Ch. 31 Intro to Business Organization

Monday, 4/8

  • Give out students guides to the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Read and discuss

  • Discussion of "Preview Case" pg. 354.

  • Homework: Read pgs. 354-363.

  • Chapter 31 Introduction to Business Organizations


Tuesday 4/9

  • Discussion regarding Sole Proprietorship (Advantages/Disadvantages), Partnership (Adv./Disadv), Corportations (Adv./Disadv.)

  • Students must summarize and submit google document to classroom assignment.

Wednesday, 4/10

  • Give out Chapter 31 Outline and study guide pages for Chapter 31.

  • Chapter 31 quiz tomorrow

  • 60 Minutes NYU Free tuition medical school (14 mins)

  • Review advantages/disadvantages of yesterday's class assignment

  • Review Ficticious Name Registration Statutes

  • Ch. 31 Test will be

Thursday, 4/11

  • Chapter 31 Quiz

  • Discuss Ordinary/General Partnerships

  • Have students look up the Uniform Partnership Act. What does it state?

  • Class is to pick what they would like to be: Partnership or Corporation or something of the like.

  • Discussion of Articles of Incorporation.

    • Ask students to draw up a sample "articles of partnership" for a business they would consider having.

    • Pretend all the students are stockholders of a corporation. Have a stockholder's meeting. Find out how many stockholders constitute a quorum. Discuss what it means to vote by proxy?

Friday 4/12

  • Discuss Limited Partnership and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act pg. 357.

  • Discussion of Bernard Maidoff indictment. What were the 11 charges (counts) against him? Explain and discussed.

  • Show class PBS Frontline Video.

  • Go over homework from last week, end of chapter questions #1-10.

Monday 4/15

  • Discussion of Toyota article "Shareholders Sue" (Newsday article)

  • Discuss Kinds of Partners Pg. 358-359

  • Discuss Organizations Similar to Partnerships pg. 360

  • Compare and contrast a sole proprietor, partnership, and corporation.

  • Assignment is to word process answers to questions #1-10 on pg. 363 at the end of the chapter. This assignment must be emailed to me by the end of school business on Tuesday.

Tuesday 4/16


Wed 4/17