Ozarks Technical 
Community College

This course deals with the structure of the marketing system, considering the four elements of marketing: product, price, place and promotion. Students will explore marketing as a business activity directed at satisfying the needs and wants of potential customers through the exchange process. Students will also be introduced to e-business technology and distribution systems.

This course examines various techniques and theories of management and their effects on current practices. Students will study management functions, relating them to organizational structures. Discussions cover the basic elements of management: planning, organizing, leading and controlling and how the manager relates to personnel issues and organizational change and conflict. Consideration is given to the changing business environment where diversity of personnel, geographic dispersion of work locations, e-commerce and global activities will dominate the work place.

This course covers basic accounting principles and practices and the entire accounting cycle, adjusting entries, closing entries and financial statement preparation. A corporate approach is used for service and merchandise accounting.

This course provides an introduction to the origin and derivation of economic systems. This course includes a look at the structure, organization, operation, and the goals of the United States economic system. A study in basic economic principles, including the role of the government in conducting economic policies (spending and taxes), the role of the Federal Reserve in managing the supply of money, and the role of others (including households and businesses) in determining economic outcomes is included. This course prepares students for further study in economics.

An introduction and study of the legal regulations governing business and e-business conduct will be provided in this course. Students will be introduced to laws that affect public and international environments which include contracts, sales and leases, torts and strict liability, product liability, cyberlaw and e-commerce, creditor-debtor relations, sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies, as well as laws governing agency and employment, the regulatory environment of consumer protection, environmental law, land-use control, and antitrust/ monopoly law.

Students are taught the uses of accounting information for managerial decision-making. This course provides an introduction to cost accounting and includes the following topics: costing systems, standard costing and variance analysis, budgetary control, ABC costing, variable costing, production and capital decision analysis.

This course involves supervised work experience in the major field which provides the student with the opportunity to make practical application of the knowledge and skills attained. An individualized instructional management plan will determine goals to be accomplished. Seminars may also be required.