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Business 110

Introduction to Business

 

Instructor:       Clifton Quinn

Phone:             619-644-7485

Office:             510-B

Website:          http://www.grossmont.edu/cliftonquinn

Office hours:    See website above for current office hours

 

E-mail:             Clifton.Quinn@gcccd.edu

 

Course Description:


This course provides a comprehensive view of today’s dynamic American business and the global economy. Specific topics include starting a small business, satisfying customers, managing operations, motivating employees, building teams, managing information, managing financial resources and exploring ethical and social responsibilities of American businesses.

 

Attendance:

 

Your success depends on your presence in class and your active participation in class discussions and activities. If you are absent it is your responsibility to find out what was missed.   Missed assignments, quizzes and tests can only be made up with prior approval (once per semester) of instructor and with a late penalty of two points per day.

 

Text:

 

Nickels, McHugh, and McHugh, Understanding Business, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

ISBN 978-0-07-310609-0

 

Website for textbook is at: http://www.mhhe.com/ub8e (go to Student Edition)

 

Format:

 

You must complete all reading assignments in the textbook before class. Lectures are based on the fact that you have read the assigned material. All assigned reading in the textbook is fair game for quizzes and tests. Please bring your textbook to each class.

 

Accommodations:

 

Students with disabilities who may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact Disabled Student Services & Programs (DSP&S) early in the semester so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. Students may contact DSP&S in person in Room 110 or by phone at 619-644-7112 or 619-644-7119 (TTY for deaf).

Students can enroll in the following supervised tutoring courses if the service indicated will assist them in achieving or reinforcing the learning objectives of this course:

IDS 198: Supervised Tutoring to receive tutoring in general computer  applications in the Tech Mall;

English 198W: Supervised Tutoring for assistance in the English                 Writing Center (Room 70-119); and/or

IDS 198T: Supervised Tutoring to receive one-on-one tutoring in              academic subjects in the Tutoring Center (Room 70-229, 644-7387).

Supervised Tutoring Referral:

To add any of these courses, students may obtain Add Codes at the Information/ Registration Desk in the Tech Mall.

All Supervised Tutoring courses are non-credit/non-fee. However, when a student registers for a supervised tutoring course, and has no other classes, the student will be charged the usual health fee.

Academic Integrity:

 

Cheating and plagiarism (using as one’s own ideas, writings or materials of someone else without acknowledgement or permission) can result in any one of a variety of sanctions.  Such penalties may range from an adjusted grade on the particular exam, paper, project, or assignment to a failing grade in the course.  I may also summarily suspend the student for the class meeting when the infraction occurs, as well as the following class meeting.  For further clarification and information on these issues, please consult with me or contact the office of the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs.

 

 

Week

 

Topic (Tentative)

 

Chapters

 

Quizzes/Tests/Assignments

 

#1

 

Class Introduction

 

 

Prologue

Ch. 1

 

Get Textbook

Read Prologue, Syllabus

 

#2

 

Taking Risks; Making Profits

Creation of Wealth

 

 

Ch. 2

 

Quiz Ch. 1

 

#3

 

Global Markets

 

Ch. 3

 

Quiz Ch. 2

 

 

#4

 

Ethical Behavior

Legal Environment of Business

 

 

Ch. 4

 

 

Quiz Ch 3

 

#5

 

Forms of Business Ownership

 

 

 Ch. 5

 

 Quiz Ch. 4

 

 

#6

 

Starting a Small Business

 

 

Ch. 6

 

Exam #1 Chs 1-5

 

#7

 

Management, Leadership, and Employment Management; Adapting to the Marketplace

 

 

Ch. 7

Ch. 8

 

Quiz:  Ch.  6 – 7

 

#8

 

Producing World-Class Goods

 

 

Ch. 9

 

Quiz Ch. 9

 

#9

 

Motivating Employees

 

Ch. 10

 

 Quiz Ch. 10

 

 

#10

 

Finding and Keeping the Best Employees

 

Ch. 11

 

Exam #2 Chs 6-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#11

 

Dealing with Employees

 

 

Ch. 12

 

Quiz Ch. 12

 

#12

 

Building Customer Relationships / Marketing

 

Ch. 13

 

Quiz Ch. 13

 

 

#13

 

Developing and Pricing Products and Services

 

 

Ch. 14

 

Quiz Ch. 14

 

#14

 

 

Distribution

 

Ch. 15

 

 

 

 

#15

 

Promotion

 

Ch 16 -17

 

 

Quiz Ch. 15, 16

 

#16

 

 

Securities and Financial

Institutions

 

Ch. 18, 19, 20

 

 

Review for Final

 

Finals Week

 

Final Exam (see schedule)

 

 

 

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grades:
This class is made up of a variety of assignments. Your final score will be created based on the following percentages:

 

Quizzes (8 @ 10 pts. each)

9 Total:  Drop lowest quiz score

15%

Tests (2 @ 15 % each)

30%

Final Exam

20%

Participation (presentations)

15%

Written tasks

20%

Total

100 percent

 

 

Quizzes and exams will be composed of textbook material, class lectures, and additional course topics (guest lectures, in-class videos, etc.).  There are no make-ups for quizzes, but your lowest quiz score will be dropped.  If you are going to miss an exam date, please notify the instructor well before the exam date and you will be allowed to take the exam on an earlier date.  Proof of illness/dire circumstances are required to take an exam after the due date, and exams taken after the due date will be liable to have points deducted of 10% of the possible grade.

 

Grading Scale:

90 - 100% = A; 80 – 89.9% = B; 70 – 79.9% = C; 60 – 69.9% = D; and below= F

 

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