This course examines the range of perspectives for understanding the relationships between business and society. Anabaptist and other alternative frameworks, as well as classical and mainstream ethical frameworks, will be presented and assessed from which critical issues in business will be evaluated. This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of Marketing. Topics include marketing structure, channels of distribution, consumer behavior, pricing, advertising, industrial marketing, telemarketing and marketing research. Aspects of international marketing and service marketing are included.
Emphasis is placed on computer spreadsheets as a decision tool.
This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of management, with an emphasis on organizational structures and processes. Topics include group dynamics, motivation, communication, job design, power and politics. Explores the design, operation, and control of production and operations systems in both manufacturing and service organizations, and explores how information resources support all levels of decision making and business activities in the major functional areas of management. Attention is given as to how the computer can be used to process business data and to provide information on a timely basis. This two weekend course serves as the experiential component of the Management and Organizational behavior aspects of the MBA program.