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1\/10\/24, 8:01 PM Course Outline – Introduction to Business in North America
\nhttps:\/\/outline.uwaterloo.ca\/view\/nvymhy 1\/6
\nINTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS IN NORTH AMERICA WINTER 2024
\nAFM 131<\/a>
\nPublished Jan 06, 20$$
\nCLASS SCHEDULE
\nSection
\nLocation
\nTime
\nInstructor(s)
\nAFM 131
\n081 [LEC] ONLN – Online<\/p>\n

This table is generated automatically.
\nINSTRUCTOR & TA (TEACHING ASSISTANT) INFORMATION
\nUse the LEARN Discussions to communicate with your classmates. Discussion topics can be accessed in LEARN by clicking Connect and then Discussions on the course navigation bar.<\/p>\n

Instructor
\nFor course-related questions (e.g., course content) or questions of a personal nature, please email your instructor.<\/p>\n

Office hours: By appointment or email
\nTeaching Assistant (TA)<\/p>\n

For course activity details and questions about grading, please email your TA.
\nYou will be assigned to a TA and a discussion group by the date indicated in the LEARN Course Schedule. You will then have access to the Ask Your TA discussion that will be monitored by the TA assigned to your discussion group. To see which group you are in, click Connect and then Groups on the course navigation bar in LEARN. If you are not in a group by the date indicated in the Course Schedule, please contact Technical Support. Post your questions to the Ask Your TA
\ndiscussion. This allows other students to benefit from your question as well.
\nTA information will be posted as an Announcement item on the Course Home
\npage in LEARN by the third week of term. Your TA will be in touch with you by email and\/or through the discussions.<\/p>\n

Course Management Coordinator
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\nFor questions about course grades and academic issues (e.g., Verification of Illness Forms (VIFs)), please email theCourse Management Coordinator.
\nCourse Management Coordinator: Katie
\nsaf-cadm@uwaterloo.ca (mailto: saf-cadm@uwaterloo.ca)
\nCOURSE DESCRIPTION
\nCalendar Description for
\nAFM 131
\nThe functional areas of business: finance, personnel administration, production, marketing, and accounting areexamined within differing organizational structures. Coverage also includes study of the principles of effectivemanagement and the financial system as a source of corporate capital.
\nPrereq: Not open to Arts and Business students. Antireq: AFM 132, BUS 111W
\nThis course provides a foundation that will ensure you have the knowledge needed to think strategically in futureaccounting, finance, and business courses. See the
\nAccounting and Financial Management course descriptions
\n(http:\/\/www.ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca\/2324\/COURSE\/course-AFM.html)
\nfor more information.
\nLEARNING OUTCOMES
\nBy the end of this course students should be able to:
\nDescribe the business environment and the relationships between the functional areas of business
\nApply tools or frameworks (e.g., SWOT, business model canvas) to assess an organization’s situation
\nWrite in a professional manner to effectively communicate in the appropriate context (e.g., in a discussion board)
\nDemonstrate collaboration skills (i.e., understanding, respect) to work effectively in a team during discussions
\nTENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
\nPlease see the Course Schedule in LEARN for complete details.
\nTEXTS \/ MATERIALS
\nNo materials required.
\nThere is no required textbook for this course.
\nRequired course readings will be made available through the weekly units in LEARN.
\nOFFICE 365
\nAs a University of Waterloo student, you have an Office 365 account. See
\nOffice 365 (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/office-365\/)
\nfor additional details.
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\nSTUDENT ASSESSMENT
\nComponent Value Introduce Yourself to Your Group Ungraded
\nQuizzes (10 quizzes x 2% each) 20%<\/p>\n

Discussions (4 discussions x 5%) 20%<\/p>\n

Midterm Assignment 20%<\/p>\n

Final Exam 40%<\/p>\n

ASSIGNMENT SCREENING
\nText matching software (Turnitin) will be used to screen assignments in this course. This is being done to verify thatuse of all material and sources in assignments is documented. In the first week of the term, details will be providedabout the arrangements for the use of Turnitin and alternatives in this course. See Administrative Policy below for more information and links.<\/p>\n

ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY PENALTIES FOR ACADEMIC INTEGRITY OFFENSES
\nYour assignments will be compared to past submissions and any content posted on the Internet using Turnitin\u00ae. See Assignment Screening section of this Course Outline.<\/p>\n

Failure to properly cite data used from any outside source will result in a mark of 0 for the assignment and a further penalty of 5% on the overall course mark. In addition, a report will be filed with the appropriate Associate Dean, whomay take additional disciplinary action.
\nLATE SUBMISSION POLICY
\nLate submissions will not be accepted for the quizzes and discussions.
\nPlease see the Midterm Assignment description in LEARN for late submission details for that assignment.
\nACCOMMODATION DUE TO ILLNESS
\nMISSED ASSIGNMENTS
\n1.
\nContact the Course Management Coordinator as soon as you realize you might have challenges meeting adeadline.
\n2.
\nWithin 48 hours have a medical practitioner complete a
\nVerification of Illness Form
\n(https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/campus-wellness\/health-services\/student-medical-clinic\/verification-illness-services)
\n.Email a scanned copy of the Verification of Illness Form to the Course Manager at
\nsaf-cadm@uwaterloo.ca
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\n(mailto:saf-cadm@uwaterloo.ca)
\n. In your email, provide your name, student ID number, and exactly whatcourse activity you missed.
\nFurther information regarding Management of Requests for Accommodation Due to Illness can be found on the
\nAccommodation due to illness (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/registrar\/current-students\/accommodation-due-to-illness)
\npage.
\nFACULTY POLICIES
\nINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
\nStudents should be aware that this course contains the intellectual property of their instructor, TA, and\/or theUniversity of Waterloo.
\nIntellectual property includes items such as:
\nLecture content, spoken and written (and any audio\/video recording thereof);
\nLecture handouts, presentations, and other materials prepared for the course (e.g., PowerPoint slides);
\nQuestions or solution sets from various types of assessments (e.g., assignments, quizzes, tests, final exams); and
\nWork protected by copyright (e.g., any work authored by the instructor or TA or used by the instructor or TAwith permission of the copyright owner).
\nCourse materials and the intellectual property contained therein, are used to enhance a student\u2019s educationalexperience. However, sharing this intellectual property without the intellectual property owner\u2019s permission is aviolation of intellectual property rights. For this reason, it is necessary to ask the instructor, TA and\/or the Universityof Waterloo for permission before uploading and sharing the intellectual property of others online (e.g., to an onlinerepository).
\nPermission from an instructor, TA or the University is also necessary before sharing the intellectual property of othersfrom completed courses with students taking the same\/similar courses in subsequent terms\/years. In many cases,instructors might be happy to allow distribution of certain materials. However, doing so without expressed permissionis considered a violation of intellectual property rights.
\nPlease alert the instructor if you become aware of intellectual property belonging to others (past or present) circulating,either through the student body or online. The intellectual property rights owner deserves to know (and may havealready given their consent).
\nCHOSEN\/PREFERRED FIRST NAME
\nDo you want professors and interviewers to call you by a different first name? Take a minute now to verify or tell usyour chosen\/preferred first name by logging into
\nWatIAM (https:\/\/idm.uwaterloo.ca\/watiam\/)
\n.
\nWhy? Starting in winter 2020, your chosen\/preferred first name listed in WatIAM will be used broadly across campus(e.g., LEARN, Quest, WaterlooWorks, WatCard, etc). Note: Your legal first name will always be used on certain officialdocuments. For more details, visit
\nUpdating Personal Information (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/the-centre\/updatingpersonal-
\ninformation)
\n.
\nImportant notes
\nIf you included a preferred name on your OUAC application, it will be used as your chosen\/preferred nameunless you make a change now.
\nIf you don\u2019t provide a chosen\/preferred name, your legal first name will continue to be used.
\nCROSS-LISTED COURSES
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\nPlease note that a cross-listed course will count in all respective averages no matter under which subject code it has-been taken. For example, a PHIL\/PSCI cross-list will count in a Philosophy major average, even if the course was takenunder the Political Science subject code.
\nMENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
\nAll of us need a support system. The faculty and staff in Arts encourage students to seek out mental health support if they are needed.
\nOn Campus Counselling Services (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/campus-wellness\/counselling-services) 519-888-4096
\nMATES (https:\/\/wusa.ca\/services\/uw-mates)
\n: one-to-one peer support program offered by the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) and Counselling Services Off campus, 24\/7
\nGood2Talk (https:\/\/good2talk.ca\/)
\n: Free confidential help line for post-secondary students. Phone: 1-866-925-5454
\nGrand River Hospital: Emergency care for mental health crisis. Phone: 519-749-300 ext. 6880
\nHere 24\/7 (https:\/\/here247.ca\/)
\n: Mental Health and Crisis Service Team. Phone: 1-844-437-3247
\nOK2BME (https:\/\/ok2bme.ca\/)
\n: set of support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioningteens in Waterloo. Phone: 519-884-0000 extension 213
\nFull details can be found online in on the
\nFaculty of Arts Student Support
\n(https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/arts\/undergraduate\/student-support\/)
\npage.
\nDownload the WatSafe app (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/watsafe\/)
\nto your phone to quickly access mental health support information
\nTERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
\nThe University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within the Office of Indigenous Relations (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/indigenous)
\nUNIVERSITY POLICY
\nAcademic integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. [Check the Office of Academic Integrity (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/academic-integrity\/) for more information.]
\nGrievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of their university life has been unfair orunreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70, Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4
\n(https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/secretariat\/policies-procedures-guidelines\/policy-70). When in doubt, please be certain to contact the department\u2019s administrative assistant who will provide further assistance.<\/p>\n

Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for their actions. [Check the Office of Academic Integrity
\n(https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/academic-integrity\/) for more information.] A student who is unsure whether an action 1\/10\/24, 8:01 PM Course Outline – Introduction to Business in North America https:\/\/outline.uwaterloo.ca\/view\/nvymhy 6\/6 constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about \u201crules “for group work\/collaboration should seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate associate dean. For information on categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71, Student Discipline (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/secretariat\/policies-procedures-guidelines\/policy-71).\u00a0For typical penalties, check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/secretariat\/guidelines\/guidelines-assessmentpenalties).
\nAppeals:
\nA decision made or penalty imposed under
\nPolicy 70, Student Petitions and Grievances
\n(https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/secretariat\/policies-procedures-guidelines\/policy-70)
\n(other than a petition) or Policy 71,Student Discipline (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/secretariat\/policies-procedures-guidelines\/policy-71) may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who believes they have a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72, Student Appeals
\n(https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/secretariat\/policies-procedures-guidelines\/policy-72).
\nNote for students with disabilities: AccessAbility Services (https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/accessability-services\/) , located in Needles Hall, Room 1401, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with AccessAbility Services at the beginning of each academic term.
\nTurnitin.com:
\nText matching software (Turnitin\u00ae) may be used to screen assignments in this course. Turnitin\u00ae isused to verify that all materials and sources in assignments are documented. Students’ submissions are stored on a U.S.server, therefore students must be given an alternative (e.g., scaffolded assignment or annotated bibliography), if theyare concerned about their privacy and\/or security. Students will be given due notice, in the first week of the termand\/or at the time assignment details are provided, about arrangements and alternatives for the use of Turnitin in thiscourse.
\nIt is the responsibility of the student to notify the instructor if they, in the first week of term or at the time assignmentdetails are provided, wish to submit alternate assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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