Individual and group leadership approaches to increase effectiveness. Interaction of political, cultural, social, legal and economic forces in international business context. Formation of new enterprises and management of small business. Practicum in small business management. Application of knowledge from 475 to actual small business problems.
Students work with local small businesses under faculty direction.
Current topics in management, with special emphasis on designs, programs and techniques for managing quality and performance improvements. Advanced readings and cases on innovative business practices. Topical areas of concentrated study under faculty direction. Allows for advanced, more in-depth exploration of management issue than in regular courses. Advanced and specialized topics of current concern to field of management.