Learn how to manage for success! Examine management theories and applications for motivation, decision-making, organizational structures, processes, and group dynamics that shape organizational culture. Gain insight into frameworks for ethical leadership, operational strategy, and essential management skills and responsibilities.

Gain insight into the pivotal role human resources plays in helping organizations be successful. Learn the various functions of HR and their relationship to the role of manager. Explore the historical roots of HR in organization life and the application of the law to the present day workplace including wrongful discharge, harassment, interviewing, selection, compensation, and benefits.

Explores the fundamental concepts of finance and accounting within an organizational context, including terminology, budgeting, time value of money, along with ethical and global considerations. Apply standard financial and accounting tools to make business assessments and financial decisions important for managers in any organization.

Develop skills for effective integrated marketing and business strategy to create innovative and sustained competitive advantage in the digital economy. Learn to ethically apply these insights for business growth to advance strategy. Students explore international marketing perspectives emphasizing future trends while examining the current market environment and marketing strategy elements.

Learn to analyze and visualize data by using business analytics concepts and tools. Work in simulated business work groups to practice real-world collaboration. Develop analyses that utilize research and forecasting tools to meet measurable objectives and effectively make business decisions.

Learn how excellent leaders use social intelligence to increase their effectiveness. Explore social intelligence theory and abilities and the interconnected role they plays in diverse personal, cultural, political, and business contexts. Gain an understanding of how social intelligence competencies offer practical ways to enhance leadership capacity.

Learn to analyze an organization’s raw data to help make organizational decisions. Gain skills with analytical tools and concepts to extract actionable and novel knowledge from business data to achieve strategic goals. Explore uses of probability analysis and hypothesis testing, data mining, text mining, business intelligence architecture, data reporting systems and data visualization tools.

BUS 420 Corporate Finance 4 credits
Explore financial management topics that include capital markets; the cash budget, pro forma statements, analysis of financial statements, forecasting, and ROI for the growth of the business.

Examine business strategy theories and practical principles to advance innovation and organizational growth. Learn to ethically apply core business and entrepreneurial skills through research, business plan analysis, and field work to solve real world challenges.

Learn skills and planning tools to effectively lead and manage complex projects. Apply project management tools to break down complex projects into manageable segments to ensure that projects are completed within budget and on schedule. Gain experience with quality and project management tools by completing and presenting a professional capstone project.