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1.50 Credits
Students apply their business skills and knowledge interactively by engaging in a team-based Service Learning project that addresses a real business problem faced by a local area nonprofit agency. Students also participate in a business simulation by making strategic planning decisions for a live entrepreneurial venture. Enrollment is restricted to B.S.B.A. degree candidates.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the various areas of law that make up the legal environment of business. Develops a basic understanding of law as it relates to business, with traditional emphasis on private law and business transactions. This study of the micro law of business reviews the detailed substantive rules in the areas of contracts, sales, product liability, agency, corporations, and partnership. In addition, a summary review of contemporary legal problems such as insider trading, discrimination in employment, sexual harassment, and ethics may be discussed, if time permits. Case studies are analyzed in order to give the student an understanding of how various laws apply to actual situations. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
Focus on the aspects of management of a business enterprise that are necessary to compete in the global marketplace. The course begins with a survey of the environmental context in which international companies operate (economic systems and cultural factors). This is followed by a review of International Trade Theory and Economics. This forms a basis for concentration in the second half of the course on strategies and structure for global operations. The course deals with the situations in Europe, Japan, Latin America, and China through case studies and discussion of current topics and their relation to the fundamental aspects of global business management. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Grand rounds in medical schools are a forum for presenting new and challenging clinical problems and cases. Focus is on the challenges and solutions facing the business of medicine by providing an introduction to the current issues facing the health care sector that integrates management tools, and clinical knowledge. Objective: provide students new insights into how modern management tools can be combined with scientific and clinical knowledge to manage health care organizations more efficiently and practice medicine more effectively.
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3.00 Credits
The basic tenets of health economics are covered by placing a unique emphasis on incorporating materials from three broad source categories: textbook elements, "lay" press and media, and academic journal publications with the aim to foster application of rigorous, critical thought to media presentations of health care economics and policy issues.
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3.00 Credits
The goal of the course is to develop facility in applying basic tenets of general management to actual situations and dilemmas that might be faced by health care managers, consultants, financiers, investors, innovators, or providers in the course of their work. Issues addressed include but are not limited to financial issues, management challenges, and conduct of operations. The first phase covers the basic background on the structure and financing of the health care industry to include very brief reviews of critical topics such as insurance and government-provided health care. A few basic frameworks are then developed for students to apply to course topics moving forward, such as cost/benefit analysis and evaluation of risk. The remainder of the course involves critical analyses of health care cases involving varied subjects and management challenges. Sessions emphasize student-led discussions.
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3.00 Credits
This capstone course adopts the perspective of the general manager-an individual charged with developing and implementing the long-term strategy of a business. The course develops basic tools and concepts in strategy formulation, including competitive advantage, value creation and capture, industry analysis, capability assessment, and competitive positioning. The course is designed to develop students' skills in both analyzing observed strategies and in formulating and implementing new ones. A key feature of the course is a business simulation in which student teams interactively formulate and execute strategy for a simulated firm. Prerequisites: Acct 2610 and MEC 290.
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3.00 Credits
Key to a firm's success is whether it can develop organizational and human resource management systems that reinforce the firm's strategic position. This course covers topics in managing work forces and organizations that are of fundamental importance to all managers and teaches how organizational design and human resource policies interact with the firm's market strategy and production environment. We look at how management can motivate executive and employee performance, screen and attract appropriate workers, and improve the way information is processed and decisions are made within organizations. This course combines economic analysis with case discussions to address topics including hiring policy, turnover, training, variable pay, promotions, evaluation, job design, teams, worker empowerment, hierarchy and organizational structure such as centralization and decentralization. Prerequisite: MEC 290.
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1.50 Credits
Examines business and management issues involved in the sports industry. This industry is very diverse, ranging from global sports events (such as the Olympic Games, World Cup Soccer, etc.) to major national competitions (such as the National Football League, Major League Baseball, etc.). Engaged in this industry are many different players, including franchises, governing leagues, sponsors, media, stadium owners, government, fans, and so forth. This course takes a practical look at the world of sports management and administration, with an eye on extracting key lessons for corporate management and administration.
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1.50 Credits
Focuses on ethical issues in management and surveys a number of ethical standards or levels by which managers make decisions involving most functional areas of business. Course emphasis on class discussion of cases and problem situations that confront managers and for which ethical dimensions are a significant part of the business choices. Prerequisite: senior standing.
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