Bachelor of Science in Applied Management

• Systems Concepts
  
  The focus of this course will be on analysis of organizations using the systems model and the application of the systems model for solving organizational problems.
  
  
• Group Dynamics
  
  This course examines how group behavior affects organizational effectiveness, decision-making, conflict resolution, and strategies for efficient group and task management.
  
  
• Management Principles
  
  This course focuses on real-world management situations concerned with planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
  
  
• Ethical Decision-Making
  
  This seminar-style course on business ethics will focus on applying a principle-centered approach to business and personal issues.
  
  
• Managerial Communications
  
  Students will demonstrate the fundamentals and application of writing and presentation used in formal settings in the professional environment.
  
  
• Information Technology and Systems
  
  This course provides an overview of the management issues and technologies business professionals need to understand in order to effectively deal with the rapidly changing world of information systems.
  
  
• Marketing Environment
  
  This course will emphasize the marketing concept, consumer behavior, the need for market research, and the elements of the marketing mix: product, price, place, and promotion.
  
  
• Human Resources
  
  Values and perceptions of groups affecting recruiting, training, evaluation, and current legal issues in human resources will be studied.
  
  
• Financial Decision-Making
  
  The components of the primary financial statements and the use of these statements to analyze the performance of a business entity will be studied.
  
  
• Leadership and Vocation
  
  This course emphasizes major behavior patterns that effective leaders use to influence followers, including what effective leaders really do and how leaders can diagnose and modify situations and followers to make their leadership a more positive and productive endeavor.
  
  
• Project Management
  
  This course addresses basic concepts in project management, emphasizing a balance between the technical aspects of project work.
  
  
• Global Management
  
  This course emphasizes practical skills needed for effective management of people and processes in a 21st century global business context. It places the student in the role of a manager of any nationality, encouraging the student to take a truly global perspective in dealing with dynamics of international management.
  
  
• Small Business Entrepreneurship
  
  Explores basic concepts for successful operations of small business, including starting and managing a successful new business venture.
  
  
• Organizational Development and Change
  
  An overview of approaches to organizational development with emphasis on the practical aspects of changing organizations to improve effectiveness.
  
  
• Action Research Project
  
  This course provides a structured way for managers to take an overview and general management perspective. Emphasis will be on a research project that synthesizes major elements of the Applied Management program.