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Business: A Changing World
BSAD 096 60589 (3 credits)
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm
Location: Lafayette L108
Days: MTWR
On campus instruction: July 15 – July 26, 2013
Online follow-up assignment: July 29 – August 9, 2013
Professor: Robert Fulton
Syllabus
Schedule
Students taking this course will be introduced to several key areas of business, including accounting, organizational behavior, finance, operations management, information systems, marketing, business ethics and more. Discussion of sustainability in business, including sustainable economics, issues of equity and ecology will also be included, as will discussions on entrepreneurship and options for creating and organizing business ventures. In addition to this introduction to business, the course includes coverage of decision-making tools including Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. Other productivity software will be used including Microsoft PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word. In addition, core computing concepts such as hardware fundamentals, network connectivity, mobile computing trends and operating systems will be presented.
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton’s work experience includes Director of Customer Management, Director of Scheduling and Planning and Director of Customer Service with Revision Military in Essex Junction, VT and Commercial Loan Servicing for People’s United Bank He is experienced in operations, financial services, risk analysis, customer relations and contract management as well as systems implementation for Enterprise Resource Planning software, business process improvement, sales forecasting and budget analysis. Robert obtained his MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.