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add - "useful for planning and executing the operations?" then I would add: Most companies bring their production information together into an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, where date is transformed into useful planning information to answer the following questions.

Customer Resource Management (CRM) system, Not critical but CRM's are in significant use today

I really like that we have this in the Management module - instead of IT. Good move!

Maybe this should be cutting "activities and associated costs" that don't add value....

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Excellent

Love it!

Not trying to split hairs.... I would call this Just-in-Time Manufacturing Process Just inTime (JIT) is a manufacturing process strategy designed to increase efficiency.....

Oooo - here it is! you can leave it out of the above section.

add - delivery of components and parts

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Remove - duplicates next phrase

My personal opinions aside…..I have given this section a good bit of thought and believe I can summarize constructively:

The introductory video from Joseph R. DesJardins (Ethics and International Standards of Behavior - we should name him BTW) sets the stage very well for how and why businesses are (and should be) stakeholders in global standards of behavior.

He provides good guidance and an outline we could follow to provide a business centric context for this section. As a business instructor I am prepared to discuss and teach a business’s global stewardship and the various global organizations like WTO, IPCC etc.. Corporate social responsibility in the banking industry and the UBS case study is a very relevant and teachable from a business perspective.

I am not however prepared to discuss or teach C02 levels of emission or scientific findings on greenhouse gases. This whole section becomes vulnerable to scientific arguments and may miss opportunity to make the relevant business point.

I think if we renamed this section “International Standards for Corporate Social Responsibility” instead of “Climate Change” it would help to emphasize the relevance to business. Climate change then becomes “an example of”.

I suggest we change (broaden) the last 2 outcomes:

o Identify the key causes of man-made “climate change” change to "Important 21st century global business issues". o Describe cap-and-trade systems for limiting carbon dioxide emission Change to: "the impact of global regulatory systems, such as cap-and-trade on businesses today". Then reword to emphasize business (I’ve made some suggestions throughout)

This is an excellent conclusion and "the reason" to explore this whole section.

This is the "point" related to business - can we reword to get to this without all of the tricky science.

It takes a good bit of effort in an introductory class to get students to grasp business oriented concepts like GDP - not likely we can get them to wrap around GHG emissions.

Could this whole section be summarized in terms of the impact on business - the final paragraph finally gets to it, as burning of coal, oil, natural gas "conducted in the course of business" with significant impact on operations, import and export regulations, fines etc.

Does this .1 refer to a document - not attributed below.

add , both significant global trading partners,

Good projects in the video

Excellent video

Excellent picture!

Lengthy explanation and suggestion in the Climate Change Page Notes

SGS S.A.

I LOVE it! 2020 is around the corner!

I think this whole section could get really dicey. In the context of global business we could say.... "Holidays originating from the prominent religion of a country or region create sensitivities....

remove however. The previous sentence ended with "its actually true".

to consume all of the production...

Opportunity cost is explained another way in the video below i.e. Adam Smith and David Riccardo and cost of production. Maybe referring to the video for explanation of opportunity cost would be better than referring to the previous economic environment module? ...... my experience..... this is a tough concept for intro to bus and more readily grasped on the basis of cost rather than "next produced'.

focusing instead on producing goods and services where they have advantage and thus maximizing.....

failure of your next exam because you did not use the time to prepare.

suddenly or consequently

Needs a transition like "Similarly,"

No introduction to opportunity costs yet. They don't understand the concept going in. I'd say "while considering the cost and profitability of exporting their product."

Hmmm maybe a bit too cynical for this crowd - Jus Saying!

out of them

This looks good! The McD example is right on.

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insert reporting division

Love the chart

able to influence

I think this module is good to go. The emphasis on decision making (not black and white) is right on. I like the Corp Social Responsibility section. It would be inappropriate for an intro course to go deeper in to compliance programs or SOX etc. I'll save that for my Ethics course. Well Done!

Need full name Ethics and Compliance Initiate (ECI)

This is good - delineates the issue - good definitions for legal vs ethical.

Based on my comment in next section ahead. I suggest a first Learning Outcome "Define the purpose and function of law".

Add Outcome - matches comments on next section: Purpose and Function of Law

I think this section warrants (no pun) an outcome. Maybe the first learning outcome overall could be Define purpose and function of law.

I think this section warrants (no pun!), the first outcome: "Explain the Purpose and Function of Law"

I love this diagram (from the current Legal Environment Module). It clearly leads you through the potential liabilities and damages. I used it effectively this past semester. ![](https://learn.vccs.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/contentWrapper.jsp?content_id=_92161686_1&displayName=Study+Plan%3A+Legal+Environment&course_id=_938205_1&navItem=content&href=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Fblti%2FlaunchLink%3Fcourse_id%3D_938205_1%26content_id%3D_92161686_1 It is in the Dimensions of Tort Liability tab.

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Not sure we've mentioned prepaid expenses previously. Overall we say "accrual basis" but don't get in to prepaids (I could have missed this).

I think the chart should match the written example, which says net income of 40,000 or change the example. Am I missing something?

I'm suggesting this section be reordered to align to the Video presentation, and keep the emphasis and subsets consistent. This is an outline of what I suggest rearranging: Accounting is the Language of Business

Definition of Accounting – 2 short paragraphs

Internal – External Users Paragraph…

Financial Accounting - first 2 paragraphs

ADD SECTION Tax Accounting information includes financial accounting information, written and presented in the tax code of the government, namely the Internal Revenue Code. Tax accounting focuses on compliance with the tax code and presenting the profit and loss story of a business to minimize its tax liability. (not vetted - just my suggestion)

Managerial Accounting - paragraph

Bookkeeping vs Accounting

Importance of Accounting

Write problems here... or use from the MGA bank?

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Add "Privately owned businesses.....

Should be HOW to produce it?

Maybe the biological ecosystem of a lake could take the reader down a confusing path???

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Need Opportunity Cost MGA An opportunity cost might include:

1. the difference in cost of similar goods or services
2. time spent dealing with regulatory requirements
3. your lost vacation time due to a hurricane.

Hi Tina - trying this note