Small Business Profits

							                                                               Discipline: Finance/Business
                                                                           Date Submitted: 7/2008

                                      ARTICULATION TEMPLATE

General Course Title: Entrepreneurship-Small Business Management

General Course Description:
This course is designed to provide students with entrepreneurial skills and e xposure to all aspects
of starting/operating a small business. Students will learn how to utilize business management and
marketing principles to make decisions in the sale of goods and services.

College Prerequisite(s):                          HS/ROCP Prerequisite(s):
Advisories/Recommendations:

Course Content:
Personal and Business Goal-Setting
Development of a Business Strategy
Fundamentals of a Business Plan
Financing a Small Business
Financial Management
Human Resource Management
Common Management Techniques for Small Business
Franchising and Licensing
Quality Control
Interaction of Small Business/Non-Profits with government
Business Ethics
Review of Current Trends and Economic Development
Entrepreneurship as a Career
Technology

Competencies and Skill Requirements
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
    1. Explain/define entrepreneurial terminology
    2. Identify and describe current entrepreneurial issues and significant trends
    3. Describe the issues of ethics and social responsibility in the entrepreneurial environment
    4. Discuss the political, legal, economic and regulatory environments of small business
    5. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurial alternatives
    6. Evaluate the differences in entrepreneurial entry strategies
    7. Utilize entrepreneurial technology
    8. Comprehend and cultivate the ability to plan, organize, and start a small business
    9. Develop critical thinking skills
    10. Learn to differentiate between process and substance
    11. Analyze management situations/cases



                                    www.statewidepathways.org
                                                                                   Final 1/2009
Measurement Methods (include any industry certification or licensure):
Test, quizzes, case studies, presentations, writing assignments, portfolios, discussions, research,
demonstrations, projects
Sample Textbooks or Other Support Materials (including Software):
Entrepreneurship, Ely, Berna, Poppo; Glencoe
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, , Mayer, Allan, Glencoe
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Entrepreneur Magazine
My Start Up Life, B. Casnocha
Discipline Work Group (DWG) Comments:


DWG Facilitator’s Signature:                                        Date:
[Office use only.]                                 [Office use only.]
TOPs Code:                                         Internal Tracking Number:

Date Accepted by Steering Committee:




                                    www.statewidepathways.org
                                                                                   Final 1/2009