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$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
Introduction to Business
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2024
This course will help students become familiar with general business environments, including sub-disciplines of management, marketing, finance, accounting, and other competencies necessary for long-term success in today's business environment.
What You'll Learn
Evaluate and contrast major economic systems in business throughout the world
Describe the various legal forms of business ownership such as sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation, the nature of each, the processes involved in creating each and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Identify the functions of modern management in business organizations and how these functions are evolving in response to changes in the external and internal environments in technology, diversity, competition and governmental regulations.
Exhibit an understanding of the marketing function and describe the concepts and processes involved in designing product strategy, promotional strategy, distribution strategy, and pricing strategy
Review how past trends are repeated in the present and what those trends mean for tomorrow's graduates.
Define the type of corporate mergers and explain the role these play in the different business settings today.
Demonstrate the importance of business ethics and social responsibility to the long-term success of businesses and society's well being.
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This course is designed to highlight a manager's functions and responsibilities in organizational and business settings. Four main management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are used as a framework to explore the role of managers. Students will also examine ethical, social, and cross-cultural issues related to managing in contemporary business organizations.
There are no prerequisites to take Introduction to Business.
| Topic | Subtopics |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Business and Economics |
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| International Business |
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| Ethical Business Behavior |
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| Types of Business Ownership |
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| Small Business |
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| Management |
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| Business Organizations |
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| Motivating Employees |
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| Human Resource Management |
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| Marketing |
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| Pricing Products and Services |
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| Accounting |
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| Financial Management |
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| Financial Institutions and Money |
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Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
Assignments for this course include:
- 7 Reflective Responses
- 4 Graded Exams
- 1 Graded Midterm
- 1 Graded Final
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Nickels, William G., James M. McHugh, and Susan M. McHugh. Understanding Business, 13th edition. McGrawHill, 2022. ISBN 9781259929434
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