ADMN201

ADMN 201 — Intro to Business Studies

Core BComm course covering the fundamentals of business: organizations, management, motivation, leadership, finance, accounting, and how businesses operate in the broader economy.

Key Concepts

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Modules / Units

Unit	Topic	Summary Page	Status
Ch1	Understanding the Canadian Business System	ADMN201-Ch1	ingested
Ch2	The Environment of Business	ADMN201-Ch2	ingested
Ch3	Conducting Business Ethically and Responsibly	ADMN201-Ch3	ingested
Ch4	Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and New Venture Creation	ADMN201-Ch4	ingested
Ch5	The Global Context of Business	ADMN201-Ch5	ingested
Ch6	Managing the Business Enterprise	ADMN201-Ch6	ingested
Ch7	Organizing the Business Enterprise	ADMN201-Ch7	ingested
Ch8	Managing Human Resources and Labour Relations	ADMN201-Ch8	ingested
Ch9	Motivating, Satisfying, and Leading Employees	ADMN201-Ch9	ingested
Ch10	Operations Management, Productivity, and Quality	ADMN201-Ch10	ingested
Ch11	Understanding Accounting	ADMN201-Ch11	ingested
Ch12	Understanding Marketing Principles and Developing Products	ADMN201-Ch12	ingested
Ch13	Pricing, Promoting, and Distributing Products	ADMN201-Ch13	ingested
Ch14	Money and Banking	ADMN201-Ch14	ingested
Ch15	Financial Decisions and Risk Management	ADMN201-Ch15	ingested

Connections to Other Courses

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Final Pre-Exam Pages (added 2026-04-26)

Closes terminology gaps surfaced by a two-pass raw-source audit before April 29.

First pass (textbook raw .md extracts):

• CustomerRelationshipManagement — Ch12 LO1/LO5: CRM, data warehousing, data mining, crowdsourcing
• DiversificationAndROI — Ch15: diversification, asset allocation, dividend yield, total return %, compound growth
• CreditTermsAndCashFlow — Ch15: credit policy “2/10 net 30”, factoring vs. pledging AR, three inventory categories
• BondPricingAndYields — Ch15: rate-vs-price inverse rule, premium/discount, yield calculation, Moody’s & S&P ratings

Second pass (Exam Review docx files — instructor-prepared):

• CorporateStrategyOptions — Ch6: Concentration, Growth (Market Penetration / Geographic Expansion / Product Development), Integration (Horizontal / Vertical), Diversification (Related / Conglomerate), Investment Reduction (Retrenchment / Divestment)
• CompetitiveStrategies — Ch6: Porter’s three generic strategies — Cost Leadership, Differentiation, Focus
• IndividualDifferences — Ch9 LO9.2: Locus of Control, Self-Efficacy, Authoritarianism, Machiavellianism, Self-Esteem, Risk Propensity, Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Deeper Accounting Reference (ACC 926 — archived)

ADMN 201 Ch11/Ch14/Ch15 cover accounting and finance at intro level. The ACC 926 (McMaster Intermediate Financial Accounting I, passed 2024) layer goes deeper. Not active study material — use for reference when ADMN 201’s framing isn’t enough.

• ACC926 — course overview
• ConceptualFramework — what IFRS/ASPE rest on
• RevenueRecognition5Step — IFRS 15 5-step process
• PresentValueMeasurement — PV/FV/annuity formulas behind NPV and bond pricing
• Investments — FV-NI, FV-OCI, equity method, consolidation