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Course Syllabus


Revision Date: 28-Dec-24
 

Spring 2025 | BUS-2740-VO01 - Business Analysis & Decision Making


Online Class

Online courses take place 100% online via Canvas, without required in-person or Zoom meetings.

Location: Online
Credits: 3 (45 hours)
Day/Times: Meets online
Semester Dates: 01-21-2025 to 05-05-2025
Last day to drop without a grade: 02-03-2025 - Refund Policy
Last day to withdraw (W grade): 03-24-2025 - Refund Policy
This course has started, please contact the offering academic center about registration

Faculty

William Morison
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Nick Molander

Course Description

This capstone course for the Business degree requires students to apply their theoretical and practical knowledge of management, economics, accounting, technology, business law, and marketing to case studies involving a variety of business environments. Students are required to apply knowledge of financial statements in case studies and business scenarios, reviewing business practices, and making recommendations or decisions for future actions within a business setting. Prerequisites: Introduction to Business, Financial Accounting, Principles of Management or Small Business Management, and Principles of Marketing or Small Business Marketing.


Essential Objectives

1. Describe what managers do, how businesses operate, and how markets behave.
2. Use information technologies to improve individual and organizational performance.
3. Use knowledge and analytical skills to frame and solve business problems.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of legal, ethical and professional issues that arise within businesses.
5. Practice effective business writing and communication skills.
6. Apply theory to business situations through case studies and simulations.
7. Identify and explore career and transfer options to meet personal goals and objectives.


Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV computer recommendations Support page.

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.


Required Textbooks and Resources


*** This is a no cost textbook or resource class. ***

BUS-2740-VO01 Link to Textbooks/Resources Information for this course in eCampus.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.


Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

 HighLow
A+10098
A Less than 9893
A-Less than 9390
B+Less than 9088
B Less than 8883
B-Less than 8380
C+Less than 8078
C Less than 7873
C-Less than 7370
D+Less than 7068
D Less than 6863
D-Less than 6360
FLess than 60 
P10060
NPLess than 600


Weekly Schedule


Week/ModuleTopic  Readings  Assignments
 

1

Introduction to Decision Making and Strategic Thinking

  

Ch 1 and Ch 2

  

READall material posted in our online classroom

READ chapter 1 and chapter 2

Discussion board (DB) – Welcome and Week 1 forums – Click on the DB link for details

Homework (HW) – Write a 2 page summary of Chapter 1 – click on HW link in Canvas for details

 

2

Evaluation of the

External Environment

  

Chapter 3

  

READ chapter 3 – External Environment and Resources

DB – Week 2 Forum

HW – Exercise #2, Page 100 Use at least 2 outside Industry or Trade Association sources, and cite them in your paper.

 

3

Evaluation of the Internal Environment

  

Chapter 4

  

READ chapter 4 – Internal Environment

DB-Week 3 forum

HW – Exercise #1 and #2, page 128 (at the end of the supply chain/value chain section)

 

4

Financial Analysis

    

READ – Review financial statement analysis websites.

DB – work on solving problems

HW – complete posted assignment

 

5

CCV SWOT

Quantifying the internal and external factors

  

CCV SWOT Spreadsheet

Case Study

  

READ – Case study

DB – Discuss CCV SWOT file

Practice using the CCV SWOT file

 

6

Business Level Strategies

  

Chapter 5

  

READ – Chapter 5

DB-Week 6 forum

HW – Describe each of the 5 generic strategies and give an example (company) of each that is not listed in the text.

 

7

Supporting Business Level Strategies

  

Chapter 6

  

READ – Chapter 6

DB – Week 7 forum

HW – Select an industry (Coffee, for example) and find examples of competitive and cooperative moves that you would recommend if you were hired as a consultant to that industry.

 

8

International Strategies

  

Chapter 7

  

READ Chapter 7

HW – Imagine that CCV was going to open a campus in another country. What considerations would the college need to take into account?

DB – Week 8 Forum

 

9

Corporate Level Strategy

  

Chapter 9

  

Read Chapter 9

DB – Week 9 Forum

HW – See Canvas

 

10

Case Study #1

  

Case Study #1

  

Case Study #1 –

DB – Stump Bill

 

11

Case Study #2

  

Case Study #2

  

Case Study #2 -

DB – discuss Case #1

HW – See Canvas

 

12

Working on Final Project

    

DB – Discuss work on your final project

 

13

Working on Final Project

    

DB – How has your thinking about business changed as a result of this course?

 

14

Virtual Interview

    

Virtual (phone, zoom, email) interview with a decision maker.

DB – tell us about your strategy, and answer the 4 questions posted in Canvas.

 

15

Final Project

    

Final Projects due this week

DB – No Discussion Board this week

 

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

  • In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
  • Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
  • Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:


CCV strives to mitigate barriers to course access for students with documented disabilities. To request accommodations, please
  1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
  2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
  3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.


Academic Integrity


CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.

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