Faculty Syllabus

Small Business Management - BUSG 2309

Small Business Management is a course on how to start and operate a small business. Topics include facts about small business, essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan, financial needs, marketing strategies, and legal issues.

This is a comprehensive examination of establishing and operating a small business in today’s dynamic business environment.  This course covers such topics as risk taking and entrepreneurship, forms of ownership, planning, organizing and managing, feasibility analysis, financing, human resources management, ethics, international business, governmental regulation and taxation, franchising, starting or buying a small business and other relevant subject areas.

Course Objective 

The primary objective of this course is to inform the student of the nature and importance of small business in our society. We also wish to enlighten the student as to opportunities and risks inherent in small businesses. This course will provide a student with the following: 

• Small business management strategies
• essential management skills
• how to prepare a business plan
• financial needs and access to resources – information – general and financial  
• marketing strategies
• legal issues.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY:

Instruction is in a traditional classroom or virtual setting using textbook and multi-media presentation. Instructor will use textbook, concept explanations, current events information, and use of personal experiences that are relevant to starting a Small Business.

Textbook: Entrepreneurship – Starting and Operating a Small Business 5th Edition, Steve Mariotti, Caroline Glackin - 5th edition

ISBN: 9780135210529

Small Business Management - BUSG 2309

Small Business Management is a course on how to start and operate a small business. Topics include facts about small business, essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan, financial needs, marketing strategies, and legal issues.

This is a comprehensive examination of establishing and operating a small business in today’s dynamic business environment.  This course covers such topics as risk taking and entrepreneurship, forms of ownership, planning, organizing and managing, feasibility analysis, financing, human resources management, ethics, international business, governmental regulation and taxation, franchising, starting or buying a small business and other relevant subject areas.

Course Objective 

The primary objective of this course is to inform the student of the nature and importance of small business in our society. We also wish to enlighten the student as to opportunities and risks inherent in small businesses. This course will provide a student with the following: 

• Small business management strategies
• essential management skills
• how to prepare a business plan
• financial needs and access to resources – information – general and financial  
• marketing strategies
• legal issues.

Grading: 

3 exams based on points.  Exam 1 = 130, Exam 2 = 130, Exam 3 = 130.    Orientation Quiz = 10, Business Plan = 100.  Total points 500.

The last exam is not comprehensive.  Grading Scale: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-69=D, and below 60=F.