Small Business Marketing Manager (SB51)  Technical Certificate of Credit

This course emphasizes the trends and the dynamic forces that affect the marketing process and the coordination of the marketing functions. Topics include effective communication in a marketing environment role of marketing knowledge of marketing principles marketing strategy and marketing career paths.

This course introduces the study of contracts and other legal issues and obligations for businesses. Topics include: creation and evolution of laws court decision processes legal business structures sales contracts commercial papers Uniform Commercial Code and risk-bearing devices.

This course introduces professional selling skills and processes. Topics include: professional selling product/sales knowledge customer analysis/relations selling process sales presentations and ethics of selling.

This course introduces the fundamental principles and practices associated with promotion and communication. Topics include: purposes of promotion and IMC principles of promotion and Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) budgeting regulations and controls media evaluation and target market selection integrated marketing plans trends in promotion and promotion and communication career paths.

This course introduces competencies required in managing a small business. Topics include: nature of small business management business management and organizational change marketing strategies employee relations financial planning and business assessment and growth.