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3.00 Credits
Invites learners to identify the role of the local, state, federal as well as international social service and mental health organizations and agencies. Learners evaluate or create a communication medium for corporate and community leaders and the appropriate audiences. The elements of fundraising are examined, particularly for nonprofit organizations.
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3.00 Credits
Explores research, theories, and models of team performance, including the design and implementation of higher-performance leadership in organizations. Assessments, simulations, and case studies are utilized by learners to gain further insight into personality styles, power and influence, trust-building, risk-taking, communication styles, motivational strategies, and team dynamics.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the interactive impact of leaders on diverse communities. This course asks learners to identify the Christian leadership needed in communities (local, regional, national and international) and to explore the institutional influences of family, religion, education, government, and commerce.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the context of change and potential barriers to organizational change efforts. Learners are introduced to a variety of change interventions and best leadership practices to promote employees' acceptance of and enthusiasm for change. As servant leaders, learners recognize the need to consider the human side of institutional change. The leader as change agent is emphasized with attention given to techniques for human resources, process, and techno-structural and strategic interventions to facilitate organizational transformations.
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3.00 Credits
A capstone course that surveys models and best practices for organizational strategic planning, including leaders' roles in the planning process and in implementing the plan at various operational levels. Various methods for analyzing and solving problems, as well as decision-making strategies, are examined for utilization as change in organizations' operations becomes necessary. Using the servant-leadership model, learners will discern how to serve others while staying focused on achieving results in line with the organization's values and integrity.
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3.00 Credits
Serves as the foundation for the program by providing a survey of key management theories and terminology. Both classical approaches and contemporary conceptualizations of management are studies. Special emphasis is placed on leadership, motivation, culture, team building, and organizational communication.
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4.00 Credits
Familiarizes students with the economic forces, institutions, and policies that govern the environment in which business operates. Changes in both the national and global economy are explored from managerial, market and financial perspectives. Topics include opportunity cost, demand and supply, industrial organization, antitrust, deregulation, fiscal and monetary policies, trade policies, and exchange rates.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes computer systems technology and is designed to enable the learner to understand the field from a managerial perspective. Existing and emerging technologies will be reviewed to provide an awareness of technology capabilities; keeping in mind the managerial perspective. Topics to be covered include information systems planning, systems management, the systems development life cycle (SDLC), project management (P.M.), change management, networking and telecommunication concepts. Other topics to be discussed are transaction processing (TPS), decision support systems (DSS), executive information systems (EIS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and artificial intelligence/expert systems (AI/ES). Cases will be used to supplement the learning experience, and to apply course principles and concepts. Project management and systems analysis methods will be thoroughly explored and applied in a learner-selected project where the learner carries out the project planning and implementation strategies/techniques to see the project to fruition.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the importance of modern organizations being market driven and globally competitive. It examines the role of the marketing function and fundamentals, such as market segmentation, targeting, product life cycle, new product planning, distribution strategies, pricing, promotion, forecasting, market analysis, and competitor analysis. Students conduct marketing audits of actual organizations.
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3.00 Credits
Develops a conceptual model for ethical decision-making in an organizational context. It relies heavily on the case-study method as real-life business situations are examined for their ethical issues and dilemmas. A key goal is to improve student's clarity and consistency in ethical judgments in both personal and professional situations. Analyzing business situations through the worldview of Christian values will be emphasized. Students write codes of ethics for their organizations and themselves.
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