Course code: KDOE203
Department:
School: School of Economics and International Business
Credit hours: 03
Prerequisite(s): Not required
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to expose students to business terminology, concepts, and current business issues. The intent is to develop a viable business vocabulary, foster critical and analytical thinking, and refine business decision-making skills. These skills will be acquired by the reading materials, exercises, and research assignments in this course that simulate the workplace today. Elements of this course will focus on multicultural aspects of markets and business. Additional elements will ask students to look at other countries and evaluate the combination of business models and country characteristics.
- COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar |
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1. |
Chapter 1: The context of business |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4,5 |
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2 |
Chapter 1: The context of business (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
1,5 |
4,5 |
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3 |
Chapter 2: Legal forms of business and Entrepreneurship |
2 |
1 |
1,5 |
4,5 |
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4 |
Chapter 2: Legal forms of business and Entrepreneurship (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4,5 |
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5 |
Chapter 3: Management |
2 |
1 |
1,5 |
4,5 |
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6 |
Chapter 3: Management (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
1,5 |
4,5 |
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7 |
Chapter 3: Management (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
1,5 |
4,5 |
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8 |
Chapter 3: Management (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4,5 |
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9 |
Mid-term test |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0,5 |
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10 |
Chapter 4: Marketing |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4,5 |
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11 |
Chapter 4: Marketing (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4,5 |
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12 |
Chapter 5: Financing the enterprise |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4,5 |
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13 |
Chapter 5: Financing the enterprise (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4,5 |
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14 |
Chapter 6: Business ethics and social resposibility |
3 |
1 |
1,5 |
6,5 |
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15 |
Chapter 7: Business in a borderless world |
3 |
1 |
1,5 |
6,5 |
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Total |
30 |
15 |
26,5 |
63,5 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score ladder: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Session content |
The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
1,2,3,4 |
10% |
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Mid-term tese |
General knowledge of the course/ Theoretical and practical knowledge of the field |
Quick test, 45 minutes |
5,6,7,8 |
30% |
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Marketing present-ation and financial ratio exercise |
There will be two sampled marketing presentations and two financial ratio exercises in this class testing your understanding of the material.
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Individual |
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Non-assessed |
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Summative |
Business plan project |
You have a great business idea and need to create a business plan for your exciting new start-up venture. Your plan will detail your business, provide an analysis of the market and industry, outline your sales and marketing plans, describe your company’s, etc. You are planning to meet with a panel of investors (think “Shark Tank”) and need to create and deliver an informative and persuasive presentation. |
Individual assignment |
Formal business plan |
45% |
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Shark-tank presen-tation (Visual-aids) |
15% |
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Total: |
100% |
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