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2. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 1 Course Project(Company Summary, SBE 560 Week 1-7 (Course Project, Case Study, DQs) SBE 560 Week 1 Course Project (Company Summary, Products or Services) SBE 560 Week 2 Course Project (Market Analysis Summary, Web Plan) SBE 560 Week 3 Course Project Strategy and Implementation SBE 560 Week 2 DQ 1 (Competitive Advantage) • Course Project • Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations.

3. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 1-7 Complete Course Project SBE 560 Week 2 Course Project (Market Analysis Sum Course Project Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and the Grading Rubric for details. • Homework • Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations.

4. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 2 DQ 1 (Competitive Advantage) SBE 560 Week 2 DQ 2 (Business Plans) (TCO A) Why should an entrepreneur develop a business plan? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Is it to satisfy just the banks, or can it really be put to practical, daily use?  • (TCO A) Select any company with which you are familiar. Define its competitive advantage. What core competencies differentiate it from the competition? Why?  • Part 1 • In answering this question and discussing this topic with your other classmates, think about some of the topics related to competitive strategy formulation from an undergraduate business policy class that you might have taken or one strategy course you have recently taken in this program.

5. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 3 Case Study Zatswho LLC SBE 560 Week 3 Course Project (Strategy and Imple Course Project Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and the Grading Rubric for details. • Zatswho LLC • Read Case Study 3, Zatswho LLC, from the course text. Answer the five questions at the end of the case. Submit your response to the Course Dropbox. 

6. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 3 Course Project Strategy and Impleme SBE 560 Week 3 DQ 1 (Target Markets) (TCO A) Select any company with which you are familiar. Define its competitive advantage. What core competencies differentiate it from the competition? Why?  • Course Project • Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and the Grading Rubric for details.

7. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 3 DQ 2 (Global Marketing) SBE 560 Week 4 and Week 5 Course Project (Financial Plan) Course Project Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and the Grading Rubric for details. Financial Plan: What assumptions (such as taxes or loan interest) impact your finances? Calculate a breakeven analysis. Prepare basis financial statements, including profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, and ratios.  • (TCO C) What forces drive small businesses into international marketing? What are the advantages and disadvantages of going global? What strategies can small businesses use to go global?

8. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 4 DQ 1 (Pricing) SBE 560 Week 4 DQ 2 (E-commerce) (TCO A) Explain the benefits a company earns by selling on the Web. What are the risks? Discuss the factors entrepreneurs should consider before launching an e-commerce site. • (TCO A) Describe the strategies a small business can use to set the price of a new product or service. What objectives should the strategy seek to achieve? 

9. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 5 Case Study Able Planet SBE 560 Week 5 DQ 1 (Financial Analysis) (TCO D) Ilene Polansky owns two trendy restaurants in Montreal, Canada. Since starting her first restaurant, Polansky has been juggling multiple roles, shortchanging a focus on profitability. Although her restaurants' net profit margin of 10%-15% is within the industry average and loyal patrons pack both locations virtually every night, Polansky continues to experience periodic financial problems. • Able Planet • Read Case Study 2, Able Planet, from the course text. Answer the three questions at the end of the case. Submit your response to the Course Dropbox. 

10. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 5 DQ 2 (Raising Capital) SBE 560 Week 6 Course Project (Management Summa Course Project Review the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under Course Home. This week, you will complete the Business Plan topics highlighted in the table. Consider the following when you prepare these topics. Note that these are only summarized recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and the Grading Rubric for details. • (TCO E) Why is it so difficult for most small business owners to raise the capital needed to start, operate, and expand their ventures? What can be done to make a venture more attractive to banks and investors?

11. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 6 DQ 1 (Employee Psychological Testi SBE 560 Week 6 DQ 2 (Quality) (TCO F) What is TQM? How can it help small business owners achieve the quality of goods and services that they require? How does quality play into the role of a company's product line? Should every product always strive to be of the highest quality available?  • TCO F) Using a search engine such as InfoSeek, Yahoo!, or Google, conduct a search on the various employment tests available to companies as screening devices. What seems to be the most practical for the company you're using in your Course Project? Why is psychological testing a good idea? What are the pros and cons? • For the American Psychological Association's website, click here. It may be a good place to begin. 

12. SBE 560 ASH Course Tutorial SBE 560 Week 7 DQ 1 (Family Business) • (TCO G) What factors must be present in a strong family business? Why? What problems can arise due to a lack of one or more of these factors? 

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