legal concepts to real and hypothetical business related legal issues.
• Analyze cases to identify issues and apply the appropriate legal rules to the fact patterns to reach defensible legal conclusions. Demonstrate the ability to utilize the internet and other media to research legal issues.
• SLO 3: Assess the relationship between ethics and law and understand the nature of law and its importance to our society.
• Explain the social, political and ethical implications of law and its application to actual and hypothetical business scenarios with an understanding of corporate social responsibility, stakeholder relationships, and ethical business practices and decision making.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES PERTAINING TO BUSINESS LAW.
• Develop an understanding of the law as an evolutionary, stabilizing, and reforming factor in human affairs with, however, certain limitations as an instrument of social control.
• Develop an understanding of the magnitude and vitality of the law and the ways in which history, economics, sociology, psychology, and technology have influenced and have been influenced by the law.
• Develop an understanding of the basic organization and operation of the American judicial system.
• Develop an understanding of the Anglo-American Common Law System; its historical origin; some of its fundamental concepts; and the complexities inherent in such a multifaceted institution.
• Develop an understanding of the nature and purpose of law in society.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Develop an understanding of the role of logic, critical analysis, imagination, and creativity in the study and application of the law and the legal process.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Analyze the impact of various legal requirements and government regulations as related operation of the small business.
• Apply principles of management and marketing relevant to the small business.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES PERTAINING TO SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
• Explain the importance of a business plan, a financial plan, and a marketing plan.
• SLO 3: EXPRESS IDEAS AND FACTS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY.
• Evaluate various financial reports.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: PRACTICE HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS IN ALL CONTACTS WITH EMPLOYERS, CLIENTS, CO-WORKERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC.
• Develop the leadership, team building, and entrepreneurship skills necessary to complete community based projects.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES.
• Identify the skills and tools that are needed for project management including project design, implementation, documentation and control.
• Compose and deliver presentations using computer software presentation programs and tools.
• SLO 3: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Organize resources and participate in regional and national competitions.
• SLO 4: EXPRESS IDEAS AND FACTS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY.
• Create a written business annual report.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO #1: Actively engage in intellectual inquiry beyond that required in order to pass a course of study (College Wide Learning Outcome – Area 4).
• Discuss and outline a proposal of study (that can be accomplished within one semester term) with a supervising instructor qualified within the discipline.
• Design an independent study (to be completed individually or by collaboration of a small group) to foster special knowledge, skills, and experience that are not available in any one regularly scheduled course.
• Use information resources to gather discipline-specific information.
• SLO #2: Utilize modes of analysis and critical thinking to apply theoretical perspectives and/or concepts in the major discipline of study to significant problems and/or educational activities (College Wide Learning Outcome – Area 3).
• Analyze and apply the knowledge, skills and experience that are involved in the independent study to theoretical perspectives and/or concepts in the major discipline of study.
• Explain the importance of the major discipline of study in the broader picture of society.
• SLO #3: Communicate a complex understanding of content matter of the major discipline of study (College Wide Outcome – Area 3).
• Demonstrate competence in the skills essential to mastery of the major discipline of study that are necessary to accomplish the independent study.
• SLO #4: Identify personal goals and pursue these goals effectively (College Wide Outcome – Area 4).
• Utilize skills from the “academic tool kit” including time management, study skills, etc., to accomplish the independent study within one semester term.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO #1 DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF PROFESSIONAL WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR IN A FIELD OF STUDY RELATED ONE’S CAREER.
• Understand the effects time, stress, and organizational management have on performance.
• Demonstrate an understanding of consistently practicing ethics and confidentiality in a workplace.
• Examine the career/life planning process and relate its relevance to the student.
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic communication tools and their appropriate use.
• Demonstrate an understanding of workplace etiquette.
• SLO #2 DESCRIBE THE CAREER/LIFE PLANNING PROCESS AND RELATE ITS RELEVANCY TO ONE'S CAREER.
• Link personal goals to long term achievement.
• Display an understanding of creating a professional first impression.
• Understand how networking is a powerful job search tool.
• Understand necessary elements of a résumé.
• Understand the importance of interview preparation.
• Identify how continual learning increases career success.
• SLO #3 DEMONSTRATE APPLICATION OF INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AS WRITTEN IN LEARNING OBJECTIVES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYER WORK SITE SUPERVISOR.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE A NUMERIC KEYPAD BY TOUCH.
• Develop speed and accuracy on timed tests at a rate of at least 6,000 keystrokes per hour with 98% accuracy on all timings.
• Use a numeric keypad to accurately add, subtract, multiply and divide problems with whole numbers and decimals.
• Apply techniques of 10-key operation to job-related tasks.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: PRACTICE HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS IN ALL CONTACTS WITH EMPLOYERS, CLIENTS, CO-WORKERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the changing workplace, the work-site team and environment, and ethical behavior.
• Demonstrate independent initiative and carry out oral and written instructions; correctly prioritize work responsibilities; and use wise judgment and discretion without continuous review.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES.
• Demonstrate administrative support skills pertaining to mail, meeting and conference planning, travel arrangements, and financial assistance.
• Demonstrate knowledge of computer applications and electronic technology.
• SLO 3: EXPRESS IDEAS AND FACTS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY.
• Compose and key business documents.
• SLO 4: PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN THE WORKPLACE.
• Exhibit a professional, business-like manner.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE OFFICE AND COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPREHENSION IN THE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES.
• Use various methods to send office correspondence.
• Apply telephone techniques and use voice mail.
• Use e-mail to send and receive messages and to attach documents.
• Use fax machines, copiers, and other office equipment.
• Describe a typical practical experience in a typical office situation.
• Create, format, and edit various office documents using word processing, spreadsheet and database programs.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES.
• Demonstrate alphabetic-, numeric-, and symbol-key skill using features of a current office-level word processing program.
• Key 30 or more words a minute with three or fewer errors on a three-minute timed writing.
• Demonstrate an understanding of computer-keyboard equipment and technical information.
• Interpret and apply oral and written instructions.
• Describe the ergonomics required to use the keyboard properly and apply proper techniques to develop computer-keyboard skill.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS.
• Describe the main functions you would need to use as a professional in a workplace setting.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: EXPRESS IDEAS AND FACTS CLEARLY AND COMPLETELY.
• Explain basic document-format concepts.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE SKILL AND COMPREHENSION IN RESPECTIVE SUBJECT AREAS AS INDICATED BY COURSE OUTCOMES.
• Set up multiple-column tables (with main, secondary, and column headings; total columns; and source notes).
• Produce a report with side headings, references, and a title page.
• Demonstrate the ability to collaboratively work as a productive member of a team (simulation project).
• Demonstrate the ability to function as a professional in a workplace setting.
• Demonstrate an understanding of computer-keyboard equipment, technical concepts, and proper use of a current office-level word processing program.
• Demonstrate the ability to format and produce a one-page business letter, a personal-business letter, a memorandum, and envelopes.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE COMPUTER-KEYBOARDING SKILLS
• Assess speed and accuracy on 2- and 5-minute timed writing.
• Improve speed and accuracy through individually prescribed drills.
• Demonstrate an accuracy rate of 0-2 errors on a 2-minute timed writing.
• Demonstrate an accuracy rate of 0-5 errors on a 5-minute timed writing.
• Demonstrate increased keyboarding speed of 4-10+ words a minute on a 2-minute timed writing.
• Demonstrate increased keyboarding speed of 4-10+ words a minute on a 5-minute timed writing.
• SLO 2: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY AND ANALYZE PROBLEMS
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret and apply oral and written directions.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE BEST PRACTICES FOR OFFICE PROCEDURES AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
• Describe how business technology, hardware, operating systems, and application software is used in business.
• SLO 2: SOLVE BUSINESS PROBLEMS INVOLVING DECISION-MAKING AND CRITICAL THINKING
• Demonstrate use of communication and office skills to support business.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• SLO 1: DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE COMPUTER-KEYBOARDING SKILLS
• Apply ergonomic principles required to maintain posture, hand positions, and avoid eyestrain.
• Demonstrate the ability to type at least 24 words per minute with no more than three errors on a three-minute timed test.
• Demonstrate proficiency on a numeric keypad by touch at a rate of 8,000+ or more keystrokes an hour with 98 percent accuracy.