Edwards
School of Business
University of
Saskatchewan
Comm
101 (01) & (03) Decision
Making 1
Prof. Colin
Boyd
September 2009
Guidelines for Academic
Conduct
IMPORTANT.
In the University of Saskatchewan, ignorance of the rules regarding
academic dishonesty does not consitute a valid defence against an
accusation of dishonesty. All students who enroll in this course are
expected to be familiar with the following rules and guidance
regarding academic conduct and academic dishonesty:
Edwards
School of Business Policies on Conduct and Dishonesty
Staying
Healthy This Term
Details
of the Course
Note that the sequence of coverage of topics,
and the actual coverage of specific topics may not
be the same for these 2 sections of COMM 101 and other sections of the
class. COMM 101 (01) and (03) may be different from other sections in a
number of subtle
ways. The exam coverage might be slightly different and the assignments
and exams might
be different.
Click on the links below to read the original course outline
distributed in the first week of class, and
to read the current schedule of classes in
the event that changes have been made
Original
Course Outline (Web-based version)
Original
Course Outline (Word document file) This is the best
one to print off if you want a print copy!
Revised
Class Schedule
Guide
to SWOT analysis. This Guide is written in such a way as to
illustrate how to integrate the referencing of citations and quotations
from these sources into a paper.
Guide
to Referencing
Assignment
details
Assignment
#1 can be downloaded by clicking here
FAQ
for assignment #1
Assignment
#2 can be downloaded by clicking here
Exam
and assignment results
The
correct answers for the Mid-Term Exam are no longer available online.
Visit me to view them at my office.
The
provisional marks for the Mid-Term Exam are posted on the respective
web pages below.
Section (01) mid-term provisional marks
Section
(03) mid-term provisional marks
The
provisional marks for Assignment #1 are posted on the respective
web pages below.
Section
(01) assignment #1 provisional marks
Section
(03) assignment #1 provisional marks
The provisional marks for the Final Exam are
posted on the respective
web pages below.
These
marks are NOT the final grade that you will get in the whole class –
they are
just your score on the final exam itself.
Section
(01) Final Exam provisional marks
Section
(03) Final Exam provisional marks
The
provisional marks for Assignment #2 are posted on the respective
web pages below.
Section
(01) assignment #2 provisional marks
Section
(03) assignment #2 provisional marks
Name
card
Note
that section (01) is being taught in a classroom that does not
accommodate the use of name cards. Students in section (01) should
ignore the following instructions, which apply to students
enrolled in section (03) only.
Download
the template below to obtain a Word document on which you can enter the
name that you wish to be known by in class. Print off the page once you
have replaced the name on the template with your own, and then fold it
in half and insert into the placeholder that will be given to you
in class.
Click
here to download the Word name card template
Web
Site for the Course
Textbook
The textbook that will be used in this course is The Future of Business, 2nd Edition By
N. Althouse, S. Rose, L. Allan, L. J. Gitman, and C. McDaniel,
ISBN-10: 0176252525, 652 Pages , 2008,
Published by Nelson.
Click on the link
below to access the valuable
study aids in the Student Centre web site provided by the publishers of
The Future of Business 2nd Edition.
The Future of
Business: Link to Student Resources Centre
If you are thinking
of purchasing a used copy of the 1st Canadian Edition of The Future of
Business, then you should first read the warnings provided at this
link
Course
Overhead Presentations
In this
section there will be a list
of class dates. Beside each date will be a link to the PowerPoint
presentation(s) to be given in class on that particular date. Just
click on the
link to call up a particular presentation.
If you want to see the presentation exactly as it was given in class,
then click "View Show" in the "Slide Show" menu. Once in the slide show
presentation you can advance the presentation by either clicking the
mouse button, or by using the enter or forward arrow keys. To go
backwards, press the backward arrow key.
If you wish to print off handouts from a particular presentation, click
"Print" in the File menu. When the print window comes up, look for the
section marked
"Print What?" and click "Handouts". To the right of that box you can
now select the number of handouts to be printed per page. I recommend
that you choose 6 slides per page so as to minimise the number of pages
printed. Note that some presentations may not print very well on a
black ink-only printer, so you are
advised to use the "Print Preview" option first to see what the output
would look like without first wasting paper. You could
try setting the "Colour/Grayscale" box at the bottom left of the Print
window to either "Grayscale" or "Black & White" to see if the
output becomes clearer when you look at it via the "Print Preview"
option.
The
links will be posted below as the lectures are created by the
instructor. What will be shown in class on a particular day may
differ from what will be shown below before the class takes place.
After the class has taken place the PowerPoint presentations posted
below will reflect the actual classroom presentation. Do not print off the materials a long
time in advance of the actual class session, as they may be changed
right up until the start of class!
1
Wed Sept 9
Introduction
Lecture
on Product-Market Positioning
2 Mon Sept 14 Chapter
1 – Understanding Evolving Economic Systems and Competition
Lecture
on SWOT Analysis
3
Wed Sept 16
Chapter
2 – The Global Marketplace and Governments' Roles
4
Mon
Sept 21
Chapter 2 (continued)
Governments in Canada
Appendix (598 – 610) on Corporate Governance, the Legal Environment and
Taxation
The theory of
comparative advantage in
international trade is quite counter-intuitive, and hence it is
difficult to grasp at first sight. I recommend that you visit the
following web site in order to read through a simple example that
illustrates the logic of comparative advantage in international trade. Click here to read
a simple explanation of
David Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage. Don't get put off by
trying to understand it the first time through. If you are able to
understand the results in Table 2 by the second time you read it
through, then you will have done ok.
Anyone who is interested in a
deeper understanding of comparative advantage might wish to click here
to read more
5 Wed Sept 23
Chapter
3 – Social Trends, Social Responsibility and Making Ethical Decisions in
Business
6
Mon Sept 28
Lecture
on Ethical Decision-Making
7
Wed
Sept 30
Chapter
4 - Using Technology to Manage Information and for Business Success
8
Mon
Oct 5 Chapter
5 – Forms of Business Ownership
9
Wed Oct 7
Chapter
6 – Entrepreneurship: Starting & Managing Your Own Business.
Mon Oct 12
Thanksgiving
10 Wed Oct 14
TBA
11 Mon
Oct 19
Chapter
7 – Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations
Lecture
on Strategy and Structure
Assignment #1
DUE
12 Wed Oct 21
Chapter
8 – Designing Organizational Structures
13 Mon Oct 26
Chapter
9 – Managing Human Resources and Labour
Relations
14 Wed Oct 28
Midterm Exam, based on
Chapters 1 to 8 and related class
materials
15 Mon Nov 2
Chapter
10 – Motivating Employees and Creating Self-Managed Teams
16 Wed Nov 4
Chapter 11 – Achieving World-Class Operations
Management
17 Mon Nov 9
Chapter
12 – Understanding the Customer and Creating Marketing Strategy
Wed
Nov 11
Remembrance Day
18 Mon Nov 16
Chapter
13 – Developing Quality Products at the Right Price
19 Wed Nov 18
Chapter
14 – Distributing Products in a Timely and Efficient Manner
20 Mon Nov 23 Chapter 15 – Using Integrated Marketing
Communications to Promote Products.
Assignment
#2 DUE
21 Wed Nov 25
Chapter
16 – Using Financial Information and Accounting
Lecture
on Understanding Financial Reports
22 Mon Nov 30
Chapter
17 – Managing the Firm's Finances
23 Wed Dec 2
Chapter
18 – Understanding Money, Financial Institutions, and the Securities
Markets
24 Mon
Dec 4 Handout
on giving presentations
Students
in the class
Click
here to view a list of the students
registered in Section (01) of the class
Click
here to view a list of the students
registered in Section (03) of the class
Current
Events
These
were some of the links that were used for this class in January
- April 2009.
Note that I have yet to remove outdated links
These
were some of the links that were used for this class in September
- December 2008.
Note that I have yet to remove outdated links
You can reach
me, Colin Boyd, at: boyd@edwards.usask.ca
Room 151
Edwards School of
Business
25 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada S7N 5A7
Office: 306-966-8436
Fax: 306-966-2516
