College of
Business Administration
Spring 2023
BHON 120 Business
Intelligence
Course Schedule: Monday and
Wednesday – 3:00-4:15 pm, TAH 1009
I.
Instructor Information
Instructor |
Spiros
Velianitis, MS/MIS |
E-mail |
|
Web
Page |
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/v/velianitis
and Canvas |
Office Hours |
Monday 10:30 am –12:00 pm & Wednesday
4:15 - 5:45 pm |
Email access is essential in
communicating with the instructor and your peers. Please activate your CSUS
e-mail account.
II. Academic Learning Resources
Textbook: Ramesh Sharda,
Software:
1. SAP Predictive Analytics
OR
3. SAP Analytics Cloud
How to download
the software tools?
III. Business Concepts
Keywords: Business
strategy, Data warehouse
IV. Instructional Design
Course Description: Focuses on
enterprise problem solving and decision-making using information technology,
and data and financial analyses for mission critical and integral applications
in planning and control. Alternative solutions are examined and evaluated for
their effectiveness in achieving results.
Prerequisite: Completion of all business honors foundation requirements.
Graded: Graded student. Units: 3.0.
Course Rationale/Course Overview: As the Northern
California region recovers from the economic downturn businesses,
not-for-profits and government agencies/departments will begin seeking business
graduates who are capable of leading their business units as well-qualified
managers. The Business Honors Program will focus on developing our best
students to fill these opportunities through a challenging business curriculum
that emphasizes cross-functional integration in enterprise planning, problem
solving and decision making.
Primary Learning
Objectives:
·
Apply information technology to aid in
problem solving
·
Determine the feasibility of
alternative solutions using financial analyses, including identifying risk and
return tradeoffs
·
Evaluate alternative solutions using
statistical analyses
Detailed Learning
Objectives:
·
Understand business strategy
·
Identifying, analyzing, interpreting
and presenting results
·
Utilizing decision making tools,
including optimization and simulation
·
Presenting value
·
Identify data requirements,
architecture, and infrastructure of a Data Warehouse
·
Learn how to acquire and cleanse data
·
Learn how to model data
·
Use different data mining methods and
technology
·
Perform statistical analysis including
model selection, hypothesis formulation, model fitting, testing,
interpretation/evaluation, and application
·
Perform financial analysis and
assessment
·
Organizational factors that can impede
or facilitate BI effectiveness
·
Knowledge management
V.
CBA Program-Level Learning GOALS
Competence based on
fundamental business knowledge.
1.2 Ability to
analyze business information in performing business related tasks.
Business competence
integrated with other business knowledge areas and ethical responsibility.
Business
communication utilizing contemporary and classic communication
techniques and methods.
3.2 Evaluate the
efficacy of business communications.
Ability to translate
knowledge of business and management into practice.
Program
Learning Goals |
Student
Learning Outcomes |
Assessment
Strategy |
Direct
Assessment Measure |
1 |
To critically think about and
solve business problems to generate business opportunities. |
Exams |
Scoring guide |
2 |
Apply information technology to
aid in problem solving |
Individual Assignment Peer Assignment |
Scoring guide for Individual Assignment @ 30 points and scoring
guide for Peer Assignment @ 40 points |
3 |
Determine the feasibility of
alternative solutions using financial analyses, including identifying risk
and return tradeoffs |
Team Project |
Team Project scoring guide @ 30 points |
VII. Grading Criteria, Guidelines, and Assignments
Course Grading:
I will give two in-class term
individual examinations using Canvas. Each exam consists of fifty (40)
multiple-choice questions. Prior to the individual examination, you will have a
group examination which consists of twenty (20) multiple choice questions.
Examination material will be drawn from the textbook reading, any other
assigned readings, and class lectures and discussion. Emphasis will be placed
on the conceptual understanding of the material and NOT on memory alone.
Understanding the application of the concepts will greatly enhance your grade.
Final grades will be assigned
according to the total points you have obtained through exams and homework
assignments relative to the total possible number of points.
|
Points |
2 Individual Exams |
|
2 Group Exams |
40 |
Peer Assignment |
40 |
Individual Assignment |
|
Team Assignment |
30 |
Total Points |
|
Your grade is also affected by the number of
unexcused absences. You are allowed to have 5 unexcused absences. For each
absence after your allowance, 5 points will be deducted. Note that absences are
only excused for a valid reason (health problems, jury duty etc.) and MUST be
accompanied with documentation (i.e., health center note with a phone number to
call for questions) provided within a week of returning to class.
|
Grade |
90-100 |
|
80-89 |
|
70-79 |
|
60-69 |
|
0-59 |
|
Any queries or appeals for a graded component
(such as an assignment or an exam) must be directed to the instructor in person
within 2 weeks after the graded component is returned. No adjustment will be
made for the scores of graded components after the two-week period. Students
are responsible for keeping track of their graded components. Uncollected
graded components will be kept in the instructor’s office until the end of the
current semester.
VIII.
Weekly Outline: the schedule of readings, assignments, and activities may be
changed by the instructor in order to maximize student learning needs and meet
the objectives of the course.
IX. Course Time commitment
Contact Hours and
Assignments |
Contact Hours |
|
Face-to-face
Lectures & Online Meetings |
|
45 hours
|
Out of Class |
|
6-9
hours per week |
|
Reading
Assignments |
|
|
Group
Project & Presentation |
|
|
Exams |
|
Total
Hours per Week |
9-12
hours /week |
X. Sacramento
State Academic Honesty Policy and Regulations excerpt “Definitions of
Academic Dishonesty” http://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/STU-0100.htm
1. Copying, in part or in
whole, from another’s test or other evaluation instrument.
2. Using crib notes,
"cheat sheets," or any other device, including electronic devices not
permitted by the instructor as an aid in writing an examination.
3. Submitting work previously
graded in another course unless doing so has been approved by the course
instructor or by department policy.
4. Submitting work
simultaneously presented in more than one course, unless doing so has been
approved by the respective course instructors or by the department policies of
the respective departments.
5. Altering or interfering with
grading or grading instructions.
6. Sitting for an examination
by a surrogate, or as a surrogate.
7. Any other act committed by a
student in the course of his or her academic work that defrauds or
misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined
above.
Plagiarism. Plagiarism, as a form of
cheating, is the use of distinctive ideas or works belonging to another person
without providing adequate acknowledgement of that person’s contribution.
Regardless of the means of appropriation, incorporation of another’s work into
one’s own requires adequate identification and acknowledgement. Plagiarism is
doubly unethical because it deprives the author of rightful credit and gives
credit to someone who has not earned it. Acknowledgement is not necessary when
the material used is common knowledge. Plagiarism at Sacramento State includes
but is not limited to:
1. The act of incorporating
into one’s own work the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof,
or the specific substance of another’s work without giving appropriate credit
thereby representing the product as entirely one's own. Examples include not only
word-for-word copying, but also the "mosaic" (i.e., interspersing a
few of one’s own words while, in essence, copying another’s work), the
paraphrase (i.e., rewriting another’s work while still using the other’s
fundamental idea or theory); fabrication (i.e., inventing or counterfeiting
sources), ghost-writing (i.e., submitting another’s work as one’s own) and
failure to include quotation marks on material that is otherwise acknowledged;
and
2. Representing as one’s own
another’s artistic or scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer
programs, photographs, paintings, drawing, sculptures, or similar works.
XI. Student services
1.
Services to Students with Disability (SSWD)
“Sacramento
State is committed to ensuring an accessible learning environment where course
or instructional content are usable by all students and faculty. If you believe
that you require disability-related academic adjustments for this class, please
immediately contact Services for Students with Disabilities (SSWD) to discuss
eligibility. A current accommodation letter from SSWD is required before any
modifications, above and beyond what is otherwise available for all other
students in this class will be provided.”
3.
Student Health and Counseling Services
“Your
physical and mental health are important to your success as a college student.
Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) in The WELL offers medical,
counseling, and wellness services to help you get and stay healthy during your
time at Sac State. SHCS offers: Primary Care medical services, including sexual
and reproductive healthcare, transgender care, and immunizations; urgent care
for acute illness, injuries, and urgent counseling needs; pharmacy for
prescriptions and over-the-counter products; mental health counseling,
including individual sessions, group counseling, support groups, mindfulness
training, and peer counseling; athletic training for sports injury
rehabilitation; wellness services, including nutrition counseling, peerled health education and wellness workshops, and
free safer sex supplies; violence and sexual assault support services. Most
services are covered by the Health Services fee and available at no additional
cost.”
3.
Crisis Assistance & Resource Education Support (CARES)
“If
you are experiencing challenges with food, housing, financial or other unique
circumstances that are impacting your education, help is just a phone call or
email away. The CARES office provides case management support for any enrolled
student
XII. Student Resources
·
CBA Tutoring Center – Information will be sent to students over BizList when the schedule is finalized and posted.
XIII. Other Information
Late
and Make-up Policy: The
general policy for this course is to require completion of assignments as
specified in the class schedule. All assignments are due at the
beginning of the class period. Late assignments may be submitted within a week
of the due date with a 20% penalty. No late assignments will be accepter after
1 week. All assignments will be submitted using Canvas (please do not
email your assignments). I will send you instructions on how to submit the
assignments before the due dates.
Incomplete: An incomplete grade (I) will
only be issued in accordance to College of Business Administration policy.
Among the conditions imposed by the instructor that must be met are: (1) a
current passing grade (70 percent or better), (2) the successful completion of
all prior assignments and exams, and (3) an unforeseen and unusual event beyond
your control which prevents you from completing the semester, and can be
documented and verified (employment-related events do not qualify). (4) An
incomplete will only be considered after it has been determined that a
withdrawal (W) cannot be issued. If you do not meet (1) through (4), you do not
qualify for an incomplete. As stipulated by the University, an incomplete
cannot be assigned when it is necessary for the student to attend additional
class meetings to complete the course requirements.
Unauthorized
Withdrawal (WU) indicates
that a student did not officially withdraw from the course but failed to
complete it. Among the conditions imposed by the instructor that must be met
are: (1) a passing grade (70 percent or better) at the time that the student
stopped attending classes, (2) attendance stopped before the 11th week of the
semester. If you do not meet (1) and (2), you do not qualify for an
unauthorized withdrawal (WU) grade and as a result you will be assigned a
failing (F) grade.
Laptop
and cell phone regulation: No
photographing, recording or text messaging is allowed without permission of the
instructor.
A disruptive student
is a student who engages in classroom behavior that interferes with the process
of teaching and learning. If a student is disruptive to my class, I will
follow the Procedures for dealing with incidents of disruptive
behavior described in the DEALING WITH INCIDENTS OF DISRUPTIVE STUDENT
BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM document https://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/STU-0112.htm.