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Fall 2023 Human Resources Management Syllabus, Joseph A. Abbondandolo

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Syllabus for Human Resources Management (ECO 31250 & PSY 31141)

Principles Of Financial Management Chapter 1 - 4, Dorina Tila

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This work includes a teaching material that could be the embryonic stage of a textbook for a Principles of Financial Management course.

Principles of Financial Management is a course that introduces you to key financial concepts and the application of financial analysis in making sound business decisions. Topics covered are time value of money, risk and rates of return, asset valuation, capital budgeting, and capital structure, and more. At the end of the course, you will gain an understanding of financial assets, financial markets, financial intermediaries, and the banking system. You will also be able to understand financial statements (i.e., …

Open Textbook For Art 27, Nate Cooper

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Work in Progress - In the Spring of 2023, I will endeavor to work collaboratively with students to develop an open textbook for the Art 26: UX Visual Design course. As this class has only been offered once in the past and in general the UX courses are new at Kingsborough there isn't an obvious single authority on the subject. As a practitioner in the field professionally, I grow concerned that even if a solid text could be found in print that industry changes happen so frequently that the only helpful authority will need to be a dynamic work. Hence, …

Models For Decision-Making - Second Edition, Steven Cosares, Fred Rispoli

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Decision-Making often refers to a multi-stage process that starts with some form of introspection or reflection about a situation in which a person or group of people find themselves. These ruminations usually lead to series of questions that need to be answered, or to a set of data that needs to be collected and analyzed, or to some calculations that need to be performed before someone can be in a position to make informed decisions and take appropriate actions.

We provide some simple examples of Quantitative Models, which are often found in a decision-making situation. We focus on the use …

Syllabus College Now Ba11 - Introduction To Business, Erika Gershuni

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Principles Of Marketing Eco 21250, Jennifer V. Lavayen

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Entrepreneurship At The Base Of The Pyramid, Ouafaa Hmaddi

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Syllabus for ECO 21680: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID

Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Cis/Sta 3920 (Data Mining For Business Analyitics), Vinayak Javaly

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Data Mining is the process by which useful information is extracted from large amounts of data. This course is designed to provide students with the necessary tools and techniques to perform data mining and business analytics. This course is intended as an introductory module targeted at individuals who plan to work with data (modeling, data management) as well as towards those who will work with data scientists. While the course will primarily focus on modeling and evaluation, it will also include data preparation and examination. Modeling techniques covered include decision trees, clustering, and other methods. Emphasis will be placed on …

Entrepreneurship, Ouafaa Hmaddi

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Syllabus for ECO 41250 Entrepreneurship

Student Self-Grading Form, Brett Whysel

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This is a word document that students use at the beginning, midpoint, and end of a semester to set relevant goals, measure progress towards goals, and self-grade. It is intended to build motivation, metacognition, and accountability. Instructors may use it on its own or to supplement other assessment tools, and improve the accuracy, validity, and fairness of final grades.

Case Study Assignment, Lauren B. Mullins

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This is an assignment for an undergraduate management class.

Eco 2200: Module 2, Dorina Tila

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Firms and Financial Institutions

• Financial Markets
• Financial Institutions

Eco 2200: Module 3 - 5, Dorina Tila

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Time Value of Money

• Calculate future value (FV)
• Calculate effective interest rate and compounding.
• Calculate present value (PV)
• Calculate rate of returns
• Apply time value of money principles to evaluate investment opportunities
• Optional: Calculate amortization

Eco 2200: Module 8, Dorina Tila

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Cost of Capital

• Compute the component cost of capital for (a) debt, (b) preferred stock, (c) retained earnings, and (d) new common equity.
• Describe the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and how it is used to make investment decisions.

Eco 2200: Module 6, Dorina Tila

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Bonds

• Describe the key features of bonds
• Distinguish types of bonds
• Measure yield, assess risk, and bond evaluation.
• Interest rates

Eco 2200: Module 7, Dorina Tila

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Risks

• Describe the basic return and risk
• Describe portfolio risk, stand-alone risk, and return and market efficiency

Equity & Options

• Describe features of common stock and preferred stock
• Value common stock (dividend growth model, free cashflow valuation model, and market multiples)

Eco 2200: Module 1, Dorina Tila

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Overview of Financial Management, Firms v. Markets

• Objectives of the firm
• Forms of business organizations
• Coase, R.H. (1937). The Nature of the Firm. Economica, 4(16), p. 386-405.

Medst 260: Advertising And Marketing, Mara Einstein

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Introductory course to Advertising and Marketing.

Low Textbook Cost Syllabus For Mgt 9600 (Strategy And Competitive Advantage), Helaine J. Korn

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This course examines how to gain advantage against competitors in the complex and dynamic global marketplace. Core business strategy themes include how to analyze the business environment, assess resources and capabilities, and choose competitive strategies. The course also considers how to create corporate value through configuring and coordinating multibusiness activities. Core corporate strategy themes include how to analyze scale and scope, evaluate corporate competencies, manage the multibusiness corporation, assess global strategies, and choose corporate strategies.

Questions For Discussion Board (Finance Course), Loren Cohen

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This assignment is designed to get students to think about the meaning behind the numbers. All too often, students calculate given scenarios without understanding why they are doing so. This will hopefully encourage deeper thinking.

Strategic Management, Punit Arora

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Strategic Management is an integrative course that is designed to provide students with an understanding of the nature of businesses, their leadership and governance, and how the various functional areas (finance, marketing, accounting, operations, etc.) fit together to support a broad and purposeful organization. Strategic Management is the process whereby a firm chooses its business activities and establishes and sustains its position in a competitive market. It explores such questions as: Why do some companies succeed; while others fail? How can a company build and sustain competitive advantage? Which industries offer the best opportunities for long-term profitability? The course materials …

How To Create A Pivot Table And A Histogram, Harini Mittal

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This file gives instructions on how to create a pivot chart and histogram using excel sheet. The instructions have been adapted from the following textbook, but supplemented with screen shots for better understanding.

Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran, Fry and Ohlmann. Essentials of Statistics for Business & Economics, 9th Edition

How To Construct A Pie Chart, Harini Mittal

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This file provides step-by-step instructions on constructing a pie-chart using excel.

How To Construct A Bar Chart, Harini Mittal

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This file gives step-by-step instructions to construct a bar chart in excel.

How To Construct A Frequency Distribution For Non-Numeric Data, Harini Mittal

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This is a step-by-step instruction file with screenshots to help anyone construct a frequency distribution table with non-numeric data.

A Simplified Apa Referencing Style For Your Management Course Essay, Isabel Rechberg

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Write you essay correctly using a simplified APA referencing style for your essay for your Management course.

Com 210: Writing At Work, Cuny School Of Professional Studies

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An overview of professional workplace writing, including audience assessment, preparation for writing and research, design, editing, and collaborative writing. Models of effective writing and practice in preparing business correspondence, reports, instructions, proposals, presentations, and web content, development of competence in creating documents routinely required of professionals in organizations. Relevant for a wide variety of professions.

Principles Of Management, Punit Arora

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This course addresses theory and practice of the modern organization, its historic development, and its role in our modern society. The course takes a functional approach, first introducing the role of a manager and the modern managerial environment, then exploring planning, organizing, leading, and control. Particular attention is given to developing the skills necessary to manage, lead, and compete in today’s world.

Eco 230 / Mgt 230 Introduction To Economic And Managerial Statistics, George Vachadze

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Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Mgt 3800 (Management And Society), Jared Peifer

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The course aims to help students better understand how business interacts with society. The dramatic rise in the exchange of goods, information, services and capital around the world makes business a driving force in global society. Yet, the evolving expectations of corporate stakeholders (e.g., customers, investors, governments and civil society groups) are not well understood. Corporations are expected to meet ever-higher standards of care wherever they operate. Stakeholders expect managers to make a profit for their companies in ways that are lawful, socially responsible and contribute to the welfare of society. Tomorrow’s business leaders will need to be equipped with …