The Center for Small Business at Sac State – Information Session

We are excited to partner with the Center for Small Business (CSB) in offering an information session on how to access support as a startup or small business from students in the College of Business (COB). The CSB in the COB was founded in 1969, and is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the United States. For more than fifty years, the CSB has served in excess of 2,000 small businesses in the Greater Sacramento area.

The CSB offers free technical management assistance in all areas of business other than taxation, law, and loan packaging, to small for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. The services are provided by juniors, seniors, and graduate students under faculty supervision. These students are assigned to work with clients of the CSB as part of their coursework in various classes offered by the CBA.

Last academic year, CSB worked on 80 different projects with 60 unique organizations. We are currently seeking new projects for the Fall 2024 semester. Below is a list of our free project services to local organizations in the greater Sacramento area.

• Improving internal and external communication: Students will develop information and communication processes / plans in an organization to enhance communication between leaders and employees and from organization to client / customer

• Business intelligence/data analytics project: Project teams will analyze client data to provide strategic analysis as well as tactical insights. Types of data analyzed in project include: social media, web traffic, sales history, transaction analysis, geographic locations, employee surveys, as well as many other data types.

• Website and mobile application development: Students in these classes need website development and mobile application development projects.

• Social Media projects: Students in this class will be creating a formal proposal for changing organizational communication for the organization

• Project Management: Students in this course will focus on any project-based work for the organization. Projects will need a beginning date, end date, and deliverable all able to occur within the confines of the semester. Students can also help an organization improve internal project management activities.

• Supply Chain Logistics: Students in this course will focus on projects centering on logistics in supply chain. Decisions in packaging, freight, materials movement, inventory management, capacity, supply chain coordination, supplier selection and management, supply chain sustainability, distribution channels, etc. also includes process analysis, forecasting, sourcing, and logistics.

• Strategic Management: Students in this course will work to perform a strategic audit and analysis on the organization using strategic management tools and techniques.

• Business Strategy and Ethics: Students in this course will work on client-identified issue the organization is facing, identify various strategy options and recommendations and advice on implementation possibilities. Organizations with international business exposure or have branches in other countries are welcome

• Human Resources Management plan: Students working on this project would analyze your job descriptions, job design, and training programs and make recommendations for future improvements.

A pply for Support Here: https://csuscba.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3K670JRHqaFmTkh

Facilitator: Evren Eryilmaz, Ph.D.

Evren Eryilmaz, Ph.D., is a new associate professor of Management Information Systems and the Center for Small Business Faculty Coordinator at the California State University Sacramento. He earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technology from Claremont Graduate University. His research interests focus on text mining, design science research, persuasive design, and online communities. His research work has been published in a number of premier journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information & Management, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, AIS Transactions of Human Computer Interaction, and other journals.

If any special accommodations are needed please let us know at least two weeks in advance to secure the needed accommodations.