Department:    BMT

 Course #:    100

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 Course Description  

Study of economic, business, and management concepts. Topics include economic systems, business and marketing practices, management and human relations, customer service and sales and the global dimensions of business. Concepts will be applied in a business simulation.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the different types of economic systems.
2. Analyze the effect of a business cycle on the economy.
3. Analyze the role of business in society, the different types of business ownership, and the special business opportunities that exist for minority business owners.
4. Apply the laws of supply and demand to market prices.
5. Relate their knowledge to a real business situation.
6. Interpret projected profit/loss in a business situation.
7. Demonstrate customer service skills and recognize the importance of culture, age, and gender.
8. Understand and appreciate how people's culture influences their buying behavior.
9. Explain the importance of quality and customer satisfaction.
10. Demonstrate how to promote a product/service.
11. Identify the skills needed to manage and value diversity in the workplace.
12. Identify the skills required for managerial success in today's multicultural society.
13. Explain the decision-making process and the importance of human relation skills.
14. Understand current agreements that relate to international trade.
15. Identify the advantages of international trade and the global nature of business.
16. Demonstrate competency by completing a business simulation that requires understanding, application and analysis of the course objectives in a retail lab environment.
17. Use reference and research materials including Internet-based research to keep current in the changing world of business.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

0. Application and Integration

Definition: Applying information from one or more disciplines and/or field experiences in new contexts (Outcome 0.1); developing integrated approaches or responses to personal, academic, professional, and social issues (Outcomes 0.2-0.5).

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
0.2 Identify the strengths and limitations of different fields of study.
0.3 Identify and evaluate the relationships among different perspectives within a field of study and among different fields of study.

1. Information Literacy

Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
1.1 Determine the extent of information needed.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.
2.2 Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.2 Recognize, produce and demonstrate appropriate interpersonal, group, and public speaking skills.
3.4 Produce academic and/or professional writing and integrate it into written and spoken projects.
3.6 Recognize, comprehend, and use visual communication appropriate to a given context.

4. Community & Cultural Diversity

Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community.
6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.
6.4 Use self-reflection to recognize and define a sense of self-identity in personal, social/gender, and/or cultural/global terms and in relationship to others.

7. Aesthetics & Creativity

Definition: Interpreting human experience through engagement with creative processes and aesthetic principles.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process.
7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles.

8. Mathematical Reasoning

Definition: Understanding and applying concepts of mathematics and logical reasoning in a variety of contexts, both academic and non-academic.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
8.2 Correctly apply logical reasoning and mathematical principles to solve problems.
8.4 Communicate mathematical information effectively.

10. Technology

Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.

Course Contents

1. Economic and Business Concepts.
2. The U.S. Economic System.
3. International Trade and the Global Dimensions of Business.
4. Marketing Management.
5. Customer Service and Sales.
6. Management and Human Relations.