Materials
General
- David Nazarian College of Business and Economics Options Exercise (PDF)
- Career Options in Business (DOCX)
- David Nazarian College of Business and Economics Options Grading Sheet (PDF)
- Cal State Pays (PDF)
- How to use CalStatePays (MP4)
- New BSBA Program with Option in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) (MP4)
Cases & Assignments
- Using Excel for Statistics in BUS 302 Office 2010 and 2013 Version (PPTX)
- Doing a Regression on Excel (PPTX)
- July at the Multiplex
- Croc Your World
- Payback
- Green Outlook Bank
- Adam’s Petro & Diner
Team Building
Please use the following form to evaluate your team members for each case and the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics options exercise
- BUS 302 Team Assignment Form (DOCX)
- Building Effective Teams (PPTX)
- Types and Teams - Jung Typology (PPTX)
- Exercise 1 - Building Trust (DOCX)
- Grading Criteria - Trust Exercise (DOCX)
- Grading Form - Trust Exercise (DOCX)
- Exercise 2 - Rules of Behavior (DOCX)
- Grading Criteria - Behavior Rules (DOCX)
- Grading Form - Behavior Rules (DOCX)
- Team Evaluations Form (DOCX)
- Icebreakers/Mixers (DOCX)
- Team Process Rules Exercise (DOCX)
- Work Plan for Case - Template (DOCX)
- Work Plan for Week of 9/23 - 10/1 - Sample (DOCX)
- Team Work Plans - Evaluation Criteria (DOCX)
- Steps in Creating Winning Teams (PPTX)
- Doing Case Analysis as a Team (DOCX)
- Suggestions for Making Effective Presentations (DOCS)
- Presentation Evaluation Form (PDF)
- Role of the Challenge Team (DOCX)
- Challenge Team Grading Form (DOCX)
- Team Evaluation Form (DOCX)
Communication Guides
*Please check with your instructor regarding the style of report required for your section.
- Short Business Report Guidelines (PDF)
- Writing Tips (PDF)
- Avoiding Plagiarism (PDF)
- Case Write Up Evaluation (Grading) Form (PDF)
- Sample Letter (PDF)
- Sample Memo (PDF) (Please note that there is no explicit length limit on a "memo" (e.g. no more than two paragraphs). The length should be determined by the nature of the assignment and should be sufficient to properly cover all relevant issues in that assignment.)
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