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RECITATION SYLLABUS
BUS 1011/2000
Business Fundamentals: The Contemporary Business Landscape
Spring 2021
Thursdays
HRA 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM
HRB 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM
HRC 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM
Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2-4pm
Or
Set up a meeting with me for another time
Email: Gianni.wong@baruchmail.cuny.edu
OBJECTIVES
Recitation is integrated with large lecture. You study the theoretical and conceptual framework
of the five core pillars of ethics, i.e., quantitative analytical skills, communication skills,
information literacy competencies, and global awareness, as well as the functional knowledge in
large lecture. Recitation will enhance your understanding through the Shadow-a-Company
research project working on the real business case and data.
Specifically, recitation emphasizes the following with respect to the five pillars through the
Shadow-a-Company research project:
Ethics awareness: The research project is required to thoroughly address the ethics awareness,
such as corporate social responsibility, and ethical implications of the business plans. Ethics in
information literacy competencies also needs to be considered, such as proper use of the reliable
and accurate information, and critically evaluating and avoiding the use of the misinformation
without any factual proof which proliferates and is widely spread in the digital information.
Quantitative Analytical Skills: The Shadow-a-Company research project requires the
quantitative analysis using the Excel spreadsheet. Quantitative exercises in the Excel eBook are
designed to analyze various concepts and models in business, and can be applied to the data
collected for the Shadow-a-Company research project. You will interpret the results, derive
managerial implications, and present your recommendation. You will be able to understand
better and gain more from the class if you bring a laptop to class. The library has laptops that are
available for you to rent if you do not want to bring your personal laptop. We will use the recent
version of Excel in class and on the final exam. You may use a PC or Mac, and any version of
Excel to complete the homework assignments because you will just be graded on having correct
answers.
Communication Skills: Recitation is designed to enhance students’ communication skills in a
business setting. Your assignments in recitation will allow you to develop a foundation of
Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint knowledge from which you can build. This course aims to help
students become proficient communicators and contributors in a team setting. Thus, group work
and class demonstrations/discussions are emphasized in recitation, with an objective to improve
students’ ability to accomplish performance goals while respecting others and learning from
multiple viewpoints. Students will also receive detailed feedback on written assignments to assist
with their development of core business writing skills.
Information literacy competencies: Students develop the information literacy competencies by
defining the information needs for the research project, and develop the data collection plan for
the Shadow-a-Company research project. The data source may include various data bases
available at the Newman Library, and digital sources. The data collection requires the thorough
reliability and validity check as you learn in large lecture. This requires the critical evaluation of
the data collected to ensure that the data are relevant and reliable without any bias nor without
any misinformation which becomes rampant and spreading widely in the digital domain lacking
any factual proof. This is essential for the secondary data, but also applies to the primary data
collected through survey, personal and group interviews.
Global awareness: The global awareness is essential, and the global business theories and
concepts introduced in large lecture are useful to analyze and apply to the Shadow-a-Company
research project. This further needs to be properly addressed in the recommended strategy.
COURSE MATERIALS
BUS 2000 Excel eBook
