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Welcome to the new course. Although you do not actually get your books for a few more days, you have your first assignment. You will write a paper about your internship experience while working at a business during the school vacation.
NOTE: This paper must follow the Paper Writing Guidelines.
It must be typed or printed off a printer.
Your assignment is to write a paper that discusses the following questions DUE 13 APRIL 2009
Name and profile the company you worked for. What does it do and how does it do it?
Who was your supervisor, and what departments did you work for, including their functions.
What were your duties and responsibilities while working at the company?
What was your greatest accomplishment during your internship?
What was your greatest mistake during your internship?
Explain one thing that you and the company did very well together.
Explain one thing that you and the company had working together.
What do you think is the company’s greatest strength? Why?
What do you think is the company’s greatest problem? Describe the problem in detail.
Explain the factors that you saw that might have helped cause the problem.
What do you think were the two greatest lessons you learned during your intern experience?
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
PAPER WRITING GUIDELINES
All papers written for this course must adhere to the following guidelines:
Formal Business English - No "street" or "slang" unless needed to describe customers views. No contractions (I'm, can't, won't, etc)
In general, assignments made with a due date of less than one week can be written by hand in pencil or dark blue/black ink. Any assignments with a due date of one week or more will always be typewritten or printed off a printer. NO EXCEPTIONS.
In business, documents are expected to be neat and professional. Papers that have poor printing, writing, smudges, stains or the paper has been mishandled, may lose points for unprofessional presentation.
Printed papers must be in either Times New Roman 12-point or Courier - 10 Point. NO EXCEPTIONS.
As a general rule - business information documents are informational only. They should be presented simply with the emphasis on the information.
Asa general rule - marketing and sales documents also need to be interesting, so use of color and illustrations are important to such documents.
All papers must have in their top left or right corner of the first page the following information:
NAME OF STUDENT
COURSE AND CLASS
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT
DATE TURNED IN
For example:
LUIS TULLANGIA
6to Curso Business
SAMPLE PAPER
25 May 2009
Papers with more than one page should be attached to each other (stapled or paper clip)and the pages following the first page should have the student's name and assignment name written at the top of the paper.
Formal Business English - No "street" or "slang" unless needed to describe customers views. No contractions (I'm, can't, won't, etc)
In general, assignments made with a due date of less than one week can be written by hand in pencil or dark blue/black ink. Any assignments with a due date of one week or more will always be typewritten or printed off a printer. NO EXCEPTIONS.
In business, documents are expected to be neat and professional. Papers that have poor printing, writing, smudges, stains or the paper has been mishandled, may lose points for unprofessional presentation.
Printed papers must be in either Times New Roman 12-point or Courier - 10 Point. NO EXCEPTIONS.
As a general rule - business information documents are informational only. They should be presented simply with the emphasis on the information.
Asa general rule - marketing and sales documents also need to be interesting, so use of color and illustrations are important to such documents.
All papers must have in their top left or right corner of the first page the following information:
NAME OF STUDENT
COURSE AND CLASS
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT
DATE TURNED IN
For example:
LUIS TULLANGIA
6to Curso Business
SAMPLE PAPER
25 May 2009
Papers with more than one page should be attached to each other (stapled or paper clip)and the pages following the first page should have the student's name and assignment name written at the top of the paper.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
A Brief Look at Business
The IBO Business and Management syllabus is a critical study of the ways in which individuals and groups interact in a dynamic business environment. Many areas of Business will be studied in the coming years but here we will examine how business decision are made and how these decisions relate to the internal and external environments, the international dimension and through citizenship.
The IB course as provided at Colegio Americano is of two years in duration – it follows the High Level (HL) program of the International Baccalaureate Organization for a total of 240 hours of total classroom instruction. Throughout the two years the students have the opportunity to study and research issues facing an organization(s), and analyze the decisions made by them. As students in Sexto Curso, you are in the final year of your journey!
The syllabus consists of six compulsory modules and a research project. During this year, all members of this course will get the opportunity to study:
a. Introduction to Organizations
Organizational & ethical objectives
b. Marketing
Market research
c. Human Resource Management
Human resource planning
Organizational structure and culture
Motivation and leadership
d. Accounting and Finance
Sources of finance
Investment appraisal
Budgets and cash flow
Final accounts and ratio analysis
For those students who wish to earn an HL Diploma from IBO in business they will have additional requirements: Students will be both internally and externally assessed at the end of the course. External assessments will be carried out in the following manner:
· Paper 1 will be based on a pre-released case study applicable to both Higher and Standard level students.
· Paper 2 is based on data response questions related to the 4/6 modules that would have been studied during the course.
Also, all students will complete a research project that will be internally assessed by the class teacher. For diploma candidates, the IBO will also externally moderate this research project. All students then have a requirement to present their research project and results to a board of faculty. Students must pass this board in order to earn a graduation diploma from Colegio Americano.
It is the final year of a demanding course. it will take a great deal of work from both myself and all of the students to complete everything we must. However, the rewards of working hard are high. I look forward to the new year with all of the students and their parents!
The IB course as provided at Colegio Americano is of two years in duration – it follows the High Level (HL) program of the International Baccalaureate Organization for a total of 240 hours of total classroom instruction. Throughout the two years the students have the opportunity to study and research issues facing an organization(s), and analyze the decisions made by them. As students in Sexto Curso, you are in the final year of your journey!
The syllabus consists of six compulsory modules and a research project. During this year, all members of this course will get the opportunity to study:
a. Introduction to Organizations
Organizational & ethical objectives
b. Marketing
Market research
c. Human Resource Management
Human resource planning
Organizational structure and culture
Motivation and leadership
d. Accounting and Finance
Sources of finance
Investment appraisal
Budgets and cash flow
Final accounts and ratio analysis
For those students who wish to earn an HL Diploma from IBO in business they will have additional requirements: Students will be both internally and externally assessed at the end of the course. External assessments will be carried out in the following manner:
· Paper 1 will be based on a pre-released case study applicable to both Higher and Standard level students.
· Paper 2 is based on data response questions related to the 4/6 modules that would have been studied during the course.
Also, all students will complete a research project that will be internally assessed by the class teacher. For diploma candidates, the IBO will also externally moderate this research project. All students then have a requirement to present their research project and results to a board of faculty. Students must pass this board in order to earn a graduation diploma from Colegio Americano.
It is the final year of a demanding course. it will take a great deal of work from both myself and all of the students to complete everything we must. However, the rewards of working hard are high. I look forward to the new year with all of the students and their parents!
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