Business - BUS 104
Operating a Small Business
3 Credit Hours3 Lecture Hours
Course Description
This course is designed to explore the many considerations involved in owning and operating a small business. The course will emphasize the operation of a small business including insurance, employee relations, inventory control, purchasing, e-commerce, succession planning, financing, international business, legal and ethical issues.
Prerequisites
(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)
- ENG 101 or minimum score of 22 ACT-English, 29 SAT-Writing and Language, 108 CPT-Sentence Skills or 276 NGA-Writing.
Recommended
- BUS 103 or may be taken concurrently.
Course Competencies
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Determine risk management programs in a small business.
- Develop human resource management practices for small business.
- Evaluate family business succession plans.
- Explore basic business law principles.
- Justify vendor selection and inventory control procedures.
- Select debt and equity finance options for a small business.
- Analyze E-commerce opportunities for small business.
- Apply business ethics and social responsibility to small business practices.
- Assess small business practices in the global marketplace.
Course Schedule
| | 104 | 142957 | Oper Small Business | ONL | 3 | Taylor A | 31/31/0 | Open | $0.00 | |
| | 104 | 132415 | Oper Small Business | ONL | 3 | Ontko S | 26/31/0 | Open | $0.00 | |
| | 104 | 112957 | Oper Small Business | ONL | 3 | Ontko S | 4/31/0 | Open | $0.00 | |