Course Outline/Calendar
CSUN
Business 302
The Gateway Experience
Fall, 2022
13560
Mon/Wed 9:30am - 10:45am (Mon 8/29 - Mon 12/12, 16 weeks)
BB2206
(in-person format)
Wed, Nov 23, 2022
[updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2022]
"There are five managerial roles; they are to set objectives, organize, motivate and communicate, measure, and develop people."
-Peter Drucker (1909-2005)
Course Outline/Calendar (Summary)
In general, the course will cover the topics and do the activities outlined in the common BUS 302 calendar.
However, the days and times for specific topics and activities will vary depending on a range of factors, including how well the class is doing in specific areas. More
information will be provided in class.
You will run and bring to class, but not turn in, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test. You will skip the "case preferences" assignment.
Exercise #1 will be done in written form, not oral form. I score the oral presentations and oral challenges as group performance rather than individual performance. I tend not to give "second chance"
oral presentations. I use some time in class for overall group evaluations and for personal group discussion. As indicated on the syllabus, this class will have a few "pop quizzes" as well.
There is no final exam in this course.
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Course Outline/Calendar (Detail)
The purpose of this web site is to provide information and materials for students enrolled in Wayne Smith's Business 302 course, Class # 13560, for the Fall, 2022 semester.
This course meets Mon/Wed 9:30am - 10:45am (Mon 8/29 - Mon 12/12, 16 weeks) in BB2206 [ Campus Map ].
This course is taught in the in-person format.
This course is offered by the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). CSU Northridge is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system.
The following summary identifies the key terms used in the course outline.
- Topic(s):
- General topic(s) to be discussed
- Coursepack:
- Readings from the coursepack [ .html ]
- Library:
- Readings from the library materials (or occasionally, a direct, online resource)
- Supplemental:
- Miscellaneous Readings
- Due:
- Assignment or report due at the immediate beginning of class
- Activity:
- done individually or in teams (announced and done in-class)
- Lecture:
- presentation and discussion led primarily by the instructor
- Video Clip(s):
- Video Clip(s) shown in class, typically from a movie or TV show
- (contingency)
- Slack time embedded during the course to cover unforeseen events
The following is the detail of the course in chronological order. Students must complete the readings and assignments before the due date.
Week 1: Mon. Aug 29, 2022
- Lecture: Enrollment Management
- Lecture: Course Introduction
- Lecture: Class Materials
- Supplemental: NACE 2019 Job Outlook Data (Required Employability Skills) [ .pdf ] [ .html (source) ]
- Supplemental: NACE 2018 Job Outlook Data (Skill Gaps in Entry-level Professionals) [ .pdf ] [ .html (source) ]
Week 1: Wed. Aug 31, 2022
- (note: room change: just for today, please meet in
BB2125 BB2212 computer lab)
- Lecture: Guest, Craig Oka/Danielle Rodriguez/Kelsey Beisecker (Director/Coordinator(s), Nazarian College Career Education and Professional Development (CEPD) Office)
- office: BB2234, phone: 818-677-4697
- Activity: Nazarian CEPD 'Handshake' Registration (answer the questionnaire to set up a profile)
- Activity: Nazarian CEPD 'VMock' Registration (create a login with your CSUN email address and upload your current resume twice)
- Supplemental: Important Career Dates For Fall, 2022
- Industry Night [ .html ] (All Nazarian students) (Wed. Sep. 21th, 6pm - 9pm, USU Northridge Center)
- Meet the Firms [ .html ] (Accountancy students) (Tue. Sep. 20th, 5pm - 9pm, Odyssey Restaurant)
Week 2: Mon. Sep 5, 2022
- (no class, Labor Day Holiday)
Week 2: Wed. Sep 7, 2022
- (please place non-needed items in the back shelves or "cubbyholes")
- Activity: Team Assignment
- Lecture: Team Building and prior Teams' Performance
- Coursepack: Creating Teams-Exercise #1 (Building Trust) [ .pdf ]
- Coursepack: Creating Teams-Exercise #2 (Rules of Behavior "Contract") [ .pdf ]
- Coursepack: Creating Teams
- Team "Icebreakers" [ .doc ]
- Humanmetrics-Jung Test (Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator)
- MBTI Assessment Test [ .html ]
- MBTI Interpretation [ .ppt ]
- Library: Woo (Teams)
Week 3: Mon. Sep 12, 2022
- Lecture (Fall): Jonathan Diego, Director of Membership, CSUN ALPFA
- Supplemental: Student Success: The Multiple Perspectives of a Business Student [ .pptx ]
- Supplemental: The Persistent Value and Relevance of LDC Topics [ .pdf ]
Week 3: Wed. Sep 14, 2022
- Due: Exercise #1 (Building Trust)
- Due: Exercise #2 (Rules of Behavior "Contract")
- Due (Fri. Sep. 16, in Handshake): Update your Handshake profile
- Due (Fri. Sep. 16, in VMOCK): Upload an initial Résumé and an updated Résumé
- Library: Sandberg (Tardiness Contagion)
- Lecture: Case Preparation Document ("CasePrepDoc") [ .pdf ]
- Lecture: Case Deliverable Structure Requirements [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Additional Case Writing Materials [ .html ]
- Lecture: Case Process (Lifecycle)
Week 4: Mon. Sep 19, 2022
- Supplemental: The Behavioral Moment [ .html ]
- Lecture: Ethical Decision-making [ .pptx ]
- (contingency)
Week 4: Wed. Sep 21, 2022
Week 5: Mon. Sep 26, 2022
- Lecture: Quantitative Reasoning for Case #1
- (contingency)
Week 5: Wed. Sep 28, 2022
- Lecture: Professional Influence [ .pptx ]
- Lecture: Legal Analysis for Business Case Study [ .pptx ]
- Lecture: Citations and References [ .pptx ]
- (contingency)
Week 6: Mon. Oct 3, 2022
- Supplemental: Requirements for Oral Presentations [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Formatting Requirements for Presentation Deliverables [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Additional Case Presenting Materials [ .html ]
- Lecture: Presentation Examples (Powerpoint presentations from my prior BUS 302 classes)
Week 6: Wed. Oct 5, 2022
- Lecture: Presenter Teams' Responsibilities
- Lecture: Public Speaking Tips (pp. 12-5 to 12-10) [ .pdf ]
- Lecture: Audience Teams' Responsibilities [ .html ]
- (contingency)
Week 7: Mon. Oct 10, 2022
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #1 June at the Multiplex
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #1 June at the Multiplex
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 7: Wed. Oct 12, 2022
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #1 June at the Multiplex
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 8: Mon. Oct 17, 2022
Week 8: Wed. Oct 19, 2022
- Activity: Personal Reflection #1 (done and submitted in class)
- Supplemental: Examples of Strong Writing: Sentences [ .pptx ], Paragraphs [ .pptx ], Arguments [ .pptx ], and Style [ .pptx ]
- Supplemental: Examples of Areas for Improvement: Language Use and Grammar [ .pptx ]
- Lecture: Quantitative Reasoning for Case #2
Week 9: Mon. Oct 24, 2022
- Mid-course Team Evaluation
- Activity: Informal Team Evaluation [ .pdf ] (Tue. Nov 9, 2021)
- Activity: Performance Improvement [ .pptx ] (Fri. Nov 25, 2022)
- Activity: Team meeting with the Instructor (if necessary)
- (contingency)
Week 9: Wed. Oct 26, 2022
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #2 Artisan Emporium
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #2 Artisan Emporium
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 10: Mon. Oct 31, 2022
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #2 Artisan Emporium
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 10: Wed. Nov 2, 2022
Week 11: Mon. Nov 7, 2022
- Lecture: Use of Secondary Sources [ .pptx ]
- Lecture: Quantitative Reasoning for Case #3
- (contingency)
Week 11: Wed. Nov 9, 2022
Week 12: Mon. Nov 14, 2022
- Lecture: Continuous Improvement for Writing - Semantics [ .pptx ]
- Lecture: Important Business Communication Skills [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Developing and Revising Prose: Managing your Writing Brand [ .pdf ]
- Lecture: Quantitative Reasoning for Case #4
- (contingency)
Week 12: Wed. Nov 16, 2022
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #3 Green Cast
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #3 Green Cast
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 13: Mon. Nov 21, 2022
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #3 Green Cast
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 13: Wed. Nov 23, 2022
- Supplemental: Individual Ethics Essay Materials
- Ethics Essay Scoring Rubric [ .pdf ]
- Ethics (Sample Cases)
- Ethics Essay Writing Errors [ .xlsx ]
- Supplemental: Request to Change the CA Bar Exam Pass Score [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: Examples of Strong Writing: Paragraphs [ .pptx ]
- (contingency)
Week 14: Mon. Nov 28, 2022
- Due: Written (all non-presentation teams) for Case #4 Sprint-to-Life
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #4 Sprint-to-Life
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 14: Wed. Nov 30, 2022
- Due: Presentation (team: tbd) for Case #4 Sprint-to-Life
- Activity: Discussion ("Challenge") Question Template [ .pdf ]
Week 15: Mon. Dec 5, 2022
- (Fall: student evaluations of faculty) (please complete by Mon. Dec 12 at 11:59pm) [ .html ]
- Activity: Personal Reflection #2 (done and submitted in class)
- Activity: Formal Team Evaluation (done and submitted in class)
- (contingency)
Week 15: Wed. Dec 7, 2022
- Activity: In-class Ethics Essay (done and submitted in class)
Week 16: Mon. Dec 12, 2022
- Lecture: Technology [ .pptx ]
- Lecture: Analytics [ .pptx ]
- (contingency)
Finals Week: Wed. Dec 14, 2022
- Note: Special Time - (8:00am - 10:00am)
- Note: This day and time needs to be verified by each student individually in SOLAR after the beginning of the semester (especially to make sure there are no conflicts).
- (no final exam)
- Supplemental: "CalStatePays" (post-graduation salary data for several CSU campuses) [ .html ]
- Supplemental: "20 Things 20-year-olds Don't Get" (Forbes, 2013) [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: "What Does It Mean to Be Professional at Work?" (U.S. News and World Report, 2013) [ .pdf ]
- Supplemental: "Why Thousands of College Grads Start Their Careers at a Rental Car Company" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2019) [ .pdf ]
- Library: Davidson
- Library: (anonymous) (How'd You Get That Job?)
- Lecture: End of Semester Debrief, Performance Review, Preparation for Future Success [ .pptx ]