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448/548 Small Business Consulting - using SEAM 'Socio Economic Analysis of Management' for Small Business This page can be found at  http://business.nmsu.edu/~dboje/448/

See on line powerpoint intro to 448/548 course click here 

FIRST THESE STEPS to begin the course

1. Small Business Consulting syllabus
2. Buy the SEAM Manual, Student Manual and Metatheatre Manual in Print Center at NMSU.
3. Please print Short article on Metatheatre and SEAM. by Boje & Rosile. 
4. If you have a client, then please print out SMALL BUSINESS APPLICATION

• COURSE HELP - links to Study Guides

ALL ABOUT SEAM (Socio Economic Approach to Management) consulting; These are on line Web resources:

• SMALL BUSINESS TOOLBOX (must know - where you find Root Cause/ Sample Reports). http://business.nmsu.edu/~dboje/sbc/sbc.html 
• SEAM Intro and overview (Study Guide with all six SEAM figures explained)
• SEAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS (SEAM interactive study guide)
• THREE SEAMS OF IMPLEMENTATION (main figure for SEAM consultation overview)
• Know Figure Six - Psychoanalytic SEAM (deeper theory of SEAM for MBAs)

NOTEBOOK AND SEAM CODE BOOK and WEBCT

• Your Web CT courses are listed at http://salsa.nmsu.edu/webct/homearea/homearea
• This 448/548 WebCT course is at http://salsa.nmsu.edu/SCRIPT/dboje4/scripts/serve_home
• SEAM MASTER CODEBOOK and coding instructions

ALL ABOUT STAYING ORGANIZED AND ON SCHEDULE:

• Print out your Mid-term Check List   (what you need to get done by mid-term).
  • Extra Credit (how to earn even more points).
• Print out your Final Exam Check list  (what you need to get done by end of term).

How 448/548 Course Works -  We meet for several weeks to get it organized and to give you guidelines on doing each item for mid-term.  As you seem able to work independently, you must check back weekly with instructor to review your progress and get input. 

SEAM Socio Economic Analysis of Management for Small Business (must know). At mid-term you present the Phase I: Diagnosis (ROOT Cause charts and Hidden Costs/Hidden Revenues) and Phase II the Mirror Effect (a printout of the journal notebook entries you did ordered by variable) and a proposal for your Phase III (Experiment) - to the class and turn in the required mid-term items for your report. Staple them, no cover is needed and turn in your journal field notebook). Put names on these. In the second half of the term, you carry out your proposed EXPERIMENT (phase III).  

• Check the Project Listing and Student teams (press here). Make sure your project and email address are CORRECTLY posted.  See 2002 teams press here
• NOTE: Criteria for SEAM-styled SWOT and Root Cause Analyses are now on the WEB -- (press here). There is also a complete report on the web (please BE ORIGINAL and do not copy this report as your own). This term we will adopt a SEAM approach so you will need to improvise and be creative..
• You will find a SAMPLE REPORT on the web, please use as guide, but we will definitely deduct major points if you copy any sentence word for word (note these are old versions).
• check off your mid-term progress, till you and I agree you are underway for weekly check=in.
• Old version of Student Consulting Manual; it contains forms you need to give your client.

POST-COURSE - Go find small businesses that need your services and charge them appropriate fee.  Send Boje a post card and let him know how much money you are making.