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DESCRIPTION

This course provides an overview of the field of business administration. Areas covered include business goals and strategies, functional areas of business and their integration in policy and decision making, social responsibility, computers in business, and business trends and challenges including the international dimension

OBJECTIVES

1. Meeting the Challenge of Today’s Dynamic Business Environments
2. Economics:  The Creation & Distribution of Wealth
3. Competing in Global Markets
4. Mgmt of Human Resources:  Motivating Employees to Produce Quality Goods & Services
5. Working Within the Legal Environment of Business
6. Forms of Business Ownership
7. Entrepreneurship & Starting a Small Business
8. Management, Leadership, & Employee Empowerment
9. Adapting organizations to Today’s Markets
10. Producing World-class Goods and Services
11. Motivating Employees & Building Self-Managed Teams
12. Human Resources Management: Finding & Keeping the Best Employees
13. Dealing with Employee-Management Issues & Relationships
14. Understanding Financial Information & Accounting
15. Financial Management

PREREQUISITES

None

 

TEXTBOOK(S)

Understanding Business (10th Ed.)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill (2013)

Author(s): McHugh, J. & McHugh, S.M.

ISBN: 978-0073106090

* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, contact Academic Affairs academics@uofriverside.com