Introduction to Business
Course Description
An introduction to what a business
is, how it operates, and how it is managed. Students will identify forms of ownership and the processes used in production and marketing, finance, personnel and management in business operations.
Tour Assignment - Due Thursday, 11/10
Unit 1 - Business Environment
Lemonade Game Sites
Ch. 1 - Economics
Scavenger hunt on economic indicators
Unemployment Map by city and county
Ch 3 - International
Test Review
Chapter 2 - Ethics
Ideas for social responsibility
Chapter 4 - Ownership Structure
Mergers and Acquisitions
Ch. 7 - Internal Structure
Culture - Yahoo and Google vs. Goldman Sachs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Stock Market
Wall Street Survivor (Learn Trading tab on top)
Investopedia (investing basics)
Stock Market Assignment
List of places to electronically build a portfolio
Chapter 15 - Accounting
Guide to the New York Stock Exchange
Sears Financial Information for review
Marketing
Crystal Light On-The-Go lemonade (single packet)
Chapter 8 - Production Efficiency
Virtual Factory Tours
Chapter 12, 13, 14
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