INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS-I

Course Description

This course is designed to teach introductory business students fundamental knowledge about a business. For this purpose, understanding the contemporary business environment is a starting point. After briefly covering the business of managing, all functional areas of a business are discussed. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of business concepts as a foundation for studying other business subjects. The students will be able to identify potential marketing opportunities, relate how business institutions are operated nowadays, and describe business ownership forms. The course is also designed to expose students to the multitude of career fields in the area of business and it will also help them to obtain information about starting their own businesses, identifying basic long and short term planning techniques.

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS-I

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 To explain the basic dynamics of business economics
2. 02 To summarize business ethics and social responsibility
3. 03 To classify small business, entrepreneurship and franchising
4. 04 To summarize the nature of management
5. 05 To describe organization, teamwork and communication
6. 06 To categorize options for organizing businesses
7. 07 To identify basics for managing for quality and competitiveness

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Business: A Changing World, 12th Edition By Ferrell, Hirt, and Ferrell. McGraw-Hill, 2020.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 On successful completion of this course, students will have developed (5) knowledge and understanding of the nature of business and its environment. SOLO 5
2. L02 To explain the basic dynamics of business economics SOLO 3
3. L03 To summarize business ethics and social responsibility SOLO 4
4. L04 To classify small business, entrepreneurship and franchising SOLO 3
5. L05 To summarize the nature of management SOLO 4
6. L06 To describe organization, teamwork and communication SOLO 3
7. L07 To categorize options for organizing businesses SOLO 4
8. L08 To identify basics for managing for quality and competitiveness SOLO 2

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Create a user interface in a contemporary object-oriented language to allow users to access business data
2. P02 Identify and analyze user needs and take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation and administration of computing-based systems
3. P03 Analyze common business functions and identify, design, and develop appropriate information technology solutions
4. P04 Design and develop software solutions for contemporary business environments by employing appropriate problem-solving strategies
5. P05 Configure and administer database server to support contemporary business environments.
6. P06 Administer or mange a relational database for a small to medium size company
7. P07 Be able to effectively integrate IT-based solutions into the user environment
8. P08 Understand professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities
9. P09 Be able to apply effective communication skills consistent with the professional environment
10. P10 Be able to apply effective collaboration skills in teamwork consistent with the professional environment

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