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Course Online Syllabus

Spring 2011

Department EDENCourse Number6352 Section Number23542
Name of Course Developing the Business Plan
Name of Instructor Summers,David F

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The syllabus for this course has not been submitted.



Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Apply the process of converting a business idea into a viable business.
  2. Apply legal and regulatory requirements to form a successful business.
  3. Apply the knowledge of entrepreneurial resources to enterprise development.
  4. Integrate opportunity, market, industry, financial resources, and human resources into a formal business plan.
  5. Apply written communication and presentation skills to business plan creation and promotion.

Major Assignments/Exams

Discussion Board 25
Business Plan Process 20
Business Plan 40
Business Plan Promotion 15

Required Reading

Bygrave and Zacharakis, The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship,4th ed., ISBN 9780470481318.

Hisrich, Peteres, and Shepherd, Entrepreneurship,8 th ed., ISBN 9780073530321.

Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start,1 ed., ISBN 1591840562.

Rhonda Abrams, Successful Business Research,1 ed., ISBN 0974080136.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.