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BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
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BMT
170 - Small
Business Operations
Four Quarter Hours
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PREREQUISITES:
None;
introductory courses in accounting and management may be helpful.
(This course cannot be used towards a degree for students
enrolled in the Ohio University College of Business.)
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| COURSE OVERVIEW: This course is an introduction to all aspects of managing a small business, including legal forms of organization, location, financing, product design and production, marketing, personnel, purchasing and inventory control, and taxes and insurance. |
| METHODS OF COURSE INSTRUCTION: All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail. If students have access to e-mail, they may use this method to send lesson assignments and receive the instructor's feedback. Students may use any e-mail provider and any standard e-mail software. E-mail accounts are not provided for Independent and Distance Learning Programs by Ohio University. |
TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES:
ISBN
0324226128 Longenecker, Moore, Petty, and Palich, Small Business
Management: An Entrepreneurial Emphasis (with supplements),
13th ed., Thomson South-Western Publishing, 2006
...available from EdMap's distance-learning online bookstore. |
| NUMBER
OF LESSONS:
The course has seven lessons, including a supervised final examination. |
| TYPES
OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Each
lesson assignment consists of multiple-choice or true/false
questions covering each of the two chapters in each lesson,
and short essay answers for discussion or case study question.
Optional Web assignments are included for most chapters. Lesson
3 is a case study assignment in which students will analyze
and integrate information from the first half of the course. |
EXAMINATIONS:
The
course has a comprehensive, supervised final examination consisting
of multiple-choice and true/false questions similar to those
in the lesson assignments and a short case study for analysis.
No books, notes, or other aids are permitted. Two hours is allowed
for the examination.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. |
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GRADING
CRITERIA: All
assignments will be graded, and the final grade will be weighted
as follows:
Average of lesson assignment grades
= 50 percent
Midcourse case study assignment =
25 percent
Final examination = 25 percent
Extra-credit for Web assignments =
12 percent
Students must achieve at least 60 percent on the final examination
in order to pass the course, regardless of other grades.
A = above 90 percent
B = 80-89 percent
C = 70-79 percent
D = 60-69 percent
F = Below 60 percent
Total percentage of course grades will be converted to a final
grade on the following scale:
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ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call
Independent
and Distance Learning Programs: Course Enrollments at
(740) 593-2910 if you have questions about this course
or the enrollment process.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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