Week 1:
Assignment Answer each question.
Lesson 1: Conceptual Business Model
What is a business model? (1 point)
Lesson 2: Value of Planning
1. Provide at least two reasons for developing a plan for your business.
2. Why is it important to commit a plan to writing according to the results of the Harvard Business School study cited in the Stasiowski article?
3. Name at least two types of plans in which an architecture practice might engage.
4. List at least two important characteristics of successful business planning.
(1 point total; .25 points each)
Lesson 3: Statement of Purpose: Define Your Career Goals
In this lesson, you were asked complete the exercise of writing a Statement of Purpose that explains why you want to be an architect and what you want to accomplish in your career by completing these sentences:
• I want to be an architect because …
• As an architect, I want to accomplish …
Upload what you wrote.
(2 points)
Assessment
Each answer will be awarded up to the points noted above. See the 4.0 scale grade definitions in the syllabus: 4.0 = A; 3.7 = A-; etc.