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COURSE INTRODUCTION

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: The Context of Business

1.1: Business Basics

1.2: Productivity and the Business Cycle

1.3: Economic Indicators as Components of Economic Stability

1.4: Components of Economic Policy

1.5: Doing Business Globally

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Entrepreneurship and Legal Forms of Business

2.1: Legal Forms of Business

2.2: Entrepreneurship and How Small Businesses Affect the Economy

2.3: Analyzing the Potential of a Business to be Profitable

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Marketing

3.1: Marketing Defined

3.2: The Product

3.3: Consumer Behavior

3.4: Marketing Segmentation

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Accounting, Finance, and Banking

4.1: Business Accounting

4.2: Components of an Income Statement

4.3: Components of a Balance Sheet

4.4: Financial Ratio Analysis

4.5: The Role of Banks in Finance

4.6: Financing Options

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Management

5.1: Defining Management

5.2: The Role of Human Resource Management

5.3: Teamwork and Communications

5.4: Forming a Corporate Mission and Culture

5.5: Forming a Corporate Mission and Culture

5.6: Concepts in Business Law

Unit 5 Assessment

Study Guide

Certificate Final Exam

Saylor Direct Credit

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