This course will help students be better prepared to critically analyze ethical dilemmas and to provide ethical leadership regardless of individual role in the organization. 4 cr. hrs. In this course, students write a formal business plan that allows one to evaluate your proposed venture, evaluate risk, and test feasibility. 1-4 cr. hrs. Provides qualified students with professional training and experience under actual job conditions.
Students enter the program through a competitive hiring program.
Participation cannot be guaranteed for all applicants. Completion of Business Core or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the strategic leadership of quality and its integration into the organization's mission and goals and the interaction between quality and the functions of management. The philosophies of Deming, Juran, Crosby, and leading Japanese contributors to the field will be examined, as well as topics of quality improvement, participative management, and self-managed teams. An integrated case study will require student teams to assess an application for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.