Course Overview
This course introduces you to a sound understanding of business structure, management skills, and planning procedures. You will learn to make management decisions using standard accounting information and fundamental decision-making theories, apply the management process to the automotive industry, and develop a business plan.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
2.5
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Describe management as a systematic, ongoing process with identifiable steps.
- Describe legal forms of business.
- Describe how to produce a business plan.
- Describe how to implement a business plan.
- Describe management controls and their importance to the success of a business.
- Discuss the principles of purchasing and inventory control.
- Use electronic accounting information to make standard business decisions in the automotive industry.
- Explain the importance of location, layout, and merchandising.
- Evaluate sources of financing for new small firms or franchises.
- Describe legal considerations for small business.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2007
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