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BUSINESS, Management and Leadership

Summer 2008 Courses

How to Start and Manage a Small Business

Do you dream of being your own boss? Or do you already own a small business and need help to make it grow? Learn the business skills you need to start or expand your business.

Topics include:

The business plan - what it is, why you need it, and how to prepare it
Market research techniques and resources that will help your business grow
How to finance your business
Sources of capital, debt, equity, and bootstrap techniques
Legal issues including business structure
Intellectual property including copyrights, trademarks, and patents
Insurance, licenses, and permits

Course fee includes a two-hour one-on-one counseling session at the Small Business Development and International Trade Center where experts will help you follow up or refine your business strategy.

"Mr. Ken Clark was informative and helpful. His knowledge is practical and useful."

"I'm impressed to learn there are so many resources available."

"Ken Clark was extremely helpful in motivating and advising the class on starting a small business."

"I appreciated how the instructor and guests made themselves available as a future resource."

The College of Extended Studies is a State-approved provider for the Federal Workforce Investment Act for this class. Please call 1-888-884-SDWP (7397) or visit www.SanDiegoAtWork.com for more information.

Instructor: Ken Clark, small business programs coordinator for the Small Business International Trade Center and the 2003 U.S. Small Business Administration Financial Advocate of the Year.

Noncredit Schedule No. 08SUBU 99702 NF
Dates: Thursdays, July 10-August 7, 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $179

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Managing Multiple Generations in the Workplace

Are you noticing a clash between generations in your workplace? Have you observed that people from different generations seem to have different attitudes about work? Is the conflict between different generations causing a rift in teamwork or a slump in productivity?

Chances are pretty good that you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions since this is the first time in modern organizational history that employees from multiple generations are being asked to work side by side. Stories from the water cooler indicate that we are currently suffering from "generationism" and still have a lot to learn about each other before we can harness the power of the newest type of workforce diversity - multiple generations.

Whether it's the traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, or Millenials, you will get a handle on each, figure out what motivates them and what drives them crazy. Join us for a half-day session where we will explore this hot and timely topic in-depth!

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

Describe the style differences, assets, and liabilities of each generation.
Articulate how generational differences impact today's workforce.
Identify what motivates each generation.
Acquire effective strategies for working with each generation.

For more information, mmyers@mail.sdsu.edu or call (619) 594-0787. Hot topics coming in 2008/2009: Cultural Competency in the Workplace, Intercultural Communication in the Workplace

Instructor: Karen Harris, The Diversity Edge, has over 15 years of domestic and international training and facilitation experience. Her passion is helping people refine the art of communication, especially cross-cultural communications. She has worked with non-profit, for-profit, and public sector employees and trained NGO team leaders in Tanzania, Mexico, China, Poland, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Spain.

Section 1
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SU 99318 PF
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 5:30-9 pm
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $195

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Section 2
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SU 99319 PF
Date: Friday, August 22, 8:30 am-12:30 pm
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $195

SDSU's College of Extended Studies is ready to develop your employees, or you!

Begin your journey into the three levels of leadership:

How to: Supervision Basics
That first step for an individual contributor involves learning the basics of supervision. The How to Series helps with that transition and provides foundational information about the role and responsibilities of supervisors. The topics cover many basic supervision requirements including procedures and legal awareness in hiring, safety, communication, and managing performance.

Beyond The Basics: Management in Action
The next step involves developing your team, coaching employees, and creating a high performance culture. The Beyond the Basics: Management in Action series provides skill building and the application of key concepts in the areas of leading teams, individual development, coaching, problem-solving, and managing change.

Leading Strategically: A Total Organizational Perspective
Watch for the third step to further develop and broaden the perspective of your management talent coming in Fall 2008. The Leading Strategically: A Total Organizational Perspective will further explore leadership, systems and strategic thinking, managing conflict, facilitation, and creating high performing business units from an experienced manager's vantage point.

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Cultural Competency in the Workplace: Three Level Seminar Series

Level One
This session offers an introduction to the basic ideas and skills involved in cultural competency. We will explore the concepts of privilege and prejudice and how these affect our interactions with other people. We will review the definitions everyone should know to be culturally savvy including the difference between cultural generalizations and stereotypes. We will also explore the three levels of personal identity: universal, group, and individual.
Noncredit Schedule No. 08FA 99320 PF
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 6-8:30 pm
Fee: $185 Preferred Partner Fee: $175

Level Two
Suggested Prerequisite: Level One
This session assumes you understand the basic concepts and definitions involved in diversity work. During this session, we delve right into the cultural patterns of various groups: African-American, European-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American. We will also review the skills needed for effective inter-cultural communication. We will finish with some interactive exercises to apply this knowledge and skills to real-life scenarios.
Noncredit Schedule No. 08FA 99321 PF
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 6-8:30 pm
Fee: $185 Preferred Partner Fee: $175

Level Three
Suggested Prerequisites: Level One and Two
This session is intended for those people who have a good working understanding of diversity, basic cultural patterns of different groups, and some of the skills involved in intercultural communications. We will spend the majority of our time engaged in highly interactive discussions to trouble-shoot some of the complex scenarios we face in the workplace regarding diversity.
Noncredit Schedule No. 08FA 99322 PF
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 6-8:30 pm
Fee: $185 Preferred Partner Fee: $175

Receive a “letter of completion” after passing each session.
Contact us for additional information at (619) 594-0787 or mmyers@mail.sdsu.edu.

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Last update May 6, 2008

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