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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
FLORS 114 | Title:
RETAIL FLOWER BUS MGMNT |
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Full Title:
Retail Flower Business Management |
Last Reviewed:3/28/2022 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
FLORS 94
Catalog Description:
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In this course, students will explore aspects of owning/managing a flower business. This course covers advertising and merchandising, refrigeration, shrinkage, wire services, simple bookkeeping, permits and licenses, and management and personnel procedures as applied to floral industry.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this course, students will explore aspects of owning/managing a flower business. This course covers advertising and merchandising, refrigeration, shrinkage, wire services, simple bookkeeping, permits and licenses, and management and personnel procedures as applied to floral industry.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Formulate plans for managing a flower business.
2. Design an efficient and aesthetically pleasing flower business floor plan to accommodate merchandise displays and sales.
3. Discuss key elements of design, organization, customer relations, and bookkeeping systems used to establish a successful floral business.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Summarize the elements contributing to the success of a floral business.
2. Develop a business plan for establishing and managing a new flower business.
3. Develop a business plan for managing an already existing flower business.
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of various advertising methods.
5. Explain the effective uses and operation of a wire service.
6. Determine product mark-up to establish profit margins on products.
7. Create the desired flower business atmosphere through display, merchandising, space management, and customer relations.
8. Design flower business floor plan, considering efficiency and aesthetic appeal.
9. Develop effective sales techniques.
10. Evaluate and select an appropriate bookkeeping system.
11. Discuss effective bookkeeping practices for a small floral business.
12. Summarize key aspects of good customer relations.
Topics and Scope
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I. Elements of a Successful Floral Shop
A. Location
B. Foot traffic
C. Display
D. Atmosphere and presentation
E. Customer service
F. Business layout
II. Business Practices
A. Starting your own versus buying an existing business
B. Licensing and permits
C. Agencies
D. Buying practices
1. Sources
2. Perishables versus non-perishables
3. Buying considerations
a. quantity
b. type of product
c. longevity
E. Advertising
1. Types and costs
2. Direct marketing
3. Newsletters
4. Phone ads
5. Internet
6. Effectiveness
7. Writing ad copy
F. Employee relations
G. Wire services
H. Buying
I. Product mark-up
1. determining appropriate mark-up
2. principles of mark-up
J. Selling
1. product knowledge
2. customer relations
K. Display and merchandizing
L. Record keeping
1. standard
2. special considerations for holiday business
III. Bookkeeping Systems
A. Profit/loss
B. Bad debts
C. Shrinkage
D. Payables/receivables
E. Wire service statements
IV. Wire Services
A. Costs
1. Initial
2. Continuing
B. Percentage of profit
1. Sender
2. Receiver
3. Wire service
C. Pros and cons of joining wire service
D. How to send and receive orders
E. Advertising in wire services books
V. Wholesale Purchasing and Retail Handling
A. Proper buying and selling techniques
B. Controlled shrinkage
C. Refrigeration
D. Transportation
VI. Retail Display
A. Window
B. Show room
C. Refrigerator
D. Personnel
E. Out of shop
F. Seasonal
VII. Shop Layout
A. Efficiency of placement
B. Systems
1. Placement of phones and computers
2. Processing flowers
3. Display refrigerator
4. Delivery staging area
5. Organizing the workroom
6. Lighting
7. Ease of cleaning
VIII. Customer Relations
A. Dealing with emotions
B. Translating requests into floral design
C. On-time delivery
Assignments:
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1. Business development project including: location, business card and website design, and shop layout.
2. Oral presentation of floral business plan.
3. Midterm exam.
4. Final project (business plan).
5. Final exam.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 0 - 0% |
None | |
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 30 - 50% |
Final project | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40% |
Oral presentation of business plan, business development project, final project | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 10 - 20% |
Midterm exam; Final exam | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 10% |
Participation and professionalism | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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