An Education Needs Assessment of CARIFORUM Firms

Part III – Accounting & Financing Fundamentals

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Activity based costing

Budgeting

Cash Flow Projections

Integrating Payment Systems

Part IV – Sustainable Online Operations -

Aligning your Strategic Plan and Marketing Plan to your website - Utilising Social Media effectively

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to: • Identify the key stages of entrepreneurship •

Understand the principles and methods necessary for developing an online business • Examine and assess the effectiveness of social media

Teaching Methodology

This will be an interactive online course combining lectures and guest presentations. It will be delivered by means of daily lectures (2 hours per day) for two (2) weeks.

Teaching/Learning Resources (including Recommended Readings)

Required Readings: 1.

Skripak, Stephen J. (2018). Fundamentals of Business , 2nd Edition, Blacksburg,

Recommended Readings:

Online Resources:

3.2.2. Business Management/Entrepreneurial Related Courses

Caribbean Innovation & Technology for Business

Item

Description

Course Title Course Code

CARIBBEAN INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS

INTRXXX Short Course

Level

Duration

2 weeks 36 hours

Course Load

Course Description/Rationale

This course aims to introduce and critically engage students in the concepts and principles of Innovation and Technology for Caribbean Businesses. It will focus on the evolution of Innovation in its contemporary context utilising critical Caribbean case studies. The following topics, concepts or issues will be discussed in the course as follows:

Course Content

Part I – What is Innovation? -

Conceptualisation of innovation

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