Competencies in role entry and development, data collection, intervention, and evaluation are gained through class exercises and projects. The focus is on developing a problem-centered approach to intervening in organizations that minimizes reliance on programmed techniques and maximizes collaborative innovation between client and consultant. Covers the entrepreneurial process from conception to birth for a new venture. It concentrates on attributes of entrepreneurs, searching for opportunities, and gathering resources to convert opportunities into a business. Students learn how to evaluate entrepreneurs and their plans for new businesses.
Students work in teams to write a business plan for a new venture that they have conceived.
Same as MT 401. This course will research, discuss and evaluate current ethical issues in business today. An in-depth examination of the impact that employee diversity has on individuals, businesses, and society. The course encourages students to look positively at all types of differences and view them as opportunities. Topics include effective cultural diversity models that examine perceptual errors and biases, conflict and polarization, structures for cooperation, and alternatives to Affirmative Action.