Course
Descriptions:
EPT 101 Introduction
to Entrepreneurship
An
introductory course for students other than
entrepreneurship majors. The course, which
is designed around the business plan,
examines how to formulate business ideas,
select a location, select a legal form of
organization, locate financing sources,
assess the market, develop a human resource
management system, and establish budgets for
control.
Introduction to the small business
environment with emphasis on developing and
implementing a business concept. Topics may
include: initial problems in starting a
business, financial and administrative
controls, legal and governmental control,
preparing a business plan, securing
financing and operating a small business.
EPT105
Business Planning
Identification
of considerations in the decision making
process as they apply to the small business
owner. Topics include: business and
marketing plan analysis, securing financing,
production, pricing and capital investments.
In the end you will have a workable business
plan that's far more than just a written
document. You will understand the changes in
property, plant, equipment, management,
technology, financial structure, and capital
resources needed to reach our targets.
Everyone responsible for executing the
business plan will know what's expected of
him or her and when it's due. You will
establish milestones where we need
coordination between different departments
to accomplish a particular goal. You will be
able to see progress toward those
intermediate goals-definite, quantified
progress, reported regularly
EPT107
Small Business Management
This
course delivers a concise, practical plan
for success centered around the business
plan--the heart of small business
management. It follows through with solid
techniques for successfully running a small
business. The emphasis on the business plan
as a major theme throughout the course. A
good strategy immediately distinguishes your
business from those of your competitors, and
gives your customers a solid reason for
choosing to do business with you.
A good strategy should be developed after
considering the market, customer needs, the
competition, and your business's relative
strengths and weaknesses. While the
strengths of large, established competitors
may seem overwhelming - such as deep
financial resources and an established
customer base - any new firm has built-in
advantages too, such as more flexibility and
the knowledge of how existing firms have
already positioned themselves in the
marketplace.
EPT 250 Special
Topics in Small Business Management
The
emerging theory of complex systems research
has resulted in a growing movement to
reinvigorate management. Theory, research,
practice, and education can all benefit by
adopting a more dynamic, systemic,
cognitive, and holistic approach to the
management process. As interest in the study
of complex systems has grown, a new
vocabulary is emerging to describe
discoveries about wide-ranging and
fundamental phenomena. Complexity theory
research has allowed for new insights into
many phenomena and for the development of
new manners of discussing issues regarding
management and organizations.
A shared language based on the insights of
complexity can have an important role in a
management context. The use of complexity
theory metaphors can change the way managers
think about the problems they face. Instead
of competing in a game or a war, managers of
a complexity thinking
enterprise are trying to find their way on
an ever changing, ever turbulent landscape.
Such a conception of their organizations'
basic task can, in turn, change the
day-to-day decisions made by management.
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