Syllabus - Business Systems I

Syllabus

College of Information Systems & Technology

Business Systems I

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Course Description

This course introduces business systems. The course reviews the basics of the business environment and influences on that environment. Accounting and finance business systems are also reviewed.

Policies

Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents:

* University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document.

* Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum.

University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.

Course Materials

Nickels, W. G., McHugh, J. M., & McHugh, S. M. (2010). Understanding business (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Raiborn, C. A. (2010). Core concepts of accounting (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

Article References

Anonymous (2008, January). 2--Eight business technology trends to watch. Growth Strategies, (1009), 2.

Boomer, L. G. (2007, August 20). IT strategies and tactics. Accounting Today, 21(15), 22.

Burns, J. (2007, March 29). The case for accurate financial reports. San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Calculating accounts receivable turnover. (2007). Bloomsbury Business Library - Actionlists & Checklists, 19.

Fontana, J. (2008, January 7). Microsoft's challenges swing toward online. Network World, 25(1), 16.

Gomes, L. (2007, October 23). Business technology--Talking tech: Financial software makes move to Web. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition), B.3.

Hayes, F. (2008, January 1). Hot 8 for 2008. Computerworld, 42(1), 36.

Leichter, J. (2007, March). Benchmarking your business with financial ratio analysis. Contracting Business. Retrieved January 18, 2009, from http://contractingbusiness.com/feature/cb_imp_46149/, 64(3), 82.

O'Sullivan, K. (2007, December). By the numbers. CFO, 23(12), 23.

Sallet, J., & Weber, S. (2008, January 14). Behold the broadband value circle. Business Week Online, 30.

Sussman, J. H. (2008). And now, for the million-dollar question: How much can we afford to spend?. hfm (Healthcare Financial Management), 64.

Tadelis, S. (2007, Fall). The innovative organization: Creating value through outsourcing. California Management Review, 50(1), 261.

All electronic materials are available on the student website.

Week One: Business Systems

Details Due Points

Objectives 1.1 Identify common business systems.

1.2 Compare and contrast types of business legal structures.

Readings Read Ch. 5, "How to Form a Business", of Understanding Business.

Read Ch. 7, "Management and Leadership", of Understanding Business.

Read this week's Electronic Reserve Readings.

Participation Participate in class discussion.

Participation is very important online. You will be expected to participate 4 days a week in several different discussions and to contribute at least 2 substantive discussion messages on each of those 4 days. This is a required part of your grade. Providing your initial response to the Discussion Questions (DQs) does count towards the weeks participation requirement. Fulfilling individual assignments (and discussions to those assignments thereafter) will not be considered participation. Learning Team discussion question responses are scored separately and will not count towards participation.

(Note: The discussion questions for each week are tied to the readings for that week)

Participation will be counted only in the Main forum. Messages posted in the Individual, Chat Room, or in the Learning Team forums will not count towards your class participation score.

Please note that both quantity and quality are important considerations when it comes to participation. A message which says simply, "I agree," for example, would not constitute participation because it does not add anything of substance to the discussion.

In order to earn full participation points, you must add something of substance to the discussion 4 out of 7 days per week--this would consist of new ideas, your perspectives, pointed follow-up questions, etc. Ongoing - 4 days per week 5

Discussion Questions Respond to weekly discussion questions.

Due Day 4 (Friday): Individual Discussion Question 1 (Counted as part of Participation): Post your response to the Week 1 Individual Discussion Question in the Main forum and begin commenting on each other's responses. Please post your responses in the DQ threads. Responses to each question should be at least 200-300 words.

Based on Sallet and Weber's (2008) article, explain a broadband value circle and its advantages for organizations.

Due Day 7 (Monday): Individual Discussion Question 2 (Counted as part of Participation): Post your response to the Week 1 Individual Discussion Question in the Main forum and begin commenting on each other's responses.