BUS 475 Course Syllabus
BUS 475 Course Syllabus
BUS/475 Version 4
Course Syllabus
School of Business
BUS/475 Version 4
Integrated Business Topics
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Course Description
The integrated business topics course examines strategic business management while integrating topics from
previously completed business foundation coursework. This allows students to demonstrate a comprehensive
understanding of the undergraduate business curricula with a significant emphasis placed on the assessment of
individual outcomes to determine content mastery.
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Course Materials
Pearce, J. A. II, & Robinson, R. B. (2009). Strategic management: Formulation, implementation, and control
(11th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Thompson, A. A., Gamble, J. E., & Strickland, A. J. (2006). Strategy: Winning in the marketplace: Core
concepts, analytical tools, cases (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
All electronic materials are available on the student website.
Due
Points
Objectives
Readings
Final Examination
Preparation
1/24
30
Readings
Due
Points
1/31
30
Individual
Strategic Plan, Part
I: Conceptualizing a
Business
1/31
100
1/31
100
Readings
Due
Points
2/7
30
Individual
Strategic Plan, Part
II: SWOTT Analysis
2/7
100
Discuss with your Learning Team the forces and trends below that
must be taken into consideration while developing a strategic plan.
Given todays business environment and each Learning Team
members selected business idea, provide a list of the lessons
learned from your Learning Teams discussion for each of the items
listed below. Use this discussion to complete this assignment.
Create a SWOTT table summarizing your findings. Your
environmental analysis should take into account, at a minimum, the
following factors. For each factor, identify the one primary strength,
weakness, opportunity, threat, and trend, and include it in your table.
Strategy
Structures
Processes and systems
Resources
Goals
Strategic capabilities
Culture
Technologies
Innovations
Intellectual property
Leadership
2/7
100
Readings
Due
Points
2/14
30
Individual
Strategic Plan, Part
III: Balanced
Scorecard
2/14
100
Market share
Revenues and costs
Profitability
Competitive position
Employee satisfaction
Employee turnover or retention
Level of organizational capability
Nature of organizational culture or climate
Technological innovation
2/14
50
Readings
Due
Points
2/21
30
Individual
Final Strategic Plan
and Presentation
2/21
150
2/21
150
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