Course Syllabus
Small Business Management
BUSG 2309
Semester with
Course Reference
Number (CRN)
Fall 2011 57584
Instructor contact John A. Woodard,J.D. 832-483-2964
information (phone Email john.woodard1@hccs.edu, ringowoodard@gmail.com
number and email
address)
Office Location
and Hours
TBA
Course
Location/Times
JDB 211 8:30am-11am
Course Semester
Credit Hours (SCH)
(lecture, lab) If
applicable
Credit Hours
3.00
Lecture Hours
3.00
Laboratory Hours
External Hours
Total Course
Contact Hours
48.00
Continuing
Education Units
(CEU): if
applicable
Course Length
(number of weeks)
Type of Instruction Lecture
Course
Description:
A course on how to start and operate a small business. Topics include facts about a
small business, essential management skills, how to prepare a business plan,
financial needs, marketing strategies, and legal issues. (Formerly BUSM 2341)
Course
Prerequisite(s)
FREQUENT REQUISITES



ENGL 0300 or 0347
GUST 0342 (9th -11th Grade Reading)
MATH 0306 (Basic Math Pre-Algebra)
Academic
Discipline/CTE
Program Learning
Outcomes
1. Identify essential management skills necessary for career success.
2. Describe the relationships of social responsibility, ethics, and law in business.
3. Construct a business plan.
4. Examine the role of strategic human resource planning in support of
organizational mission and objectives.
5. Describe the impact of corporate culture and atmosphere on employee behavior.
Course Student
Learning
Outcomes (SLO): 4
to 7
1. Describe important issues about small business
2. Identify essential management skills required of a successful entrepreneur
3. Conduct industry profile and marketing research using Internet resources in order
to develop a marketing plan for a business
4. Develop cost and revenue projections that are utilized in constructing projected
financial statements
5. Utilize tax and cash flow methodologies in order to manage an enterprise as an
entrepreneur
6. Construct a business plan
Learning
Objectives
(Numbering
system should be
linked to SLO e.g., 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,
etc.)
Describe important issues about small business
Identify essential management skills required of a successful entrepreneur
Conduct industry profile and marketing research using Internet resources in
order to develop a marketing plan for a business
Develop cost and revenue projections that are utilized in constructing
projected financial statements
Utilize tax and cash flow methodologies in order to manage an enterprise as
an entrepreneur
Construct a business plan
SCANS and/or
Core Curriculum
Competencies: If
applicable
SCANS
Describe important issues about small business
Foundation Skills - Basic -Reading
Foundation Skills - Basic -Writing
Foundation Skills - Basic -Mathematics
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Identify essential management skills required of a successful entrepreneur
Foundation Skills - Basic -Reading
Foundation Skills - Basic -Writing
Foundation Skills - Basic -Mathematics
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Conduct industry profile and marketing research using Internet resources in
order to develop a marketing plan for a business
Foundation Skills - Basic -Reading
Foundation Skills - Basic -Writing
Foundation Skills - Basic -Mathematics
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Develop cost and revenue projections that are utilized in constructing
projected financial statements
Foundation Skills - Basic -Reading
Foundation Skills - Basic -Writing
Foundation Skills - Basic -Mathematics
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Utilize tax and cash flow methodologies in order to manage an enterprise as
an entrepreneur
Foundation Skills - Basic -Reading
Foundation Skills - Basic -Writing
Foundation Skills - Basic -Mathematics
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Construct a business plan
Foundation Skills - Basic -Reading
Foundation Skills - Basic -Writing
Foundation Skills - Basic -Mathematics
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Instructional
Methods
Distance (100%)
Hybrid (50% or more)
Web-enhanced (49% or less)
Face to Face
Student
Assignments
Describe important issues about small business
No assignments selected for this outcome
Identify essential management skills required of a successful entrepreneur
No assignments selected for this outcome
Conduct industry profile and marketing research using Internet resources in
order to develop a marketing plan for a business
No assignments selected for this outcome
Develop cost and revenue projections that are utilized in constructing
projected financial statements
No assignments selected for this outcome
Utilize tax and cash flow methodologies in order to manage an enterprise as
an entrepreneur
No assignments selected for this outcome
Construct a business plan
No assignments selected for this outcome
Student
Assessment(s)
Describe important issues about small business
No assessments selected for this outcome
Identify essential management skills required of a successful entrepreneur
No assessments selected for this outcome
Conduct industry profile and marketing research using Internet resources in
order to develop a marketing plan for a business
No assessments selected for this outcome
Develop cost and revenue projections that are utilized in constructing
projected financial statements
No assessments selected for this outcome
Utilize tax and cash flow methodologies in order to manage an enterprise as
an entrepreneur
No assessments selected for this outcome
Construct a business plan
No assessments selected for this outcome
Instructor's
Requirements
Program/Discipline
Requirements: If
applicable
HCC Grading
Scale
A = 100- 90
4 points per semester hour
B = 89 - 80:
3 points per semester hour
C = 79 - 70:
2 points per semester hour
D = 69 - 60:
1 point per semester hour
59 and below = F
0 points per semester hour
IP (In Progress)
0 points per semester hour
W(Withdrawn)
0 points per semester hour
I (Incomplete)
0 points per semester hour
AUD (Audit)
0 points per semester hour
IP (In Progress) is given only in certain developmental courses. The student must
re-enroll to receive credit. COM (Completed) is given in non-credit and continuing
education courses. To compute grade point average (GPA), divide the total grade
points by the total number of semester hours attempted. The grades "IP," "COM"
and "I" do not affect GPA.
For Health Science programs, see the Program/Discipline Requirements section for
specific grading requirements.
Instructor Grading
Criteria
Instructional
Materials
Scarborough, Norman M. and Thomas W. Zimmer, Effective Small Business
Management, Ninth Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2003.
ISBN: 9780136152705
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