BA 160 Course Syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
BA 160 - C7Z1 (three credit hours)
Class # 46120
FALL 2009
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Business careers,
terminology, and the interrelationships and complexities of business are
introduced and examined in this survey course.
PREREQUISITE:
None
TEXTBOOK
Title: Business,. 10th edition
Author: Pride, Hughes & Kapoor
Publisher: South-Western/Cengage Learning
ISBN-10:
0324829558 | ISBN-13: 9780324829556
(You can check with your campus
bookstore about the textbook. The textbooks for all KCTCS classes are also
available from one convenient Web site at http://kctcs.bncollege.com.)
PROFESSOR: Mr.
Jamie H. Vaught
Mailing address:
Mr. Jamie H.
Vaught
Southeast
Kentucky Community & Technical College
Middlesboro
Campus
1300 Chichester Avenue
Middlesboro,
KY 40965
E-mail
Address: jamie.vaught@kctcs.edu
Phone:
Contact
Office Faculty Assistant Josh Brooks at 606-248-0620 and he will relay the
message to the professor.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO STUDENTS: Since the professor is hearing-impaired
(lip-reading with voice), it’s strongly suggested the students use e-mail if he
or she would like to communicate with him directly. I will check e-mail
every business day during the week (except when I’m sick or out of town for a
conference). Please keep in mind that if you send an e-mail on a weekend or on
a legal holiday, you will get a delayed response. I look forward to hearing
from you this semester. I’m here to help you! Good luck!
Also,
please keep in mind that occasional announcements and professor’s e-mail
replies usually will be sent through e-mail within the BA 160 Course in
Blackboard (not your regular e-mail box). Therefore, you need to check your
e-mail in Blackboard frequently just in case.
(For
your information, as for your regular college e-mail box, it should be pointed
out that you will need to delete the old files or messages from your e-mail box
frequently (including the folders like Deleted Items, Sent Items, etc.) since
you’ll probably have limited storage space. If you don’t delete the old
e-mails or messages, your e-mail box will be full and you won’t be able to get
any new e-mails from the college.)
Professor’s Academic / Professional
Background:
--B.S.
Accounting, University of Kentucky
--MBA,
University of Kentucky
--Additional
graduate work at UK, Eastern Kentucky University and Lincoln Memorial
University.
--Taught
at Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College (since 1991); Sue
Bennett College, London (two years); and St. Catharine College, Springfield
(three years).
--Four
years as internal auditor at First & Farmers Bank, Somerset.
--Long-time
newspaper columnist and author of four successful books on UK basketball.
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 -- 12:00 noon
Wednesday
9:00 -- 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 –
2:30 p.m.
Thursday 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 -- 12:00 noon
Also
by appointment
SKCTC SOCIAL SCIENCES
Mr. Kevin
Lambert (Whitesburg campus)
606-589-3305
SKCTC MIDDLESBORO & PINEVILLE
CAMPUS DIRECTOR:
Ms. Susan
Croushorn
606-248-2014
COURSE
COMPETENCIES: After completion of this course, the
student can:
(1)
Describe the private enterprise system.
(2)
Identify areas of business social
responsibility
(3)
Describe economic challenges facing
U.S. business.
(4)
Identify and differentiate between the
forms of private business ownership.
(5)
Identify the management skills
necessary for business in a capitalistic economy.
(6)
Explain the need for human relation
skills in managing a business.
(7)
Describe the need for marketing skills
that are necessary for a business.
(8)
Explain the importance of current and
accurate financial information in managing a business.
(9)
Explain the government’s role in the
American economic system.
(10) Describe
the American legal system as it applies to business.
(11) Explain
the impact of the quality initiative in business.
(12) Use
appropriate business vocabulary.
TOPICS:
The Environment of
Business
A)
Exploring the World of Business
B)
Being Ethical and Socially Responsible
C)
Exploring Global Business
Trends in Business Today
D)
Choosing a Form of Business Ownership
E)
Small Business, Entrepreneurship and
Franchises
F)
Understanding the Management Process
G)
Creating a Flexible Organization
H)
Producing Quality Goods and Services
I)
Attracting and Retaining the Best
Employees
J)
Motivating and Satisfying Employees and
Teams
K)
Enhancing Union-Management Relations
L)
Building Customer Relationships Through
Effective Marketing
M)
Creating and Pricing Products that
Satisfy Customers
N)
Wholesaling, Retailing and Physical
Distribution
Finance and
Investment
O)
Understanding Money, Banking, and
Credit
COURSE FORMAT:
This
class will be taught via the Internet, using the Blackboard course management
system at http://elearning.kctcs.edu. The on-line course
is an independent study class and requires
self-discipline and motivation to complete the course. It takes a very
dedicated student to complete a course on the Web. The student is expected to have an excellent attitude (being
respectful of others such as classmates and professor) as well. Also, it is strongly recommended
that you print this course syllabus for your guidance and information after
reading it.
Short
quizzes are designed to keep you involved with the course material between the
exam dates. They are excellent way to improve your grade. Each chapter quiz –
which may have a time limit -- is designed to be convenient, valuable study
aid. You must read the chapter before taking the quiz. The students will submit all coursework --
exams, quizzes and article summary -- electronically.
The student is expected to
check the announcements and e-mail several times a week – just in case. The
professor can track the days and times of the student’s participation. Students
should use e-mail within the course in Blackboard (not the regular KCTCS e-mail
account). If you don’t use the e-mail feature within the Blackboard, please put
your NAME and BA 160 in the SUBJECT
If
you have problems with Blackboard, contact the KCTCS 24/7 Help Desk. (The
professor may be of some help, but when it comes to technical problems the help
desk is your best opportunity.)
EVALUATION OF
COMPETE
In addition to basic course content, the student will
acquire certain General Education competencies and will demonstrate their
acquisition of these skills and knowledge by successful achievement on class
assessment measures. These General Education competencies will include the
following:
COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY – 1) The student will prepare to
read and listen with comprehension by reading the textbook, by viewing the
videos, and by taking examinations and quizzes.
2) The student will write clearly using standard
English by doing a two-page article summary.
THINK CRITICALLY – 1) The student will make connections in
learning across the disciplines and draw logical conclusions by using
information and concepts from the course and related disciplines such as
accounting and management for learning.
LEARN INDEPENDENTLY – 1) The student will make choices based
upon awareness of ethics and differing perspectives/ideas. 2) The student will
apply learning in academic, personal and public situations by understanding the
issues facing the business world today.
EXAMINE RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE
GRADING:
Five
exams @100
points each 500 points
15
Chapter Quizzes @
20 points each 300 points
**Five
Video Quizzes @ 20 points each 100 points
Two-page
Article Summary 150
points
1050
points TOTAL
**It
is understood that only IF these
particular videos somehow become unavailable (or are not available) online,
short writing assignments (or short summaries of other videos) instead will
replace the video quizzes.
1050-945 A
944-840
B
839-735 C
734-630
D
Below
630 E
(NOTE: Students
will be required to take the pre-test
sometime during the first or second week of the semester as a part of the
Business Administration’s program requirement.
If you don’t take the pre-test, you won’t be allowed to take the first “regular”
exam which is scheduled for September 6 to 8.
Your pre-test grade will NOT affect your grade for the course. However, five extra points will be added to
your first exam grade if your pre-test grade is at an acceptable level. It is
expected that your pre-test grade will be rather low and just do the best of
your ability. Later you will be taking
the post-test in your last semester of college.)
It is strongly suggested
that you submit a quiz before or on due date because you may fall behind in the
course work and have a difficult time to catch up. The chapter quiz material will come from the
textbook. The video quiz will come from the video.
For the Article Summary, you are to select a
business-related article found in BusinessWeek
magazine (www.businessweek.com) or Wall Street
Journal newspaper (www.wsj.com) and prepare a
summary (two full pages or more) of the article. The summary is due on Tuesday,
Nov. 3 or earlier. Additional
information about the Article Summary will be announced at a later date. The Article Summary may be graded on a
“satisfactory” scale. A satisfactory
grade (S) will give you a numerical score of 142.5 points (out of 150 possible
points), while satisfactory with a minus (S-) grade
will give a score of 127.5. You must
repeat an unsatisfactory summary to receive credit (maximum of “S-” grade or 127.5
points).
No late assignments – quizzes and article summary
– will be accepted after Tuesday, Dec. 1 as the assignments are expected to
close after that date. In other words, they may not be available on Blackboard
and the professor is not obligated to accept late assignments.
Cheating of any sort,
including plagiarism, will NOT be tolerated. See KCTCS’
policy on plagiarism and cheating.
Each exam will be made up of multiple-choice and
true/false questions. Once you have opened the exam, you will have a time limit to complete it. So, because
of the time limit, you need to be ready or prepared before the exam. The exam
dates are:
|
EXAM
# 1 (Chapter 1, 2 and 3) |
Sunday, Sept. 6 to
Tuesday, Sept. 8 |
|
EXAM
# 2 (Chapter 4, 5 and 6) |
Sunday, Sept. 27
and Monday, Sept. 28 |
EXAM
# 3 (Chapter 7, 8 and 9)
Sunday, Oct. 18 and
Monday, Oct. 19
EXAM # 4 (Chapter 10, 11 and 12) Sunday, Nov. 8 and Monday, Nov. 9
EXAM
# 5 (Chapter 13, 14 and 18) Sunday, Nov. 29 to Tuesday, Dec. 1
The exam dates are also listed below in the
Course Calendar section. The exams usually will open on a Sunday morning at
7:00 a.m. EASTERN time and end on a Monday night at
11:55 p.m. EASTERN time. (The first and fifth exam will end on Tuesday evening
at 11:55 p.m.) More information about the exam will be given
about a week before the exam date. You might be able to use the textbook for a
question or two, but you won’t have much time. If you are prepared, you won’t have
problems with the exam. You will be
fine. (WARNING: Do not try to exit out of an exam. It will not let you back in.
It must be finished once you start. If that happens, you will likely be forced
to take a make-up exam at a later date.)
You will have an
opportunity to make up a missed exam on-line with PRIOR approval of the
professor. The make-up exam, however, is worth 90 points (instead of 100
points). You lose 10 points, but please remember taking the make-up exam
is better than nothing and the professor needs to be fair to the students who took
the regular exam on time. The make-up exam also may be composed of essay or
short-answer questions, instead of multiple-choice and true/false questions.
The date for the make-up exam will take place on
Wednesday, Dec. 2 (anytime between 7:00 a.m. to 11:55 p.m.)
Technical problems with
your computer when taking an exam are not necessarily an excuse to take a
make-up exam at a later date – so please be very careful! A friendly suggestion: You may want to
take the exam on a reliable computer at your local campus, if
possible.
COURSE CALENDAR:
Week of Aug. 17-21 Read
Chapter 1
Video
Quiz No. 1 Due on Thursday, Aug. 20
__________________________________________________________________________
Week of Aug. 24-28 Chapter
2
Chapter 1 Quiz Due
on Thursday, Aug. 27
Chapter 2 Quiz Due
on Thursday, Aug. 27
__________________________________________________________________________
Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 4 Chapter 3; Quiz Due on Thursday,
Sept. 3
__________________________________________________________________________
EXAM # 1 (Chapter 1, 2 and 3) Sunday, Sept. 6 to Tuesday, Sept. 8
______________________________________________________________________
Week of Sept. 7-11 Chapter
4; Quiz Due on Thursday, Sept. 10
Video
Quiz No. 2 Due on Thursday, Sept. 10
____________________________________________________________________________
Week of Sept. 14-18 Chapter
5; Quiz Due on Thursday, Sept. 17
____________________________________________________________________________
Week of Sept. 21-25 Chapter
6; Quiz Due on Thursday, Sept. 24
Video
Quiz No. 3 Due on Thursday, Sept. 24
____________________________________________________________________________
EXAM # 2 (Chapter 4, 5 and 6) Sunday,
Sept. 27 and Monday, Sept. 28
_______________________________________________________________________
Week of Sept. 28-Oct. 2 Chapter 7; Quiz Due
on Thursday, Oct. 1
____________________________________________________________________________
Week of Oct. 5-9
Chapter 8: Quiz Due on Thursday, Oct. 8
Video
Quiz No. 4 Due on Thursday, Oct. 8
___________________________________________________________________________
Week of Oct. 12-16 Chapter 9; Quiz Due on Thursday, Oct. 15
__________________________________________________________________________
EXAM # 3 (Chapter 7, 8 and 9) Sunday, Oct. 18 and Monday, Oct.
19
_____________________________________________________________________
Week of Oct. 19-23 Chapter
10; Quiz Due on Thursday, Oct. 22
__________________________________________________________________________
Week of Oct. 26-30
Chapter
11; Quiz Due on Thursday, Oct. 29
Video
Quiz No. 5 Due on Thursday, Oct. 29
__________________________________________________________________________
Week of Nov. 2-6
Chapter 12; Quiz Due on Thursday, Nov. 5
__________________________________________________________________________
EXAM # 4 (Chapter 10, 11 and 12)
Sunday, Nov. 8 and Monday,
Nov. 9
____________________________________________________________________
Week of Nov. 9-13
Chapter
13; Quiz Due on Thursday, Nov. 12
Article Summary Due on Tuesday, Nov. 10
___________________________________________________________________________
Week of Nov. 16-20
Chapter
14: Quiz Due on Thursday, Nov.19
Chapter
18; Quiz Due on Saturday, Nov. 21
__________________________________________________________________________
Week of Nov. 23-27 FALL BREAK / THANKSGIVING
__________________________________________________________________________
EXAM # 5 (Chapter 13, 14 & 18)
Sunday, Nov. 29 to Tuesday, Dec. 1
CALENDAR NOTES: 1) All late coursework,
including quizzes, should be submitted no later than Tuesday, Dec. 1.
The course is expected to shut down by the end of that week. 3) The Make-up Exam Date is Wednesday, Dec.
2. This will be your last
opportunity to take a make-up exam, which is usually more difficult. It may be
either an essay exam or an objective-type exam.
ADDITIONAL
COURSE INFORMATION:
Please
keep in mind that the course schedule for coursework is TENTATIVE, and a
coursework MAY BE added to, deleted from, or changed. It is the
responsibility of the student to observe such changes even in case of absence
from the Web course. In order to complete all of the course requirements, you
will need to follow the schedule very closely. If you get behind, you may need
to drop the course. Please let me know if you are having problems and perhaps we
can solve them.
IMPORTANT DATES IN
ACADEMIC CALENDAR:
August
17 -- First day of class session
August 21 – Last day to enter organized class for fall
semester
August
21 -- Last
day to drop a class without a grade
Oct.
9 -- Last
day for students to drop at their discretion and receive a grade of W
Dec. 4 -- Last day for a student at the
instructor’s discretion to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade
of W.
(However, it is strongly suggested that if you need to drop the course,
you should contact your advisor or professor before Dec. 4. If the need arises for you drop this course or
any other course, make sure you complete the “drop and add” procedure required
by the college. Failure to do so will result in the recording of an “E” as your
final grade. The professor has no control over this process.)
Please
keep in mind that your home college’s academic calendar may be different from
the on-line academic calendar.
CONSUMER
(STUDENT) INFORMATION:
The
following information is available on the Web site of Southeast Kentucky
Community and
AIDS
Guidelines
Code of
Student Conduct
Crime
Awareness
Drug Free
Policy
Financial
Aid Information
Graduation
Rate and Transfer Out Rate
Hepatitis
B
Sexual
Harassment Policy
Student
Grievance Procedures
Student
Handbook
Student
Rights Under FERPA
STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES:
Each
college has a coordinator to assist students with their disabilities. Students
with disabilities who desire academic accommodations must provide the
coordinator with current documentation of their disability including evidence
of the need for academic accommodations. Contact the local college’s Student
Services Office for more details including the name and location of the
Disability Coordinator.