Course Syllabus

Course Description:

A survey in business providing a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization’s policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society.  Demonstrates how these influences impact the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership, human resource management, organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, financial practices; the stock and securities market; and therefore affect a business’ ability to achieve its organizational goals.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Compare and contrast the rolls, relationships and effects of small and large businesses on society and the environment.
• Assess local, national and global regulatory and competitive environments and develop operational strategies.
• Compare start-up and growth strategies for management of human, financial and operational resources.

Course Content:

Textbook:

Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!

Introduction to Business from OpenStax, ISBN-10: 1-947172-55-7

You have several options to obtain this book:

• View online
• Download a PDF

You can use whichever formats you want. Web view is recommended -- the responsive design works seamlessly on any device.

Important Notes:

• Any student needing accommodations should inform the instructor as soon as possible.
• Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will result in a failing grade on the assignment. Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. Please see the Crafton Hills College handbook for policies regarding plagiarism, harassment, etc.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

• Textbook readings and lecture presentations/notes
  • Read through each chapter weekly. The information given in the book will corollate directly with your quizzes and discussion forums.
• Course Requirements Checklist
  • After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the
    related checklist found in Modules/Getting Started by end of day Thursday of week 1. This will be worth 5 Points.
• Discussion Board Forums 
  • During the first week of class, the student is required to provide an introduction of themselves. This will be worth 40 points.
  • Each week the student is required to provide a thread of 150–300 words in response to the
    provided prompt for each discussion by Saturday end of day the week the assignment is due. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to at least 2 other classmates’ threads in at least 100 words each by the end of class week. The grading will be as follows: The initial response to the chosen question will be scored up to 75 points. The replies will be scored up to 25 points. This allows a total score possible of 100 points. I will be grading these after the week ends and updating the scores based on the timeliness, quality of the answers, the number of words, and responses that are given.
• Quizzes
  • There will be 2-3 quizzes given for each week covering the chapters of reading that you are assigned for a total of 17 quizzes. They will be a selection of 5 fill-in-the-blank questions taken from the content of those chapters. They will have a possible score of 15 each.

COURSE GRADING AND POLICIES

• Points
  • Course Requirements Checklist = 5
  • Introduce Yourself = 40
  • Discussion Board Forums (7 at 100 points each) = 700
  • Quizzes (17 at 15 points each) = 255
    • • Total = 1000