USASBE

Teaching the Small Business Management Course

<a">Introduction

Marlene Reed - Creativity & Opportunity Recognition

Bill Petty -

Financial Statements and Ratios

• Teaching Notes on Financial Statements (Word 247 KB)
• Student Tutorial on Financial Statements (Powerpoint 1.6 MB)
• Class room PowerPoint presentation (Powerpoint 848 KB)
• Evaluating Financial Performance (Powerpoint 363 KB)
• Sample Problem Evaluating Performance (Excel 45 KB)
• ROE Example (Excel 26 KB)

Cash Budgeting and Proformas

• Teaching Note on Cash Budgeting (Word 50 KB)
• Cash Budgeting Problem (Word 33 KB)
• Cash Budgeting Template (Excel 23 KB)
• Cash Budgeting Solution (Excel 52 KB)

Financial Forecasting

• Teaching Note on Financial Forecasting (Word 173 KB)
• Financial Forecasting Problem (Word 27 KB)
• Financial Forecasting Template (Excel 42 KB)
• Financial Forecasting Solution (Excel 66 KB)

Bill Petty - Lemonade Girls

Kendall Artz and David Allen - Business Plan

Marlene Reed - Ethics in Small Business

Mary Abrahams - Entrepreneurship Living and Learning Center
- European Entrepreneurship Experience Study Abroad Program

Les Palich - Video Clip Presentation

Purpose: Facilitate a dialogue among the participants on effectively teaching a Small Business Management course at the college level.

Seminar Topics:

- Teaching creativity and opportunity recognition

- Helping students understand and interpret financial statements, including the interconnections among a venture’s profits, its asset and financing requirements, and its cash flows.

- Integrating the business plan component into the course

- Teaching entrepreneurial ethics using cases

- Putting it all together through the creative use of videos