Students learn how different management strategies affect financial statements.
Through sensitivity analysis they learn to simulate a marketing business decision, thereby gaining some sense for the value of advertising. Students employ various techniques for forecasting, including pro forma and regression analysis, and apply these techniques to major current government health policy issues. Increases students' awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem solving. The course provides the necessary skills to improve the performance of organizations, both as systems of production and as social and cultural entities. The development of effective negotiation skills is stressed.