I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Family and Business Relationships
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2320
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course explores the challenges family members encounter during the operation of a family-owned business. Family members will learn how to achieve better communication and learn to deal with other issues that arise in a multi-generational business.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2320 - Family and Business Relationships
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2320 - Family and Business Relationships
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Discuss important issues without aggravating other family members |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Produce written family goals |
| Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Construct new family communication channels |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Question family members about future plans for the business |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Produce regularly updated written family goals
- Modify business plans as family changes
- Identify professionals qualified to mediate conflicts
- List inappropriate conflict behaviors
- Examine verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
- Summarize creative listening skills
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Business plans and family goals
- Business goals of children
- Business goals of parents
- Educational needs of children
- Business plans for when children leave home
- Business plans when adult children join the business
- Business problems caused by death of a family member
- Business problems caused by divorce
- Prenuptial agreements
- The importance of wills
- Family communication skills
- Listening skills
- Diffusing tension
- New communication channels
- Nonverbal communication
- Conflict resolution methods
- Creative listening skills
- Inappropriate conflict behaviors
- Professional mediators
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Family and Business Relationships
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2320
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course explores the challenges family members encounter during the operation of a family-owned business. Family members will learn how to achieve better communication and learn to deal with other issues that arise in a multi-generational business.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2320 - Family and Business Relationships
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2320 - Family and Business Relationships
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Discuss important issues without aggravating other family members |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Produce written family goals |
| Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Construct new family communication channels |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Question family members about future plans for the business |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Produce regularly updated written family goals
- Modify business plans as family changes
- Identify professionals qualified to mediate conflicts
- List inappropriate conflict behaviors
- Examine verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
- Summarize creative listening skills
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Business plans and family goals
- Business goals of children
- Business goals of parents
- Educational needs of children
- Business plans for when children leave home
- Business plans when adult children join the business
- Business problems caused by death of a family member
- Business problems caused by divorce
- Prenuptial agreements
- The importance of wills
- Family communication skills
- Listening skills
- Diffusing tension
- New communication channels
- Nonverbal communication
- Conflict resolution methods
- Creative listening skills
- Inappropriate conflict behaviors
- Professional mediators