Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

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Effective Term:
Summer 2014 through Summer 2016

Course Number:
OS 250
Course Title:
Creating a Virtual Office
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
30
Lecture/Lab Hours:
20
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Covers all aspects of creating an office for a virtual assistant. Includes developing an individual business plan, analyzing office needs for furniture and equipment, creating a marketing plan incorporating a social media marketing strategy, establishing a fee rate range, identifying software requirements, planning a company website, and creating a file management system. Recommended: CAS 246. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

  • Create a home office for the virtual assistant
  • Select equipment and software for home office
  • Use critical thinking skills to identify a niche
  • Create a working business and market plan
  • Plan a company web site

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Grading of this class will be based on completion of research project(s).  May also include objective examinations or other assessment methods.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

·             Office setup and layout 

·             Software Needs

·             Business Plan

·             Marketing Plan

·             Website Plan

·             Financial Concerns

Skills

·             Develop individual business plan

·             Analyze office needs for furniture and equipment

·             Create a marketing plan

·            Establish a fee rate range

·             Identify software requirements

·             Plan a company website

·             Create file management system