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.

BSA 360 Apr 12, 2026

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)

project phases initiation planning execution closeout organization span of control DPCI complexity solo operator
BSA 300 Apr 11, 2026

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)

ethics csr corruption moral-entrepreneurship stakeholder-management fcpa transparency values-architecture
BSA 360 Apr 1, 2026

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)

client-management expectations trust responsibility-matrix milestones stakeholder-communication
BSA 360 Apr 1, 2026

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)

leadership emotional-intelligence team-dynamics trust culture personality-types delegation
BSA 360 Apr 1, 2026

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)

project-initiation scope mission-alignment economic-selection communications-planning kickoff

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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)