Open only to freshmen and sophomores. Does not satisfy a College of Business and Administration requirement. Creating and managing written and oral administrative communications including the analysis, planning and practice of composing different types of internal and external communications in various administrative and business contexts. Uses of business data in policy formulation are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the conversion of raw information into statistics which are useful to the decision maker.
Problems stress solution to questions typically raised in businesses.
Global 2000 examines a broad range of international topics, such as global competition, comparative business management, economic and technological change, investment and trade. Each year it concentrates on specific regions, such as the Pacific Rim, Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, North America, or Africa. Basic concepts of the administrative process are considered with emphasis on executive action to develop policy, direction and control based on traditional and behavioral science approaches to decision making. An introduction to the design, planning, and control of manufacturing and service operations. The study of human problems in administration including the analyses of individual, group, and inter-group relations under a broad range of organizational settings.