Coursework
Business Perspectives Applied to BENED
Every week, coursework introduces a new lens on business — ethics, project management, leadership, strategy. Each analysis here takes that academic perspective and runs it against the real BENED ecosystem: what are we already doing right, what are we missing, and what should we build next. This is the bridge between the classroom and the company.
Chapter 3: Project Phases and Organization — Applied to BENED
How the four project phases and organizational roles map onto a solo-founder tech ecosystem
Beginning Project Management, Chapter 3: Project Phases and Organization (pp. 118–152)
→Ethics, CSR & Anti-Corruption: What BENED Can Learn from Academic Frameworks
How academic ethics frameworks — CSR, stakeholder theory, moral entrepreneurship, anti-corruption law — validate and sharpen what BENED is already building
*Principles of Management* Ch. 5 (Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability), *Good Corporation, Bad Corporation* Ch. 10 (Corruption in International Business)
→Chapter 4: Understanding and Meeting Client Expectations
The human side of project success — client relationships, expectation management, and the trust dynamics that determine whether a technically successful project is perceived as a failure
*Beginning Project Management* v1.1 (OER), Ch. 4 (pp. 153–182)
→Chapter 5: Working with People on Projects
Internal project dynamics — emotional intelligence, leadership styles, team trust, and how organizational culture is built deliberately or by accident
*Beginning Project Management* v1.1 (OER), Ch. 5 (pp. 183–236)
→Chapter 7: Starting a Project
Project initiation — why most failures trace back to bad beginnings, and how mission alignment, scope definition, and communication planning prevent them
*Beginning Project Management* v1.1 (OER), Ch. 7 (pp. 280–320)
→By Course
BSA 360 BSA 360 — Project Management Essentials
BSA 300 BSA 300 — Business Ethics & Society
BSA 360 BSA 360 — Project Management Essentials (Yavapai College, Spring 2026)
- Chapter 4: Understanding and Meeting Client Expectations Apr 1, 2026
- Chapter 5: Working with People on Projects Apr 1, 2026
- Chapter 7: Starting a Project Apr 1, 2026