BUS 1101.30
Introduction to Business
Spring Semester January 12 - March 2, 2010
Tuesdays, 9:00 - 11:40 AM
Cambridge Campus - Room F 205
An eight-week accelerated class
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BUS 1101.30 Introduction to Business Spring Semester January 12 - March 2, 2010 Tuesdays, 9:00 - 11:40 AM Cambridge Campus - Room F 205
An eight-week accelerated class |
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Mar 2 |
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Feb 23 |
This information is posted five days early due to your instructor's attendance at a weekend conference. __________________________________________________________________ Ten Household Names of Things No Longer Made in America. Look here. Twelve Jobs Suited to Home-Based Work. Look here. The 19 Craziest Craigslist Ads. Look here. Main Street Business: Learning from a Prison. Look here. __________________________________________________________________
Assignment (A) Final Application Exercise Links: Assignment (B) Blog: Buy Locally/Buy American Links for Blog Assignment:
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Feb 16 |
And the iPad humor continues ... One of the best informercial ads EVER - Slap Chop Remix (2 min) Long version One of the craziest product informercials Ever - Hawaii Chair Ellen with her Hawaii Chair __________________________________________________________________ Ever wonder where your money goes when you purchase a best seller? Look here. Ten Dumbest Things to Buy at a Dollar Store. Look here. __________________________________________________________________ Assignment (A) Application Exercise 06 Assignment (A) Links: Assignment (B) Reminder- Stock Market Project, Part Five is due Feb 23. Assignment (C) - Watch the video, China Blue (86 min)
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Feb 9 |
More humor: John Stewart - The Toyotathon of Death __________________________________________________________________ Fifteen things we don't want to pay money for. Look here. Ever wonder where your money goes when you purchase a movie ticket? Look here. __________________________________________________________________ Assignment (A) Final Stock Market Project
Assignment (B) Application Exercise 05 (Articles are attached to the exercise) Assignment (C) Unionization at Wal-Mart Links for Assignment C: |
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Feb 2 |
Humor for this week: The Apple IPad Pee-wee Gets an iPad! __________________________________________________________________ Ever wonder where your money goes when you buy gasoline? Look here. __________________________________________________________________ Assignment (A) Stock Market Project - Part Three Assignment (A) Blank Form for Stock Purchase Info Assignment (B) Application Exercise 04 Article for Application Exercise 04: Extreme Managing Assignment (C) Blog: Management Conflict Links for Assignment C:
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Jan 26 |
Assignment (A) Social Investment through KIVA Microloan article 1: Help Impoverished Entrepreneurs with Loans Microloan article 2: Plan to feed starving kids grows Kiva (Click on View All Entrepreneurs) Assignment (B) Application Exercise 03 Links for Application Exercise 03: Assignment (C) Blog: Does this business opportunity bowl you over? Links for Assignment C: |
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Jan 19 |
Assignment (A) Stock Market Project - Part Two Assignment (B) Application Exercise 02 Articles for Application Exercise 02: Assignment (C) Blog: What Do You Think About Murky Coffee? Warning! This assignment has an early deadline for 4 class members. Online Blogs for Asgn C: Video Notes: How Wall Street Works |
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Additional Stock Market Information Links Online Video How to Understand the U.S. Stock Market Handouts Video Notes: How Wall Street Works Investment Guide: Motley Fool's Guide Online articles about Investing in the Stock Market: Investing Basics: Questions Answered for Beginning Investors Building your first stock portfolio Investing 101 Investing 102 (Ratio analysis) Going where the dividends will be Online Resources for stock research: Morningstar (stock page) |
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Jan 12 |
Assignment (A) Stock Market Project - Part One Blank table for the Stock Market Project (A Microsoft Word document) Resources for Selecting Stocks Five Minute Investing: Stock Picking Fundamental Criteria for Picking Stocks: Show me the money! Assignment (B) Application Exercise 01 Articles for Application Exercise 01: Assignment (C) Read the FAQs for this class and complete the related Quiz in D2L. Deadline: Before class on Tuesday, Jan 19 |
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First Accelerated 8-Week Schedule (This Class) |
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January 12 |
This class begins |
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January 16-18 |
College closed - holiday |
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February 13-15 |
College closed - holiday |
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February 25 (Thurs) |
Last day to withdraw from this course |
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February 26 (Friday) |
No classes - faculty development day. |
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March 2 |
Final class day for this course |
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Second Accelerated 8-Week Schedule |
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March 14 - 20 |
No classes - spring break! |
