Bachelor of Science (BS) in Management and Leadership Online

This is the culminating course in the Management and Leadership program. As such, students will integrate the knowledge gained throughout their major program of study. This will be accomplished with case study analysis and the completion of a research project focused on leadership in organizations. Prerequisite: BUS 351, BUS 421, LDR 220, LDR 450 and LDR 475

This course introduces student to leadership theory at an advanced level. Through the exploration, analysis and critique of such theories, students will develop a deeper understanding of leadership and leading. Topics covered in this course include but are not limited to historical perspectives of leadership, transformational and transactional leadership, charismatic leadership, dysfunctional leadership, power and political leadership.

This course investigates the important role ethics plays in leading. In this course, students will develop an understanding of their own character development and its impact on followers as well as gaining insights into leading the self. Students will explore, analyze and investigate topics such as normative ethics’ role in leadership, servant and steward leadership, as well as sense making, satisficing and decision-making from an ethical leader perspective.

This course is designed to introduce students to the challenges of leading an organization during change. Students will investigate theories and best practices of change leadership/about/lead-events/ing at the organizational and personal level. Topics include but are not limited to leading and facilitating communication during change, decision-making during crisis, managing resistance to change and creating appropriate environments to facilitate change.

An advanced level study that challenges students to investigate and analyze the attributes of effective global leadership. The United Nation’s (UN) Global Compact and its ten principles will be studied and used to measure globally responsible leadership and how good leadership impacts the issues facing global leaders today. Case studies will be used to illustrate each on the ten principles in actual contextual situations. The case studies allow the student the opportunity for thinking through the issues and seeing how leaders facing the same problems actually addressed them.

In this course, students will develop their ability to lead in complex, dynamic and often fast-changing environments. Students will analyze leadership as it is practiced and evaluate the personal dangers leaders often face when they practice leadership. This course is based on the research of Ronald Heifetz, Dean Williams and Marty Linsky.

This course introduces students to a variety of leadership concepts and serves as a foundational course for more advanced study in leadership. Topics include but are not limited to motivating others, management communication, training and development, team building and improving leadership qualities within each person.

This course introduces students to the principles and theories of microeconomics. The course stresses identification of fundamental economic concepts, essential forms of business organization, and introductory theory regarding exchange and price determination under various market conditions. Students additionally learn about distribution of income, the economics of agriculture and labor, and the role of government in business.

This course is an introduction to the nature, method, and scope of economic analysis regarding the macroeconomic performance of nations. Indicators of a nation’s macroeconomic performance include the economic growth rate, the tendency toward inflation, and the level of unemployment. This course introduces students to the process of monetary and fiscal policy, and also introduces students to each policy’s impact on national economic performance. Students also are introduced to the nature of global trade and economic development.

The rapid evolution of digital technologies necessitates comprehensive training to empower students with the skills and knowledge required for modern workplaces. This class integrates Office 365, Google Tools, Miro, and AI, providing students with a holistic understanding and hands-on experience to enhance productivity, collaboration, and innovation.

Various tools will be discussed that are available to the Human Resources professional such as job analysis and job design. Students will analyze administrative and legal issues that pertain to the functions of a Human Resources department and demonstrate their comprehension by applying the principles they have learned to solve these non-routine issues.

This course will build on prior management and behavioral concept and theory to explore individual and group processes involved in management/employee relationship, group dynamics, conflicts management, change management, motivation, moral, job design, organizational culture and development. The course will provide a strong understanding for productive organizational results focusing on the interactions of employees, employers, and the organization.

An investigation of management concepts with an emphasis on the four basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, including the application of decision making, group dynamics, communication, and the business environment.

This is a course designed to provide students with the reasoning skills for ethical decision making in business. Students will study the framework for the concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics. The emphasis is on critical, informed, and systematic thinking about situations where good arguments can be made on both sides of a question. Students will study two major Western codes of ethical conduct from the field of normative ethics (teleology and deontology) and analyze and apply these to business situations and case studies. This course addresses the complex environment of ethical decision-making in any type of organization where the burden of ethical behavior relates to the organization’s values and traditions, not just to the individuals who make the decisions and carry them out.

An application of concepts from the field of marketing of consumer demand in relation to marketing procedures, functions, methods, policies, including issues of marketers from a marketing perspective.

This course introduces students to fundamental concepts of financial management, which include basic financial statement and ratio analysis, leverage and capital structure, risk and return, time value of money and discounted cash flow valuation, working capital management, valuation of securities and capital budgeting.

This course is an introduction to moral issues in business. Students will be introduced to basic ethical theory and models for ethical decision-making. Students will look at case studies of both unethical and ethical performance by business. This course introduces students to a variety of business ethics problem areas which include: consumer rights, product safety, ethics in marketing and advertising, employment rights, affirmative action, corporate responsibility, regulation, ”whistle-blowing,” and environmental responsibility. In this course, students analyze, evaluate, articulate, and defend logical positions on business ethics issues.

An introduction to the principles underlying accounting information. The course will focus on the role that accounting information plays in planning, evaluating, and recording operating activities of businesses. An introduction to financial statements is also included. In this course students will summarize financial data and construct basic financial statements using various software tools such as Excel and QuickBooks.