Topics include contracts, sales, and forms of business organizations. An overview is provided of antitrust, environmental, and civil rights legislation, and their impact on business. Crosslisted with MGT 517. This course covers what is necessary to start a business venture based on a high technology product or service. Topics include turning a concept into a new venture, developing a business plan, identifying and evaluating the product and market, financing the venture, management and organizational issues unique to technological ventures.
Guest speakers lecture in their area of business expertise.
Students should have a strong background in science or engineering. Problem Solving Matthew Kruger A problem-solving course for professionals who use applications software to address such managerial problems as planning, forecasting, and MIS requirements. The major applications software packages used are Excel, Access, and Visual Basic. Students learn to create spreadsheets and data files that optimize solutions to problems. EST 565.24 Personal Computers in Learning Environment.