This document outlines an assignment for a BUSN 1410 Introduction to Business Project. Students will report on a business or nonprofit organization in a written paper following an outlined format. The paper should be 4-6 pages long and include references. Students will complete the project in a team of 3-4 members. The project consists of 5 parts: describing the business, analyzing management and mission, examining the people and jobs in the organization, reviewing marketing strategies, and discussing financial issues. Students will submit the project in two checkpoints and receive feedback before submitting the final paper.

1. BUSN 1410: Introduction to Business Project
Project Summary
In this assignment, you will report on a Business or a Nonprofit
Organization.
(A public corporation will have more information available
online, but you are open to report on most any business or not
for profit organization)
Written Paper: 50 points
Your paper should be typed- double spaced and 12 fonts. Use
the outline to format your work. At the end of your paper
include a list of References or Works Cited that identifies the
resources you used in your paper. Language that is copied,
paraphrased, or referenced must be quoted and cited. For each
item that you have listed in your References, it must be cited in
your paper.
(Guideline 4-6 pages)
There are also two Business Project Check-ins, which will be
worth 15 points each. For Business Project Check-in #1, you
will hand in the first three Parts of your final paper. I will look
this over, offer feedback and hand back to the student. You are
expected to make updates and you will then be done with the
first three Parts of the plan. For Business Project Check-in #2,
you will hand in Parts 4,5 and the References/Source List.
Upload each Check-in to the appropriate assignment file drop
box in D2L (Click on Assessments – Assignments – Business
Project Check-in #1 and #2). The due dates are listed in D2L.
For this compressed class, students will be completing this
project as part of a 3–4-person team. Teams will be assigned by
the professor and a discussion board area will be set-up for each

2. team to communicate with in D2L, under Communications,
Discussions. It is up to each team to determine how they plan
on working together. When it comes time to submit the check-
ins and final paper, only ONE student needs to submit for the
team.
PART 1: BUSINESS DESCRIPTION (9 points)
· BUSINESS NAME
What is the name of the business you selected?
Why did you choose this business for your project?
· DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
What does the business do?
· FORM OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
What form of business ownership (sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation or not for profit) does the business
have?
What advantages are offered to the business based on their form
of ownership?
· ETHICAL ISSUES
Identify at least one major ethical issue this business is faced
with, given the nature of the products or services they are
selling.
What is the organization doing ensure ethical practices and
behavior?
· SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
A business shows social responsibility by upholding
responsibilities to all their stakeholders.
Who are their Stakeholders?
Is the business you selected socially responsible? Why or why

3. not? Give examples of their stakeholders and practices.
PART 2: THE BUSINESS OF MANAGING (8 points)
· MISSION STATEMENT
Provide the mission statement for the business. Also include
any statement of Values and Core Beliefs
· SWOT ANALYSIS
Perform a basic SWOT analysis for your business, listing its
main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
PART 3: PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS (9 points)
· JOB DESCRIPTIONS (DO)
What jobs exist within the organization?
List some primary roles in the organization and describe general
job duties.
· JOB SPECIFICATIONS
What skills, credentials, and qualifications are needed to
perform the jobs effectively?
· COMPENSATION
A major factor in retaining skilled workers is a company’s
compensation system—the total package of rewards that it
offers employees in return for their labor.
What wages or salaries are offered for each job?
How would you describe the company’s overall compensation
strategy?

4. · INCENTIVES
Incentive programs are special programs designed to motivate
high performance.
What incentives are being offered to motivate the organization’s
workforce?
PART 4: MARKETING (10 points)
· TARGET MARKET
(Demographics, Psychographics, Geographic’s, Behavioral)
Describe the organization’s target market. Be specific
· PRODUCT FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Describe the features and benefits of their product(s) or
service(s).
· PRICING
How is the product or service priced?
What strategies or tactics are being used?
What is the organization trying to accomplish with their current
pricing?
· PLACE (DISTRIBUTION)
Where will customers find the product or service?
Describe the distribution mix and explain why you believe this
mix is being used
· PROMOTIONS
What methods of promotion are being used?
(Advertising, Personal Selling, Sales Promotions, Publicity and
Public relations)

5. PART 5: FINANCIAL ISSUES (8 points)
COST OF DOING BUSINESS
What are the major expenses for the organization? Who are
their major suppliers?
EXPECTED REVENUE
How much revenue is being earned by the business is a given
year? What are 3 and 5 year past trends? Explain
STOCK HISTORY
What is the current stock price? What is the price history (past
5 years)? Does the stock pay a dividend? How much or
percent? What return has the stock given shareholders? Would
you buy the stock at the current price – why or why not?
References/Sources List (6 points)
A references list is a formatted list of all sources you cited
within your paper. Any time you quote, paraphrase, summarize,
or include information that you’ve read from an outside source,
you must include that source in your references list,
Phonemic Awareness
. Phonemic Awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate

6. individuals sounds in spoken words. The ability to hear and
manipulate
the sounds in spoken words and understanding that spoken
words and
syllables are made up of sequences of speech sounds.
In my classroom, these are a few ways I will be
teaching phonemic awareness.
At home, there are many fun ways you can
reinforces this skill at home.
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January 20, 2021
Assessment Tools Assignment
Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4: Read with sufficient
accuracy and fluency to support
comprehension.
Grade Level: 1
Formal Assessment: Discuss the main components of a story
and have each student fill in a
blank story map as to which event happened first, middle, and at
the end. They can write the
events with words or draw pictures to show what happened.
Formal Assessment: Perform one minute timed readings with
each child to determine accuracy
and fluency.
Informal Assessment: Have the students record themselves
reading a story and then retelling
the story to the teacher.
Informal Assessment: Read a short passage to the students and
ask them about the main
character, the setting, and a problem that occurs in the story.
Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4.B: Read grade-level

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appropriate, and expression on successive readings.
Grade Level: 1
Formal Assessment: Performing a formal assessment such as
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic
Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).
Formal Assessment: Say a word out loud to the student and then
have them change the first
letter of the word and tell you what the new word is. Have them
write the word on a piece of
paper.
Informal Assessment: Place the students in small groups to read
together and observe their
expression, tone, and fluency.
Informal Assessment: Have the students pair up with a partner
and do “Readers Theater” where
they each read parts of a script or poem out loud to their peers.
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spelled one-syllable words.
Formal Assessment: Have the students find and fill in the

13. missing letters to spell words.
Formal Assessment: Have the students find words that rhyme
with their weekly spelling words
and write each word with their spelling words.
Informal Assessment: Have children say words out loud
phonetically using their hands.
Informal Assessment: Say a word slowly to the student and have
the student blend the sounds
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