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School:Business

 Welcome to Wikiversity's School of Business

Wikiversity Schools Main Page

Wikiversity's School of Business is the online community's center of business education, and is committed to teaching and educating the online community in all matters related to business.

The school aims to harness the community in writing Wikibooks, Learning Projects, and Learning Materials related to business.

Areas of Study
Currently the School of Business is composed of the following areas of studies, modeled after recognized existing universities.

 * Accounting
 * Actuarial science
 * Business administration
 * Economics
 * Entrepreneurship
 * Finance
 * Portal:Law
 * International Business
 * Management
 * Operations management
 * Organizational behavior
 * Marketing
 * Real estate
 * Social Enterprise

Learning resources

 * Profit

Core curriculum
In order to form a good basic understanding of business, it is recommended that students visit General Studies of Business Administration and study the following courses as prerequisites for all other concentrations.

Quantitative
 * Financial Accounting
 * Managerial Accounting
 * Corporate finance
 * Managerial Economics, including Game Theory
 * Operations management
 * Introduction to statistics
 * Statistics for Business Decisions

Qualitative/Philosophical
 * Macroeconomics
 * Microeconomics
 * Principles of marketing
 * Principles of Management
 * Introduction to Business Law
 * Management information systems

Further study
 * E-Commerce
 * Enterprise Resource Planning

School news

 * Thursday 9th August 2007 - Added 'Employee Training and Development' division to 'Human Resource Management' department.
 * Monday 18th December 2006 - Main page updated.
 * Sunday 17th December 2006 - 'Principles of Management' lesson updated.

Things you can do!

 * Clean up Draft:Economics and move it to become a subpage of a supporting main page learning project.
 * Clean up Draft:Funding and move it to become a subpage of a supporting main page learning project.
 * Clean up Draft:Insider trading and move it to become a subpage of a supporting main page learning project.
 * Clean up Draft:Monopolistic practices and move it to become a subpage of a supporting main page learning project.
 * Clean up Draft:Repellor vehicles and move it to become a subpage of a supporting main page learning project.
 * Clean up Draft:Stroke management and move it to become a subpage of a supporting main page learning project.

Active participants
The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this school, you can list your name here (this can help small schools grow and the participants communicate better; for large schools it is not needed).
 * JWSchmidt
 * Marshallsumter since 19 June 2014 - --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 02:59, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * MoundStudent

Inactive participants

 * Ray Shan
 * Prasenjit Paul
 * Humble Guy
 * Robbi G
 * Lisa M. Beeson
 * M. Judd Warren
 * Missqueenahearts
 * Perfect Jav
 * Matt Kinnia
 * Djamel Eddine Laouisset
 * Tafadzwa Jenami

Wikimedia resources

 * A business article from Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia:WikiProject Business
 * Some business textbooks from Wikibooks
 * Business-related media from Commons
 * Business news from Wikinews
 * Quotes about business from Wikiquote
 * Business texts from Wikisource
 * A business travel article from Wikivoyage

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School talk:Business

Selling
How is it possible to have a whole section on business and not have a section on the nature of professional selling and what selling is and requires. The section on marketing doesn't cover it at all and in the real world marketing is not the same as Selling. Direct sales jobs account for well over 3million jobs in the USA alone. Selling is the lifeblood of business. No business will survive without making sales and most businesses fail because they don't make enough sales and run out of cash.

Economics, Business
I don't want to offend anyone but people should really understand things before making departments. Yes economics is related to business, but economics is related to almost everything on earth. Economics should remain its own department. In fact, it would make more sense having economics as part of Social Sciences, because it is a science. Mattrix18 12:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC) .

Organization
I already finalized the 14 departments of the School of Business, so now if anyone wants to add something, it can now be classified in any of the subdepartments. Knowledge Management and Project Management are now in the Management Department, Humble Guy

 * I expanded some of the departments and edited/merged some others based on the systems set up by recognized universities, namely Harvard, Columbia and University of Florida (where I went to). Please advise if anything need to be changed. Rayshan 18:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Merger of departments
I'd like to propose merging Qualitative and Quantitative Methods with either Decision, Risk and Operations and/or Computer and Information Sciences (CIS). I am not aware of a department/school/major at an existing university after that name. Please advise. Rayshan 21:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Columbia's DRO is one of the more unusual titles for a department that is usually a grab bag and which the major accrediting agency AACSB describes as "Quantitative Methods". To be fair, the difference between quant methods and operations management is unclear at many schools -- despite OM payscales being much higher.
 * Therefore, I would propose merging the departments into one which captures the main idea and a phrase often in the naming of these departments. I would call the merged department Decision Sciences.  That fits with what is used at many schools; and, it makes clear what is in (OR/OM, statistics, actuarial science, econometrics, game theory) and what is out (CS, information systems). --75.34.23.65 13:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Entrepreneurship
Hi. I think there should be a department specializing in entrepreneurship and entrepreneural skills.

TheBrain

 * Yes, I merged the Entrepreneurship program with Business School. Rayshan 15:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

MBApedia
Before learning about this project, I started MBApedia, the free business encyclopedia.

The objectives of MBApedia are similar to the Wikiversity, but there's a twist in each of them:
 * Academic community: Courses and class notes from business schools.
 * Research projects: most of them applied to real business problems.
 * Forum: Discussion and analysis of business problems in the media or from contributors.

I think it would be in our best interest to coordinate either joint research projects and courses or even merge.

Anyone interested in the School of Business or MBApedia, the free business encyclopedia, please comment on this proposal.

You can also take contents from the MBApedia site, because it is also released under the GNU FDL.

Wikibooks
To anyone, pls help write wikibooks so that the school of business can get into gear. Humble Guy

Business Plan
Hello, I just wanted to prematurely announce that I intend to slowly write a business plan. Please view http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibooks_business_plan_1 I thought this would be a good place to announce this.

- JOsH

 * It does not exist yet... Rayshan 21:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Other comments
I need help in honing raw business sense and would like to know when this school will be up. Hope it is sooner than later... B

 * Um this is an ongoing project, I don't think it's going to be "up" soon, but you can check out the business articles on Wikipedia tho Rayshan 18:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Question at help desk
Short term interest ratesI need a list by country of short-term interest rates. This should be current short-term interet rates or within the past 3 months.Can you help me get such a list?

Thanks, Byron Shoulton

Business school== Wikibooks School of Business == I was thinking about adding this section:

Things you can do
Any useful content from that page needs to be transfered over to Wikiversity so the page can be deleted.]] However I am not sure about the proper procedure... It seems that the history of the page at Wikibooks should be saved to note past contributors, but also it should not be cluttering up Wikibooks. Is there anyway to transwiki the page history to Wikiversity, but transwiki it in such a way that the the pages can be merge merged, and Wikibooks contributors' contributions are still noted? --Remi 00:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Over at Wikibooks there is a page b:Wikiversity:School_of_Business.

master - doctoral departments
Is the following really necessary? It seems that we could include material at this high of a level at the respective specific departments. i.e. have all levels be contained at Topic:Account... and not have high level content at a separate mba and phd departments... Yes, no? Comment?

Masters

 * Master of Accounting (M.Acc.)
 * Master of Business Administration (MBA)
 * Master of Business Taxation (MBT)
 * Master of Financial Technical Analysis (MFTA)

Doctoral

 * Doctorate in Business Administration DBA
 * Accounting Ph.D
 * Decision, Risk & Operations Ph.D
 * Finance & Economics Ph.D
 * Management Ph.D
 * Marketing Ph.D
 * Organizational Behavior Ph.D

--Remi 05:57, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

moving business links to Business links
Perhaps there are enough to warrant this. What do others think? If discussion is absent or does not run counter to this suggestion, I may do so within around five days. Emesee 05:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Submitting Papers (i.e. Original Research)
I have a few papers that I have written for my other classes. They aren't anything profound. By Wikipedia standards, they are considered original research and it doesn't belong there. I think these papers would be a quick way to get the information out there. Is there a section to submit papers for peer-view under the school of Business? Is this even worth while? I think it would be to have repository of papers (almost like a journal) where the School of Business users can look at, use, edit, and even reject/accept the paper outright.

As for these papers, they shouldn't be static nor ever in a "finished" state. I don't think any paper is perfect and can always be improved. At some point the paper may no longer be applicable where new accepted research making it obsolete, and the paper can be retired to an archive.

This whole thing might be beyond the scope of what wikiversity has intended, but the point in graduate and doctoral studies is to give back the academics.

Any thoughts? --Glinos 12:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer and please see Peer review, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 20:46, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

active participants?
Are all of these active participants active? I will paste the list from the non-talk page here.

"Ray Shan Prasenjit Paul Humble Guy JWSchmidt Robbi G Lisa M. Beeson M. Judd Warren Missqueenahearts Perfect Jav Matt Kinnia"

Are they/you? Michael Ten (talk) 15:56, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

 * I'm none of the above but am active with the following business-related resources

 * 1) Dominant group/Business which is part of my original research into Dominant group,
 * 2) Dominant group/Economics, ditto,
 * Income, a template, and research area,
 * 1) Monopolistic practices, which is under development, also an original research field,
 * Gene project, a template, original research and product development field,
 * Repellor vehicle, ditto, and
 * 1) Gift economy, original research resource. --Marshallsumter (talk) 20:50, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

A Good Business School
A good business school is one that will teach students how to successfully earn money, hopefully in ways that are ethical and beneficial to all humans on Earth. Michael Ten (talk) 16:20, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

 * I agree, but it's not easy! --Marshallsumter (talk) 20:51, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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User talk:Guillom

How about that color?
-- sebmol ? 15:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * How about now? -- sebmol ? 15:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * nice :) Guillom 15:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Financial services page
The purpose of the financial services page was to help people finance their education. I.e. pointers to scholarships, grants, and so forth.

Roadrunner 14:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Bot
What is its purpose? To wear funky boots? Cormaggio 09:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi; I don't know yet what its purpose will be :) Maybe it will just stay here wearing its boots if nobody needs it. I intend to write a short policy about bots and request bot status for it to prevent it from cluttering recent changes if somebody needs its help. guillom 09:51, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Logo
You're a star :-) Cormaggio 12:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks, but believe me, it was really nothing to do, one click was enough! guillom 12:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for setting up Wikiversity/logo - my girlfriend's at work :-). Cormaggio 16:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I hope she wasn't waiting for this page ;) guillom 16:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * :-) No - she works at her own pace - got some nice ideas at the moment but she's such a perfectionist - it'll take her a while to upload them I'd say.. Cormaggio 19:14, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

v: prefix
Welcome and thanks for the v: link tip. Reswik 18:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome template
Sounds good to me to update the general one. I 'll do it now. - Trevor MacInnis 17:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiversity Beta news
I think you should put this some place where people will see it such as News or Babel and provide a link from Colloquium. --JWSchmidt 22:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Done. Thanks for reminding me :) guillom 09:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Custodian
Hi Guillom - I've made you a sysop here on en (gladly). Cheers! Cormaggio 19:41, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, I'm waiting on an email from Kevin to remind me of what we talked about ;-) (he took the notes), so i'll pass that on to the list. There are some macro issues that I think we need to discuss as a community - not just within Wikiversity but Wikimedia, I think. And just before you jump to the conclusion that that indicates bad news, don't worry, it doesn't. :-) Cormaggio 12:00, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Reply from Robert Elliott

 * You Said...
 * I see you have copied Topic:Basic Filmmaking and pasted it in Course:WikiU Film School Course 01 - Learning the Basics of Filmmaking. This is not the better way to rename a page, because using copy/paste breaks the history and thus violates the GFDL. You should have used the Move button. If you agree, I will delete Course:WikiU Film School Course 01 - Learning the Basics of Filmmaking so as you can move Topic:Basic Filmmaking the right way. Ok ? :)

 * By the way, the page names should be descriptive, and numbers in page names are not useful. If you intend to move the page, think about the best name that suits.

 * Thanks! guillom 16:40, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Dear Guillom,
 * I am doing more than just moving the page. Also, I am not sure what I am doing... so a full move might be disasterous at this time. A rebuild is better, for now.

 * Note: I am not sure if I should have used COURSE: or if I should have used TOPIC:.  I know that the current software prefers TOPIC but, in the future, I think COURSE will be more descriptive.  Any thoughts??

 * P.S. I am the author of all pages under this page so, in theory, I am not breaking anyone else's links by rebuilding the page rather than move the page.  Robert Elliott 17:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Also note, the Lesson numbers were added because the lessons in this course must be done in a specific order. That is why I use both numbers and descriptive names are used for all my lessons in this course.

 * However, I have not figured out a good way to handle the page numbers. I am working on this!!!  I have not seen any examples of how PAGES are used in other lessons which have multiple pages.Robert Elliott 17:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

French
Je veux parler un petit peu de la Français. Bonjour! We have a little bit at French but could use a bit of help :-) --HappyCamper 18:19, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Reply from CDinAshton
Hi! Thanks for fixing my link "Wikiversity pages I'm interested in"! I had no idea that it was not on a sub-page of my user space. I don't have a strong computer programming background, so I'm trying to figure out the conventions as I go along. I did try to read the documentation on creating links, but I found it a bit confusing, so I'm mostly just learning by trial and error from copying what other people appear to have done! :) --CDinAshton 15:02, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing vandalism!
Thanks for fixing the vandalism on the Fine Arts portal. I did not know how to report it. Robert Elliott 12:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Just test pictures
Just leave the pictures I got. They are just tests, once I stay with wikiversity some more, don't delete them.Student Galaxy 16:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I am a pre med student in the U.S.. My interests therefore include mostly the medical portion of wikipedia. I have a fondness for cardiac arhythmias and their causative factors. So I will be looking to expand the Wikiversity info in this area. This also is helping to expand my own knowledge of the subject through explanation.

I have also noticed that there is alot more info on the subject in wikipedia. Is there a way to move or link that info into the wikiversity stubs on the same topic?

I might need you to translate...
Was chatting on #wikimedia-commons, and someone mentioned that fr.wp has an OP-blocking bot. We could definitely use that on wikibooks, and it might be nice to have on wikiversity too. I left a note for him (in my horrible French) to contact you if he doesn't speak English... hopefully he'll understand :). --SB_Johnny | talk 22:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

French Department
Vous Pouvez aider beaucoup au département de Français. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elatanatari (talk • contribs) 18:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

Gift from a friend
It'll give you a chuckle, I hope.

(see image for credit -- not me) Hope things are better IRL for you soon. Be well. Historybuff 03:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Penpal Program
Would a pen pal program interest you?Elatanatari 00:03, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * We need to have a brainstorming meeting.Elatanatari 00:56, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

trust
Thanks for participating in the ChuckUser discussion."I know you're a very good user and I trust you based on your work on the French-language Wikiversity, but I agree you should wait before requesting custodian tools here." If you trust User:RM77, then you can "sponsor" RM77 as a probationary custodian. New editors often gain trust by their history of en-Wikiversity edits, but past editing at other wiki websites is also an accepted path to trust. --JWSchmidt 14:18, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Red finger
Hah!! Brilliant! :-D Cormaggio talk 19:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Cormaggio red finger - Huaxi Street night market 0274 - Summer 2007.jpg
Wikiversity doesn't have a policy on this, but please note that the way this is currently licensed is GFDL-incompatible. – Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 22:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

French Mentoring
Salut, Guillom. You are listed at the French stream as being a native French speaker interested in teaching French. The French Mentoring project has recently been launched, and if you would be willing to add your name to that list, I will make sure you are put in contact with appropriate students who would like to learn from you. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 09:39, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Salut
Comment ça va ? Je cherche toujours des amis français. Laisse-moi un commentaire sur ma Page Talk, si tu voudrais. KirbyPuckettFan 06:26, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Pmcalara

Hello and welcome to Wikiversity!

Here are some tips to help you get started:
 * You can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~.
 * Remember to conduct any editing experiments in the sandbox.
 * Check out our help page if you need additional editing help.

You will find more resources at the Community Portal. If you want to ask a question, visit the Study help desk, the Colloquium, IRC channel or ask me personally on my talk page.

Good luck! -- sebmol ? 15:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Please check if there are Wikiversity pages at Wikibooks that you would like to have imported.

 * Sorry to bother you again. For individual topics, we have a Topic: namespace. So, for example, the page Wikiversity:Finance should be at Topic:Finance. The Wikiversity: namespace is reserved for internal pages like how we select admins or whether a page should be deleted. -- sebmol ? 16:13, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

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Topic talk:Communication

Discussion archive
From Wikibooks:

Commencement
I'll be bringing in the lowest common denomonators of U.S. academia. With artistic license, I'll sample a range of social sciences to broaden common theories within the Communications field. I could use some help, and editing. Be steadfast but compassionate. Downchuck 07:15, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The slow and graceful method is both slow and graceful; I'd hoped to keep the wiki history clear of minor edits. This is too slow, I'm afraid I must dive in, haphazard and wholehearted. As I seem to be the only participant I forgive myself, in advance, for the sloppy work and reticence. Downchuck 06:50, 9 August 2005 (UTC).

 * At the speed of a snail, I'm going to start referencing syllabi and material collections from Communications classes throughout the U.S. Downchuck 09:22, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Well... while this project stagnates... The Wikiversity, as I see it, would benefit the most by aligning itself with Brick and mortar universities, to encourage interwikular cooperation. With the active attention of universities, the rest of the wikimedia projects naturally fill themselves out. 24.22.20.80 06:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

 * what is the objective about teaching communication if the whole system is propigating itself- you need a whole system approach -real what is your goal- fragmented i suppose for self and specialized society- know nothing about the whole picture-

Communication breakdown
This topic is being adopted and associated with School:Media Studies and School:Computer Science. See Topic:Computational linguistics and Interlingual Beta Club. CQ 11:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

 * does it mean i should look up these pages, or may i keep editing here? i plan on adding bibliography, some introduction to communication theories (kind of a COM101). where should i do so? Cetheriel 15:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Please continue as you were going to do (adding an introduction to communication theories here). Other pages/schools can possibly help to enrich this page, and could perhaps be grouped in a recommended 'path' to understanding community from a particular perspective, for example.. Cormaggio talk 15:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

article reboot
i think this article is all messed up and needs quite a clean restart. i'll be placing my view on what a Topic:Communication should be on Topic:CommunicationBeta and if developers agree, we can then place it here over this mess. capi talk 18:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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School:Media studies

Wikiversity

Welcome to the School of Media Studies

 * Definition
 * Media Studies examines the effect of media on society.

 * Media studies examines the ethical issues and responsibilities, media's influence, media's role in our society and media's evolution.

 * History
 * The study of Media Studies is still a relatively new area, only developing in the last fifty years or so. Compared to other disciplines, this is a very short time.

 * Please help
 * The school is still very much under construction. We welcome anyone with a knowledge and/or interest in any aspect of Media Studies to take part in the development of the school. Feel free to add your name below if you would like to help, and start developing. Also, please add your ideas, questions, and/or proposals to the talk page.

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Media Studies is not Film, Television and Radio Production

 * The scope
 * To give media studies students the background that they need to understand, analyze, criticize and write about the effects, functions, and relations between film, television and other media, and society as a whole, most Media Studies Departments focus on the theoretical, economic and political aspects of media production, and the uses that are made of the media in the daily lives of people.

 * Practical filmmaking
 * Students who are interested in a career producing motion pictures, radio and television news and drama should go to departments specifically designed for this. The production of film and television will be covered in the School of Film and Television. In this department, there is a series of courses on basic filmmaking for independent motion pictures.  (The filmmaking school is about 70% complete.) A Radio division is also under construction as well as the new School of Broadcasting.

 * }

Active participants

 * The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this school, you can list your name here (this can help small schools grow and the participants communicate better; for large schools it is not needed). Wikiversity has participants and nobody puts on titles; just say what your goals are.

Please add yourself to the list if you are actively developing the school.
 * User:Tumzix - I'm interested to participate in media Filming.
 * Mauveract - Current Media student hoping to participate in media, especially radio.
 * Gwatts88 - Also a current Media Student and Professional Idler. Particularly interested in Mental Health promotion, Gender Studies, representing difference, and general culture and politics.
 * allanminium - Film and Television student
 * Natt Gutmor - Hoping to work on TV or write a good book
 * Steviejay - Teacher of English and Media Studies. Main interest in Media Effects and Radio.
 * [Renee Hobbs] Temple University-- developing the course in media literacy, Fall 2006
 * Cormaggio - many aspects of the media, particularly related to education, including media literacy
 * Simpson - sociotechnology of media, media theory, propaganda, digital literacy 2013
 * Cetheriel - Communication theory, Media theory, Hacker studies, Netowrk Sociology
 * Film Studies - MatthewMitchell
 * Digital Media Studies - Agave Akula
 * Multimedia Production - Lazyquasar 10:53, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * NewMedia Academia - JamesChew
 * Television - Zanimum 19:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Iset Records Media Box- [User:Cheop Anobian] 13:29, 25 may 2014 (UTC)
 * Mass Media and Society, Media Literacy, Press (International), Television - Majaranda September 2005
 * New Media, Sociology of News, Global Media Issues - Megan Knight September 2006
 * Dionysios (talk), Date: 2007-07-02 (July 2, 2007) Time: 225601 UTC -- New Media Arts, Radio Broadcasting and Podcasting.
 * Symode09 May '07 -- Ethical issues and responsibilities, media's influence and role in our society and, its evolution
 * --200.164.136.26 18:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * JP Kyrin Larson
 * item text

Divisions and Departments

 * Divisions and Departments of the School exist on pages in "topic" namespace. Start the name of departments with the "Topic:" prefix; departments reside in the Topic: namespace. Departments and divisions link to learning materials and learning projects. Divisions can link subdivisions or to departments. For more information on schools, divisions and departments look at the Naming Conventions.

 * Department of New Media Arts - "New Media" not a Discipline, but an Area of Research, at the Edge of What Has Been Already Experienced (Usually Transdisciplinary: the Expanding Area of Knowledge and Experimentation in the Media Arts Field.
 * The Internet Audio and Video Institute - participants create new internet audio and video resources
 * The Media Project Institute - Media Studies in Project Management - participants help orchestrate media-oriented learning projects like Wikiversity the Movie, Wiki Campus Radio and other Wikiversity community projects.
 * News and Information services - Serves as an agency and liaison for things like Wikiversity and Wikinews services, WikipediaWeekly *** and other News and Information from around the Wikiverse

Courses
Note: give new Wikiversity pages descriptive names, not cryptic names such as "Media101". Under construction!

We expect to have courses in a few different areas of Media Studies, including general media theory, radio theory and production theory, film studies, television analysis and production and mass media and society.

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Media Studies - Areas of interest

 * The impact of media on society

 * General courses
 * Topic:Introduction to Media Studies
 * Topic:Introduction to Media Theory
 * Topic:Media project management
 * Topic:Advertising
 * Topic:The Press
 * Topic:Advanced Advertising
 * Topic:Advanced Press
 * Topic:Informatic_Communication_Technologies

 * Radio
 * Topic:History of Radio and Theory
 * Topic:Introduction to Radio Production Theory
 * Topic:Radio Broadcasting in the UK
 * Topic:Radio Broadcasting in the USA
 * Topic:Advanced Radio Theory
 * Topic:Advanced Radio Production Theory

 * Film Studies
 * Topic:History of Film
 * Topic:Introduction to Film Theory
 * Topic:Hollywood Cinema
 * Topic:National Cinema
 * Topic:Film noir
 * Topic:New Hollywood Cinema
 * Topic:Film Genres
 * Topic:Alternatives to Hollywood
 * Topic:Advanced film theory

 * Television
 * Topic:History of Television
 * Topic:Television Broadcasting in America
 * Topic:Television Broadcasting in Britain
 * Topic:Television Broadcasting in New Zealand
 * Topic:Introductory Television Production
 * Topic:Basic Television Analysis
 * Topic:Soap Operas
 * Topic:International Television Broadcasting
 * Topic:Television Documentary Production Theory
 * Topic:Advanced Television Analysis
 * Topic:Television News
 * Topic:Television Formats
 * Topic:Advanced Television Production Theory

 * Misc.
 * Computer Generated Virtual Environments
 * Animated shorts, movies, and mazes - Traditional clips, modern CGI feature films, virtual design or learning environments.
 * Interactive knowledge bases in design, analysis, learning and data mining
 * Independent Multimedia Production Startups
 * Topic:Comics Code Authority

 * Mass Media and Society
 * Topic:Theories of Popular Culture
 * Media literacy
 * Topic:Media Effects
 * Topic:Mass Media and Sociology
 * Topic:The Media and Gender Studies
 * Topic:Representing Difference in the Media
 * Topic:Political Economy of Media
 * }

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Media Content Creation - Areas of Interest

 * Multimedia
 * Still Images
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School:Library and information science

Welcome to Library and Information Science, part of Practical Arts and Sciences. =School=
 * Date founded - 29 March 2006

=Division news=
 * Date founded - Division founded!

=Resources=

 * Bibliography
 * Informatics
 * Information Services
 * Information Organization
 * Information Policy
 * Library Information Systems
 * Management

=Related Schools, Projects & Services=
 * Wikimedia project Wikicat
 * School of Computer Science
 * Library services

=Active participants= The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this division, you can list your name here (this can help small divisions grow and the participants communicate better; for large divisions a list of active participants is not needed).
 * Sabiona as of 17 December 2017.

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Paulshannon 18:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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Why not put Knowledge Management as it's own school ? I've just started the Master of Science in Knowledge Management program at the University of Oklahoma, and definitely see it as a whole different beast. --ericblazek 16:07, 10 October 2006

Citation
Are you going to teach bibliography citation?--Juan 20:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


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Legendre differential equation

The Legendre differential equation is the second order ordinary differential equation (ODE) which can be written as:
 * $$(1-x^2)d^2y/dx^2-2xdy/dx+l(l+1)y=0\,$$

which when rearranged to:
 * $${d \over dx }[(1 - x^2){dy \over dx }]+l(l+1)y=0\,$$ is called Legendre differential equation of order $$l$$, where the quantity $$l$$ is a constant.

 * $$Ly=0\,$$

where $$L\,$$ is the Legendre operator:
 * $$L={d \over dx }[(1 - x^2){d \over dx }]+l(l+1)\,$$

In principle, $$l$$ can be any number, but it is usually an integer.

We use the Frobenius method to solve the equation in the region $$|x|\leq 1$$. We start by setting the parameter p in Frobenius method zero.

 * $$y= \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_n x^n$$,
 * $$y' = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n a_n x^{n-1}$$,
 * $$y'' = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(n-1) a_n x^{n-2}$$.

Substituting these terms into the original equation, one obtains

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- 2x\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n a_n x^{n-1} + l(l+1)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_n x^n$$ + \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(n-1) a_n x^{n-2}$$ + \sum_{n=-2}^{\infty}(n+2)(n+1) a_{n+2} x^n$$
 * $$0=Ly\,$$
 * $$ = \big(1-x^2)y'' -2xy'+l(l+1)y$$
 * $$=(1-x^2)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(n-1) a_n x^{n-2}
 * $$=(1-x^2)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(n-1) a_n x^{n-2}
 * $$=(1-x^2)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(n-1) a_n x^{n-2}
 * $$=(1-x^2)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(n-1) a_n x^{n-2}
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[-n(n-1)-2n+l(l+1)\right] a_n x^n
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[-n(n-1)-2n+l(l+1)\right] a_n x^n
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[-n(n-1)-2n+l(l+1)\right] a_n x^n
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[l^2-n^2+l-n\right]a_n x^n
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[l^2-n^2+l-n\right]a_n x^n
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[l^2-n^2+l-n\right]a_n x^n
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[(l+n+1)(l-n)a_n + (n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}\right]x^n$$.
 * }
 * $$=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\left[(l+n+1)(l-n)a_n + (n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}\right]x^n$$.
 * }
 * }

Thus

 * $$ a_2 = -{l(l+1) \over 2} a_0$$,

and in general,

 * $$ a_{n+2} = -{(l+n+1)(l-n) \over (n+2)(n+1)}a_n $$.

This series converges when

 * $$\lim_{n \to \infty}\left|{a_{n+2}x^{n+2} \over a_nx^n}\right|<1$$.

Therefore the series solution has to be cut by choosing:

 * $$ n =l \mbox { or } n = -(l+1)\,$$.

The series cut in specific integers $$l$$ and $$l+1$$ produce polynomials called Legendre polynomials.

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Portal:Finance

Economics and Personal Finance is a subject that has a wide variety of applications in the real world, but very rarely is it seen as a necessity in the classroom. Welcome to the Finance Department of the Wikiversity School of Business!

This is Wikiversity's department of Finance, which is both a science and an art.

Major curriculum
In order to form a good basic understanding of business, it is recommended for students to visit General Studies of Business Administration and study the core business curriculum as prerequisites for the following courses.

Level 1000 courses are recommended prerequisites of level 1010 courses:
 * Business Finance, FIN 1001, fundamentals of business/corporate finance and historical/modern portfolio management theories
 * Time Value of Money, FIN 1002, fundamental way of calculating the value of a sum of money, at any time in the present or future.

Level 1010 courses are recommended prerequisites of level 1100 courses:
 * Equity Markets, FIN 1011, fundamentals of corporate equity finance and major markets
 * Debt and Money Markets, FIN 1012, introduction to the largest and most active financial market in the world, as well as various other fixed income products
 * Currency and Commodity Markets, including energy, live stock, grains, and FOREX (foreign exchange markets)
 * Insurance and Annuities, FIN 1014, design of insurance and annuity products
 * Pension, FIN 1015, pension management, portfolio management and investment advisor selection

Level 1100 courses:
 * Risk Management, FIN 1101, to take calculated risk for higher growth
 * Financial Management, FIN 1102, cornerstone course, in-depth studies of historical/modern portfolio management theories

Other courses:

 * Investments and Portfolio Management, FINE 441
 * International Finance 1, FINE 482
 * Behavioral Finance
 * Introduction to Computational Finance

Active participants

 * Ray Shan
 * Mike Hanson
 * DrK

Department news

 * 9 March 2005 - Department founded

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Portal:Marketing

Welcome to the Marketing Department of the School of Business

In popular usage, "marketing" is the promotion of products, especially advertising and branding. However, in professional usage the term has a wider meaning which recognizes that marketing is customer centered. Products are often developed to meet the desires of groups of customers or even, in some cases, for specific customers.

This department, if you desire, will attempt to facilitate your learning about marketing.

Learning projects
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Resources

 * Marketing
 * Marketing ethics
 * Self serve advertising
 * Search for Marketing at Wikiversity

Interested participants

 * Toyota8489
 * Amscco
 * Jitesh
 * Puck185
 * naveedtaji
 * Bema

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Logos
Learn by seeing.

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These amazon listings should be for a reference that benifits wikimedia. Otherwise it's posing a conflict of intrest.

thanks.

Remove links to amazon
I would recommend the removal of links to amazon in a section that is meant to supplant such a website.

start a wikimedia section?
List of countries by beer consumption per capita - courtesy of, not me. Emesee 11:55, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * stats from my side: I don't drink any alcohol, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 12:12, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

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Portal:Management

Welcome to the Management Department of the School of Business

Management comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the purpose of coordinating and harmonizing that group towards accomplishing a goal. Management often encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources. Management can also refer to the person or people who perform the act(s) of management.

Curriculum
The following courses are recommended:

Lessons

 * Principles of Management
 * [Operations Management]]
 * Strategic management

Current Wikibooks

 * Change Management
 * Knowledge Management
 * Project Management
 * Management Strategy
 * See also ← for requested books on management.

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This category contains pages organized by the School of Business.

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Portal:International Business

Welcome to the International Business Department of the School of Business

General Introduction
In todays world, every business is in international business; whether it is exporting, outsourcing and/or just selling goods and services to foreign buyers every successful business person has to know the basics of International Business.

Learning Projects
The following learning projects are recommended:

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W ELCOME TO THE H OMEPAGE OF THE W IKIVERSITY A CCOUNTING D EPARTMENT ! A department of the School of Business

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Financial Accounting

Introduction
Welcome to Financial Accounting! This course is being designed to introduce the basic skills needed to build a foundation for the field of accounting. As with all Wikiversity courses, this is a continual joint collaboration among numerous sources, so please check back at regular intervals for updates and new material. Also, please feel free to use the discussion tab at the top of the page for any questions, comments, concerns, or ideas concerning this course.

Financial Accounting will be divided into sessions, each on its own page. Each session is meant to represent the material that would normally be consumed in a single classroom period.

If you are an accounting whiz, we invite you to Be bold!

Prerequisites
None. This course assumes no prior knowledge of accounting or finance.

Goals and Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
 * 1) Explain what the different branches of accounting are and why they are important.
 * 2) Describe and use various terminology used in the field.
 * 3) Describe and identify when to use accrual vs. cash accounting.
 * 4) Read and analyze a set of financial statements.
 * 5) Explain double entry accounting and the "accounting equation".
 * 6) Perform basic double-entry accounting entries using T-accounts.
 * 7) Perform depreciation entries on fixed assets
 * 8) Perform end-of-period closing entries.
 * 9) Describe the accounting cycles.

Textbook and required readings
There is no textbook for this course. Required readings will be displayed in the individual sessions. They will be comprised of Wikipedia articles and URLs to other websites.

How to use this course
This course is a work in progress and will, hopefully, be updated and improved continually. Education typically consists of three components: a lecture, class discussion and problem solving. The lecture component can be accessed through the links below under the "Sessions" heading. Some of the lectures consist of links to other sites to prevent re-inventing the wheel. The class discussion component can be accessed at the top left of the screen in the link "Discuss". The problem solving component will be in each of the sessions.

Use this course on its own to brush up on your skills or as a complement to course work you've been given.

Sessions
The following sessions will correspond to the numbered objectives in this syllabus.
 * Session 1 What do we mean by accounting?
 * Session 2 Put the what in the where?
 * Session 3 Cash or accrual?
 * Session 4 What is the point of all this?
 * Session 5 For every entry, there is an equal and opposite entry.
 * Session 6 Debits and credits visualized.
 * Session 7 Stretching out costs.

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Accounting Interactions 1

Introduction: "Life in the Real World"

Welcome everyone! This text is organized differently from the Basic Principles books which lead off studies in Accounting. The idea was inspired by discussions in actual workplaces which never seem to be covered in classical Accounting courses. The first surprise is that basic Accounting courses begin working with a general ledger. But general ledger operations are always reserved for a senior member of management! Most new Accounting employees spend some time learning one of two "entry level" positions: Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

Accounts payable
Accounts Payable is the process of describing activity on an invoice using some system of coded cost categories, then posting the invoice into a computer system where it becomes part of a series of cheques paid out.

The steps of Accounts payable process.

1. Receiving the invoices in legally accepted format. 2. Validate the invoice accuracy and the compliance. 3. Post the invoice in the Book with appropriate cost center(a book can be a system or a manual register) 4. Release the payment after approval of the authority person. 5. Pay the amount to the vendor on due date. 6. Send the remittance advice to the vendor.

Accounts receivable
The other common area new employees begin is in Accounts Receivable. Revenue cheques paying for goods and services are organized by customer, then entered into a computer system which posts the cheque to the customer's account. Someone then reviews that customer's account to determine how much, if any, further revenue is still owed by that customer.

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I tried to follow the book naming convention, but I suspect something didn't work right. Someone please reformat the Titles and Chapters. I think I have a lot to share on the Wiki System, but it will take a little practice to understand some of the technics. 216.177.2.140 03:28, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, it looks a little better now. Much remains to be done, but it's not quite as ugly anymore. I also registered. --TaoPhoenix

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Mergers and Acquisitions/Introduction

Welcome to Introduction to Mergers and Acquisitions, M&A 1000. This course is being designed to introduce the basic skills needed in the field of mergers and acquisitions.

Course Outline

 * Course Outline Course Outline & Syllabus

Sessions

 * Session 1: Basic Principles and Concepts
 * Session 1 will focus on.

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Mergers and Acquisitions/The Deal Cycle

Welcome to M&A and the Deal Cycle, M&A 5200. This course is designed to introduce the student to essential concepts and cycles of mergers and acquisitions.

Course Outline

 * Course Outline Course Outline & Syllabus

Sessions

 * Session 1: Basic Principles and Concepts
 * Session 2: Building Your Team
 * Session 3: Screening Prospects and Potential Candidates
 * Session 4: Initial Negotiations and Letter of Intent
 * Session 5: Due Diligence and Valuations
 * Session 6: Finalizing the Deal
 * Session 7: Closing the Deal
 * Session 8: Postmortem Analysis

Required Reading

 * HBR: Mergers and Acquisitions
 * Wikipedia book on Mergers and Acquisitions

Suggested Reading

 * The Art of M&A Due Diligence

 * M&A Ukraine

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Mergers and Acquisitions/Business Plan

Welcome to The Business Plan, M&A 5300. This course is designed to introduce the student to essential constructs and uses of the Business Plan.

Course Outline

 * Course Outline Course Outline & Syllabus

Sessions

 * Session 1: The Purpose of a Business Plan
 * Session 1: Suggested Structure

1.	Introduction
1.1 – Introduction 1.2 – Criteria for Feasibility

A successful business or entrepreneur must take in more money than they pay out. A cash flow analysis is a critical piece of preliminary planning. Create a spreadsheet with all anticipated expenses, all sources of capital, and estimated sales curves for the first three years of the proposed business. Analyze the cash balances and cash flow and vary some assumptions such as sales figures and available capital to determine breakeven points and net profits or losses. If you start out day one profitable congratulations, but keep planning. Business conditions and outlooks can change swiftly and an orderly shutdown can be critical to sustaining an overall profit for the venture. Typically successful businesses will take between six months to three years to show their full profit potential. Once you begin operating you can plug real data into your cash flow analysis and begin refining it to demonstrate where errors and inaccuracies exist in your planning assumptions and process.

2.	Background

 * 2.1 – Business Type/Set-up
 * 2.2 – Loans and Overdrafts
 * 2.3 – Sources of Finance
 * 2.4 – Law & Legal
 * 2.5 – The Economy

3.	Market Research
The purpose of market research is to analyze customers, volumes, and competition.

 * 3.1 – Customer Research
 * 3.2 – Competition Research
 * 3.3 – Current Market Situation

4.    Marketing Plan

 * 4.1 - Marketing Mix
 * 4.2 - Advertising Costs
 * 4.3 - Pricing Strategy

5.	Property and Location

 * 5.1 – The Area and Location
 * 5.2 – The Property
 * 5.3 – Layout of the Shop

6.	Costs and Revenues

 * This section may be completely redundant to a good detailed cash flow projection as per 7.1

 * 6.1 – Sales and Revenue Predictions
 * 6.2 – Running Cost Predictions
 * 6.3 – Start-Up Cost Predictions

7.	Financial Planning

 * 7.1 – Cash Flow Forecasts
 * 7.2 – Balance Sheets -- Sample balance sheet
 * 7.3 – Profit and Loss Accounts
 * 7.4 – Ratio Analysis
 * 7.5 – Investment Appraisal
 * 7.6 – Break Even Analysis

8.	Conclusion

 * 8.1 – SWOT Analysis
 * 8.2 – Conclusion from Criteria

9.	Bibliography
Appendices	A – Economy B – Questionnaires C – Products D – Competitors E – Financial Planning

 * Session 2: Executive Summary
 * Session 3: Company Summary
 * Session 4: Products
 * Session 5: Marketing Analysis Summary
 * Session 6: Strategy Implementation Summary
 * Session 7: Management Summary
 * Session 8: Financial Summary
 * Session 9: Exit Strategy

Suggested Media

 * http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html
 * Startup Studio - Interviews with entrepreneurs on how they started their businesses and suggestions for other entrepreneurs

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The Role of the Transactional Lawyer

 * 1) Adding value to the Transaction
 * 2) * By structuring the transaction to enhance financial return, reduce risk and limit costs.
 * 3) * Using multiple skill sets to shepherd the Transaction.
 * 4) * Working as a member of a team, including the client and other professionals.
 * 5) * Facilitating the consummation of a beneficial Transaction.
 * 6) Reduction of Risk
 * 7) * Planning and assisting the investigatory due diligence process
 * 8) * Identifying business, regulatory and legal risks
 * 9) The attorney as the negotiator
 * 10) * Enhancing value through negotiation
 * 11) * Negotiating the allocation of financial and legal risk between the parties
 * 12) * Creating mutually beneficial solution
 * 13) ** Empathize with the position of both the Buyer and the Seller
 * 14) ** Be a facilitator who finds solutions to issues which accommodates both the Buyer and Seller
 * 15) Documentation of a Transaction
 * 16) * Providing congruency among the expectations of the business client, the negotiated transaction and the documentation of the transaction.
 * 17) * Facilitating the transaction by coordinating the documentation with the results of due diligence
 * 18) * Using familiar formats and procedures of documentation that reflect the Transaction.

Motivations for Mergers and Acquisitions

 * 1) Exogenous and Endogenous factors Affecting, Motivating and Dissuading Acquisitions
 * 2) Motivations of the Purchaser and the Seller of a Business
 * 3) * The acquisitive business
 * 4) * The motivated seller

Merger and Acquisition Basics

 * 1) Mergers vs. Acquisitions
 * 2) Horizontal vs. vertical vs. conglomerate
 * 3) Public vs. Private Targets
 * 4) Basic Acquisition Structures
 * 5) * Stock Acquisition
 * 6) * Asset Acquisition
 * 7) * Stock Merger

Metamorphosis of an Acquisition/Divestiture

 * 1) General Stages of Selling a Business
 * 2) The Issue of Confidentiality and the Utility of Confidentiality Agreements

Elementary Accounting for Business Lawyers

 * 1) The concept of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
 * 2) * The role of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
 * 3) * The role of the Securities and Exchange Commission

 * 1) Formation and analysis of Financial Statements
 * 2) * Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows
 * 3) * Analysis of Notes to Financial Statements
 * 4) * The accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

 * 1) Accounting for Acquisitions
 * 2) * Former Rules APB No. 16 and 17
 * 3) ** Criticism of Pooling of Interests Accounting
 * 4) ** Possible alternative methods of Accounting
 * 5) * New Rules FAS 141 and 142
 * 6) ** Elimination of Pooling of Interest for Business Combinations
 * 7) ** Elimination of prescribed amortization of goodwill
 * 8) ** The new concept of “Impairment” of goodwill
 * 9) ** Effect upon M&A activity

VI. Elementary Valuation Techniques

A.    Valuation Analysis

1.

Balance sheet analysis

a)                Liquidation Value      b)                 Replacement Value

2.   Value Based upon Multiples of Earnings or Cash Flow

a)                The concept of EBITDA      b)                 Adjustments to EBITDA

3.     Value Based upon Comparable Companies or Transactions

4.     Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

a)                Determination of future cash flow    b)                 “Add-Backs” to determine seller’s cash flow c)                 Methods for the Determination of the Discount Rate

B.    Synergistic Transactions

1.

Identification of synergies

a)                Market synergies      b)                 Cost synergies

2.       Allocation of synergistic benefits between the parties 3.       Relationship to valuation analysis 4.        Relationship to Structure of Purchase Price

VII. PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS, INVESTIGATION AND THE LETTER OF INTENT

A.    Preliminary Contact and Negotiations

1.

Confidentiality Agreements 2.

The Confidential Memorandum phase 3.

The “auction” process

B.    Letters of Intent

1.

Pros and Cons from the perspective of Buyer and Seller 2.

Its “non-binding” effect 3.

Binding provisions

a)       Exclusivity provisions      b)       Cooperation with due diligence process

4.      Other typical provisions

VIII. STRUCTURING THE TRANSACTION

A.    Considerations for the structure of the transaction

1.

Acquisition and assumption of assets, contracts, obligations and liabilities 2.

Accounting issues 3.

Tax issues

B.    General Description of Basic Acquisition Structures

1.

The asset purchase of a business 2.

The stock purchase 3.

The cash-out merger 4.

The stock for stock merger

C.   The Asset Purchase

1.      Issues regarding acquisition of assets

a)                Contracts      b)                 Other Assets

2.    Assumption of liabilities and obligations

a)                Liabilities intended to be assumed      b)                 Liabilities not intended to be assumed c)                The Seller’s problem with non-assumed liabilities

3.     Tax Consequences

a)                The concept of “stepped up” basis in tangible and intangible acquired assets      b)                 The concept of double taxation to Seller’s shareholders

D.   The Stock Purchase

1.      Issues regarding acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities

a)                Buyer’s problem of assumption of unwanted, contingent and unexpected liabilities      b)                 Retention of assets intended to be retained by the Shareholders of the Target

2.    Problem of multiple shareholder parties to Acquisition Agreement

E.    Asset vs. Stock Transaction from the Perspective of the Buyer and Seller

F.    The Cash-Out Merger Transaction

1.

Forward Mergers 2.

Reverse Mergers

G.   Tax Deferred Reorganizations

1.

A Reorganization (Merger) 2.

B Reorganization (Stock for Stock) 3.

C Reorganization (Assets for Stock)

H.    Special Tax Issues and Opportunities Involving S Corporations

I.        Other Tax Concepts

1.

Section 338 Elections 2.

Installment Sale 3.

Treatment of Contingent Purchase Price and Earn-Outs

IX. DOCUMENTATION OF THE TRANSACTION

A.    The Definitive Acquisition Agreement

1.

The anatomy of a typical acquisition agreement 2.

Definition of what is being acquired

B.    Purchase price payment provisions

1.

Payment at closing 2.

Installment payments 3.

Seller financing 4.

Closing and post closing adjustments to the Purchase Price 5.

Contingent purchase price provisions

C.   ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER

1.

Due Diligence Investigation

a)                The investigation of a potential transaction    b)                 Confidentiality concerns c)                 Process of facilitating or conducting due diligence      d)                 Review of a Due Diligence Checklist

2.     Representations, warranties and indemnities

a)                The negotiated allocation of risk

(1)              Certain common concepts (2)              The issue of “materiality” (3)              “Material adverse change” (4)              “Ordinary course of business” (5)              “to the best of knowledge”

b)                Specific representation and warranties

(1)              Authority (2)              Title to assets (3)              Financial statements (4)              Unrecorded unknown or contingent liabilities (5)              Quality of certain assets

(a)              Accounts receivable (b)              Inventory

(6)              Intellectual property (7)              Transaction is not effected by existing agreements (8)              Taxes (9)              Absence of certain changes or events

3.      Indemnity provisions

a)                Security for indemnity      b)                 Time limitations c)                 “window” (threshold) and “basket” (deductible)    d)                 limitation periods for indemnification provisions

4.      General issues regarding successor liability

a)                Product liability issues      b)                 Practical non-legalistic successor issues c)                 The role of insurance to protect against potential liability

D.   Covenants

1.

Manner of conducting business until closing 2.

Cooperation and facilitating the closing of the transaction

E.    Conditions for Closing and Termination

1.

Typical conditions for Closing

a)                Compliance with covenants      b)                 No breach of representations and warranties

(1)              The issue of minor breaches (2)              Breaches that will cause a material adverse effect

c)                 Compliance with legal requirements

(1)              Regulatory requirements (2)              Contractual consents

d)                Necessary corporate approvals in the context of publicly held corporation

2.     Time limitations 3.     Termination provisions

X.    PARTICULAR RECURRING LEGAL AND BUSINESS ISSUES

A.    Labor issues

1.

Union recognition issues 2.

The “successors and assigns” issue

B.    Retention of Employees

C.   Issues Relating to Intellectual Property

D.   Environmental issues

XI. Financing the transaction

A.    Determination of the Amount of Financing Necessary to Complete a Transaction

B.    Basic Financing Techniques

1.

Tranches of debt

a)                Secured Debt      b)                 Unsecured Senior Debt c)                 Subordinated Debt      d)                 Mezzanine Debt e)                Equity Financing

2.    Seller Financing

C.   Special issues related to highly leveraged transactions

1.

Statutory and Common Law Fraudulent Conveyances 2.

§548 of the Bankruptcy Code

XII. ISSUES RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF A PUBLICLY HELD CORPORATION

A.    Alternate Processes Of Acquiring A Publicly Held Company

1.

Negotiate a Merger Agreement (Cash or for Stock) 2.

Tender Offer Followed by a Merger 3.

Three-piece Suit

a)                Acquire or lock-up significant stock ownership      b)                 Tender Offer at the Same Price c)                 Back-end Merger

B.    Security Law Issues

1.

Regulation of Open Market Purchases (§ 13(d)) 2.

Tender Offers Under the Securities and Exchange Act (The Williams Act)

C.   State Anti-Takeover Provisions

D.   Duties of the Board of Directors

1.

Duty of Loyalty and Duty of Due Care (Van Gorkam, et. al) 2.

Application of the Business Judgment Rule 3.

Revlon Duties 4.

The "Entire Fairness" Test and Follow-Up Mergers

E.    The Friendly Negotiated Merger

1.

The Process 2.

Techniques favoring the friendly suitor

a)                By a No Shop Clause    b)                 By a Lock-Up on the Target’s Stock c)                 Reservation of Important (Crown Jewel) Assets      d)                 Termination or Break-Up Fee e)                Poison Pill Used Against Competitors (But Not Against Buyer)

3.   The Fiduciary Duties of the Board in the Context of a Friendly Sale

a)                The "Fiduciary Out" provision      b)                 The continuing duty to Auction

F.    Defensive Techniques and the Response to the Hostile Offer

1.

The ability of a Board to "Just Say No" to an uninvited offer 2.

The techniques and legality of the "Poison Pill" defense 3.

Obligation of the Board of Directors to redeem Poison Pill shareholder rights 4.

The allocation of authority among the Board, the public shareholders, and the court system in determining the outcome of hostile tender offers

G.   State Anti-Takeover Provisions

H.    Second Step Freezeout Mergers

XIII. ANTITRUST ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS

A.    Principal Antitrust Laws Governing Mergers (§7 of the Clayton Act)

B.    Determination of an "undue share of market"

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Definition of the relevant market 2.

Economic basis for determination of concentration of the Market (DOJ/FTC and NAAG Guidelines) 3.

Common defenses against assertion that acquisition violates Antitrust laws

C.   Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Requirements


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Mergers and Acquisitions/The Due Diligence Process

Welcome to The Due Diligence Process, M&A 5400. This course is designed to introduce the student to essential concepts and practices of Due Diligence within Mergers and Acquisitions.

Course Outline

 * Course Outline Course Outline & Syllabus

Sessions

 * Session 1: An Overview of Due Diligence
 * Session 2:
 * Session 3: Reviewing Financial Statements
 * Session 4:
 * Session 5: Operations and Management Review
 * Session 6:
 * Session 7: Legal Compliance Review
 * Session 8: Contracts, Checklists, and Document Lists

Required Reading

 * The Art of M&A Due Diligence


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Mergers and Acquisitions/Transactional Due Diligence

Welcome to Transactional Due Diligence, M&A 5410. This course is designed to introduce the student to Transactional Due Diligence - analysing the transaction's (aquisition agreement's) design and structure against securities, tax and accounting regulations.

Course Outline

 * Course Outline Course Outline & Syllabus

Sessions

 * Session 1: An Overview of Transactional Due Diligence
 * Session 2:
 * Session 3: Reviewing Transaction and Documentation
 * Session 4:
 * Session 5: Analysing Exposure Under Securities Law
 * Session 6:
 * Session 7: Analysing Exposure Under Tax Law and Accounting Regulations
 * Session 8:

Required Reading

 * The Art of M&A Due Diligence


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Portal:Master of Business Administration

Welcome to the Wikiversity Master of Business Administration Program, part of the School of Business.

Introduction
This document will link and organize the information found here on WikiMedia and elsewhere on the internet to provide a comprehensive business education such as one provided by the top business schools in the world.

A Master in Business Administration (MBA) is unlike many other academic programs. While most Master programs provide a further specialization within a particular school or discipline (such as biology), an MBA is typically interdisciplinary, drawing from the fields of psychology, sociology, economics, accounting and finance.

Most of the materials found within an MBA program are not unique to business. Rather, an MBA provides exposure to the diverse ideas that are most useful to a person who is interested in succeeding in business within an easy-to-learn two-year bundle. Completing an MBA requires a substantial time commitment; if you work through all the concepts referenced, then one can expect to dedicate around 2,000+ hours. Likewise, familiarity with spreadsheets such as Excel is necessary.

Core Learning Projects Explanation
Some MBA programs have core course requirements in the fields listed below. For examples, please refer to the core requirements of Cass Business School, RSM Erasmus, INSEAD, Sciences-Po, Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School, Columbia Business School, Ashridge Business School and Oxford Brookes University Business School.

Many MBA programs also have coursework on advanced topics based on these core subjects. Other diverse subjects (such as psychology) also may be included in an MBA curriculum.

This listing of core learning projects attempts to replicate that core curriculum.

MBA Core Learning Projects

 * Basic Probability and Statistics
 * Financial Accounting
 * Managerial Accounting
 * Corporate Strategy
 * Microeconomics
 * Macroeconomics
 * Decision Models
 * Corporate Finance
 * Marketing Strategy
 * Marketing Implementation
 * Organizational Behavior and Structure
 * Leadership
 * Operations Management
 * Negotiations
 * Ethics
 * Capital Markets
 * Media Management
 * Innovation

Related Books From Amazon

 * The Ten-Day MBA: A Step by Step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught in America's Top Business Schools, third edition, by Steven Silbiger, Harper Business, 2005. international bestselling summaries of the MBA coursework taught.

(all these books are also available in regional public library)

About the Contributors
One of the first contributors to this curriculum overview was John O'Brien. John received his MBA from Columbia Business School in 2006. He can be contacted online via Linked In.


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Portal talk:Master of Business Administration

no contacts
why not there is a contact/ e-mail address for the international students who want to know about MBA/engineering studies in the University of Munich.

Nadia nadiahuda_97@yahoo.com

I added an informational site that does a nice job explaining the MBA, it does not sell anything or push products. I think the books that are under "further readings" are someone who is collecting commissions on the sales. Is that okay to have?? Has anyone checked out the those books??

Master?
I realize that "MBA" is a desirable qualification, and is often used in connection to advancing in business, but is it really truthful (or even ethical) to call this a "Masters in Business Administration", when we will not be conferring a Masters qualification? Personally, I'd be happier if we simply provided materials on "business administration", or possibly even materials on how to do well in an MBA, but not actually use a qualification name in our materials, with the implication that this is what participants will get. Cormaggio 13:19, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

new pages
I started making new pages for each of the course topics. So far there is:
 * Basic Probability and Statistics
 * Financial Accounting
 * Managerial Accounting

Please continue creating such pages starting with Microeconomics. --JWSchmidt 18:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


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Wikiversity:Some ideas about Wikiversity

Wikiversity is a project to build a free, open learning environment and research community. Online courses are being created. Wikiversity is still being designed and discussed, and you can help set the bounds for this project.

The Scope of Wikiversity
Despite the tremendous contributions of educational content from the Wikibooks and Wikipedia projects, there remains much that universities and schools can offer students and researchers, but which is outside the scope of these other wikimedia projects. Previous wikimedia projects, taken together, constitute a totally new kind of library. Wikiversity is a project to supply additional material or capability -- to make a totally new kind of school.

There are many ways, besides the delivery of textbook and encyclopedic content, that universities empower their members. They provide:

 * projects and activities, and means for their coordination, for those who learn best by doing things like fieldwork, design, construction, experimentation, the invention and defense of hypotheses, etc; as well as those who learn best in groups.
 * a culturally "blessed" opinion of which skills and what knowledge is necessary to fulfill a culturally-defined role (e.g. doctor, anthropologist, linguist, etc) so that the student can monitor their own progress in attaining that skillset
 * a social environment for learning, including:
 * classmates and TAs with which to discuss the subject matter and the process of learning
 * experts of various kinds of which to ask questions
 * experts that are well-connected in a field and who can oversee a student's entry and acceptance into it
 * an evaluative mechanism and certification process which lessen the graduate's need to establish their knowledge, skills, and work ethic at every job interview or other opportunity

It is fairly clear that none of the above capabilities are impossible to coordinate online or using open content and tools, and if it is ever to serve as an alternative to traditional universities, the wikiversity will likely need to assume all of these functions eventually. Whether we get there one subject at a time, one function at a time, or indeed whether we get there at all is still a matter for debate, as the project is in its infancy.

History
Wikibook discussion in the Staff Lounge questioned the intent and content of that project. While Wiki community methods might be used to develop traditional textbooks, the Internet and Web facilities could also be used to support new or different models for delivery of educational material.

One of the goals of Wikibooks is to support the use of resulting books through related materials that would help an instructor to tailor the book to a particular course, or provide additional exercises and answers, drill material, etc. The discussion then went in several directions, some of which addressed an environment for organizing and supporting learning in ways other than textbooks. After several proposals and discussion the name Wikiversity was selected to describe this environment.

There have since been several issues of contention, including:

 * whether wikiversity aims to be a supplement or an alternative to the traditional classroom approach to learning.

 * whether or not to include ideas of accreditation, degree-confering, or evaluative methods in general

 * whether or not to model the general organization of the site around the concepts used in organizing universities (e.g. departments, courses, etc)

Please see the talk page and break-out pages for more information.

There has also been some agreement about what the wikiversity is not:

 * A collection of high-level links to training resources. But, of course, there should be such links if they serve for educational purposes.
 * A collection of one year or one semester increments in skills or abilities.
 * A collection of How To Books; that domain belongs to Wikibooks.
 * A collection of tutorials, books, or on-line reference material; although some of these will be included in supporting material or related Wiki projects.
 * A blogging site with individual subject or topic rants.
 * A chat room or Usenet group.

And what it is:

 * a free, open learning resource, in the sense that other wikimedia projects are free and open
 * a resource that embraces a plurality of learning styles and teaching methods
 * a global community effort
 * A collaborative, bottom-up project to create the platform, methods, and content of the Wikiversity.
 * A learning resource for the subject areas addressed.
 * An experiment in the application of computers and the Internet to learning.
 * A collection of free and open-source learning resources.
 * The Community will attempt to limit material based on accuracy or validity, and some limits are imposed based on their utility for a reasonable size of audience, or to support community standards or decency and politeness.
 * The Community does not limit material based on approved methods or the popularity of either subject matter or approach.

Supporting materials
It is obvious that the visions cannot be accomplished without access to a tremendous store of material. Wikibooks and Wikipedia are good resources, but they don't cover everything. The Internet itself can provide many of these resources, but we must address the question of persistent resources.

A suggestion here is to archive any material referenced through an external link, for use if the Internet resource is removed. We then face licensing and permission issues, but these should not be insurmountable. Many excellent materials of this kind have been created in student or faculty areas on the Web sites of schools. These pages are removed after graduation or when that faculty member moves on. If the original author can be located and given appropriate recognition they would frequently be delighted to find that someone thinks their efforts worth preservation.

Another possibility is the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Many sites are already crawled by it; in the case that the referenced material is suitably archived there (the Archive does not always capture all the images and certainly does not cover many filetypes) one possibility is that this material instead be linked to from the Archive whenever possible, as this leaves both the archiving process and the burden of permission entirely with the Archive rather than on Wikiversity.

A Catalog of Subject Areas
The Wikiversity is organized into broad subject areas, and these are further divided into subjects and topics. The first two levels of this broad domain organization include:

 * Physical Sciences
 * School:Chemistry
 * School:Computer Science
 * School:Geology
 * School:Mathematics
 * School:Physics and Astronomy
 * School:Electronics

 * Life Sciences
 * School:Biology
 * School:Plant Sciences
 * School:Medicine
 * School:Zoology

 *  Humanities
 * School:Art and Design
 * Topic:Literary Studies
 * School:Law
 * School:Linguistics
 * School:Music
 * School:Philosophy
 * School:Theology
 * School:Classics

 * Practical Arts and Sciences
 * School:Business
 * Portal:Education
 * School:Engineering
 * School:Health Informatics
 * Topic:Language Acquisition
 * School:Library and Information Science
 * School:Photography
 * School:Project Management

 * Automotive Technology
 * School:Autobody Repair

 *  Social Sciences
 * School:Anthropology
 * School:Communication
 * School:Economics
 * School:History
 * School:Media Studies
 * School:Political Science
 * School:Psychology
 * School:Sociology

The community page where we may:
 * Wikiversity Organization
 * Ask, discuss and expose any policy related with the Wikiversity.
 * Coordinate the different Wikiversities Multilingual coordination.

Similar Work
The following samples of courses, books, tools, and methods have not been reviewed for public availability or copyright. Their listing here isn't an endorsement, but just for consideration as potentially useful techniques.

Textbook examples

 * An example of a full textbook based on a course expanded from Web resources. Source is an Introductory Biology course by M. Farabee at Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona. Biology Table of Contents

 * An example of textbook material using HyperCard concepts for presentation. Source is HyperPhysics from C. Nave at Georgia State University. Hyperphysics top contents Page

Web examples

 * An example of indexing a mass of technical material, not a linear textbook. This is a broad set of fundamental material, to show indexing and other techniques. Taken from Wolfram Research Company, it is called Weisstein's World of Math. Mathworld Start Page

 * An example of a tutorial style and the use of Java Applets for interactive parts. From a Physics course at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Sample Page

 * An example that uses tutorial method intermixed with textbook style material. Taken from the Physics Classroom, support material for a high school Physics course. Tutorial Top Page

 * An example of Programmed Instruction that uses a program to explain what PI is. This is NOT a good program, but does give an overview of the method. The site is the Center for Programmed Instruction. What is PI?

 * A fairly large set of free tutorials on Internet and Web technologies from a corporate source: Refsnes Data, a Norwegian Web consulting company. It has good content but shows the limits of a no cookie or user ID system. Contents page.

 * A website devoted to teaching Esperanto: [Lernu!]. It has courses with small sets of vocabulary, flash card systems to practice, and assignments that are sent to volunteer readers who return them with comments.  Sometimes live classes are held, and there is a real time chat room. w:User:JesseW 01:17, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * An example from the web of an open-source online classroom format: "Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses. The software is used all over the world by universities, schools, companies and independent teachers. Moodle is open source and completely free to use."

URLs: http://moodle.org/ or http://moodle.com --balTHOMore

Supporting Material

 * A traditional University's approach to on-line education resources. The material is all organized based on MIT's course catalog. (MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). MIT Open courses experiment

 * A general, public site with sets of Flashcards (for summary review, memorization, or testing) The Flashcard Exchange Home Page.

 * A free, public site of study tools.  Enter data once and it is presented as flashcards, matching, word search, hangman, and crossword puzzle.   Data can also be exported to PDAs, cell phones, and iPods.   StudyStack

Mathematics

 * Visual Calculus is a very good introduction to single variable calculus with explanations and exercises made with flash.

An Idea
(I apologize for posting this twice) I almost hate to suggest this, but I wonder if it's time for a sort of governing body of Wikiversity. I agree it sounds sort of stupid, and I realize the idea is to move away from the traditional format, however, I feel like there's no direction. There's no vision, it seems, and I feel that perhaps forming even a temporary leadership body to the entire Wikiversity might not be a terrible idea. Although it maybe, but I wanted to share it. Atrivedi

(I hope this comment is not misplaced) Comment about the idea: I think that the wikiversity should include a graduate system. These graduates will have more colateral when it comes to updating course information and even working as administrators or heads of wikibooks projects - depending on which courses they've taken. Then the purpose of wikiversity will become to create an army of graduates that will further benefit the development and CREDIBILITY of wikipedia as a whole. Hopefully this potential goal will give wikiversity a vision. AdamGuy

A conference in South Africa: looking to a possible implementation of Wikiversity
Those who dream with this project becoming reality may have a look at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_reports/FLOSS%2C_South_Africa_2005

--Javier Carro 13:31, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)