Curriculum
LDRS 3800 Leading in a Changing World, 3 credits
The course explores the seminal historical and contemporary leadership theory in order to position students for success in their academic and professional lives. Individual leadership styles, characteristics, roles, and responsibilities and how they play in management, team leadership, and interpersonal relationships. Students will learn and apply leadership techniques and practices that are effective in a changing workplace and a dynamic world. An orientation to the BBA is included as part of the course.
BUSI 2010 Principles of Accounting I, 3 credits
Concepts and issues of financial accounting as a system of recording, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting business transactions for the purpose of preparing financial reports.
BUSI 2020 Principles of Accounting II, 3
A continuation of Principles of Accounting I with an emphasis on financial analysis and reporting to aid management in decision making.
MGMT 3210 Leading and Transforming the Organization, 3 credits
Introduces the discipline of organization development (OD) through exercises and case studies. Topics include organizational diagnosis, measuring and overcoming resistence to change, OD process interventions, employee empowerment, high performance systems and the learning organization, and goal setting. An overview of the Capstone Project is provided and students write a Memo of Understanding identifying a Capstone topic in this course.
BUSI 3480 Business Writing for Results, 3 credits
Emphasizes planning, writing and revising processes to build results-oriented messages that are effective, concise, ethical, and inter-culturally sensitive for today’s global business environment. Topics include: crafting routine electronic messages, applying direct and indirect approaches to complex situations, effective meeting planning and documentation. Students learn about the Applied Business Capstone project and complete Section 2 of the Capstone Business Proposal in class.
BUSI 3110 Statistical Decision Making, 3 credits
Introduces students to common statistical concepts, techniques and methods used in quantifying evidence for effective business decisions using calculators and Excel software. These include designing and collecting data; describing data sets statistically; estimating and distributing probability; testing hypotheses; and completing regression analysis, statistical estimation, time series and analysis of variance. Students complete Sections 3 and 4 of the Applied Business Capstone Proposal in class.
MGMT 3010 Developing Management Skills, 3 credits
Focuses on interpersonal, personal, and team facilitation skills identified by research as critical for successful management and leadership. Using case analysis, self-assessment, role play, and individual and team assignments, students learn to develop the emotional intelligence to lead and to diagnose and correct individual and team performance issues; solve problems analytically and creatively; manage stress, conflict and change; communicate support, change and vision; and conduct meetings and various interviews.
ECON 3130 Microeconomics, 3 credits
Introduces microeconomic theory as it relates to managerial decision making. Features the study of supply and demand for the individual and the firm. Understanding of consumer behavior and markets are fundamental learning outcomes.
ECON 3140 Macroeconomics, 3 credits
Introduces macroeconomic theory as it relates to managerial decision-making. Issues presented include GNP, CPI, unemployment and inflation. The effects of fiscal policy, monetary policy and international trade are also considered as influences in the modern global economy.
LDRS 4875 Business Ethics and Quaker Values, 3 credits
Examines ethical challenges in business in view of the major ethical and religious theories of moral behavior. The core of this course, applied ethics, challenges students to examine their own moral standards. Quaker ethics and the Quaker traditions are included.
LDRS 4990 Business Strategy and Capstone, 3 credits
Focuses on concepts and models useful in the formulation, analysis, and implementation of business unit and corporate strategy. Topics include industry analysis, building and sustaining competitive advantage, core competencies, competitor analysis, assessing business opportunities and threats, corporate diversification, and managing strategic change. Students also complete the analysis and interpretation of the data for the Applied Business Capstone and complete sections 5, 6 and 1 of the Capstone Proposal. A final presentation summarizing the Capstone Proposal is also included.