MGT 289 - Business Plan Development

Description:
This course develops the skills for developing, writing and presenting a business plan for profit/non-profit organizations. Students must be 18 or older. Open to all majors. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, and Spring).

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: MGT 287.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments

Learner Outcome	Activity (optional, but strongly suggested)	Assessment
Student will demonstrate knowledge of the basic functional sections of a business plan mean well enough to use them in analyses.	Lecture, workshops and discussions about each component of a business plan.	Students will write each functional section as graded assignment. They will review other’s assignments and receive peer reviews themselves. Assignment reviewed and graded by instructor.
Student will relate fundamental elements of a business model depending on professional stakeholder - ie. banker, investor, partner, supplier, regulator	Lecture and assignments concerning value creation and organiziation environmental analysis.	Quizzes will evaluate and motivate concept retention. Graded assignment of industry analysis section of plan will assess ability to relate these elements to the standards of grading rubric.
Students will evaluate others’ work, provding advice, while assessing the value of others’ advice to themselves.	Students will be given presentation on effective peer review. Students will use peer review systems such as Canvas, peer discussion, or paper reviews including professional participants on assignments for each section of business plan development.	Assignments will be peer reviewed and grades influenced by peer appraisals. Reivews that students provide on their peers will be graded by rubric for facets such as relevance to assignment, relevance to the writer’s intent and identification of errors or areas for improvement by instructor.
Demonstrate an improved propensity for entrepreneurial thinking via dimensions such as hope, resiliency, effectual thinking and self efficacy for entrepreneurial activities.	Content delivery structured around application, effectual thinking, & value creation as a value.	Psychological surveys to students beginning and end of course. Improvement is expected on a group level across standard demographic definitions. Results reviewed by instructor and program director.