This course is an overview of management of nonprofit organizations within the broader societal context. The course examines the broad historic and current context for work in the nonprofit sector; strategic leadership, including board governance and executive leadership within an organizational life cycles framework; concepts of business strategy, strategic planning, benchmarking, and evaluation; and an overview of operations planning. Strategic linkages between an organization's mission and values, strategic direction, and programming are examined.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. analyze types and characteristics of nonprofit operating principles and structures;
2. apply concepts of nonprofit accountability and ownership;
3. analyze the relationship between external factors and organizational programs;
4. explain operations and characteristics of a board governance model;
5. compare and contrast strategic planning and strategic management;
6. create measurable benchmarks for monitoring progress against strategy;
7. evaluate operating goals, objectives, tactics, and implementation tools; and
8. analyze the role of strategic planning within organizational life, explaining the relationship among organizational mission, strategy, vision, and values.
   

The course examines practical strategies and trends in marketing for small and mid-sized nonprofit organizations. Topics include the role of marketing in nonprofits, marketing research and planning, marketing's impact on organizational revenue, relationship between marketing and fund development, types of marketing tools and strategies, audience identification and development, and role of staff and board of directors in nonprofit marketing.  Also explored is the role of technology and social media in marketing.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Characterize a nonprofit audience profile in preparing effective marketing strategies.
2. Employ positioning strategies, branding, and target marketing to benefit the organization.
3. Identify the proper role and benefits of various marketing tools.
4. Apply modern marketing approaches using appropriate technology to nonprofits.
5. Develop an effective marketing plan.
6. Describe the role of marketing in a nonprofit organization.

This course presents generally accepted financial management principles and practices applicable to nonprofit organizations. Financial statements and reports are interpreted and analyzed, and financial analysis tools are applied to describe and evaluate the financial condition of nonprofit organizations. Related topics include budgeting, description of financial systems, and legal reporting requirements for nonprofit organizations.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Interpret and evaluate the financial condition of an organization utilizing financial statements.
2. Utilize financial statements as a basis for decision-making.
3. Prepare and analyze operating budgets.
4. Employ the use of budgeting and financial monitoring systems to support decision-making.
5. Describe general financial issues within a nonprofit organization.
6. Explain the standards utilized by watchdog organizations.

This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral concepts, which underlie effective management practice in private and public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management systems are examined.  Special attention is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and influences.  The course gives attention to the external and internal forces that influence organizational structure, behavior, and change.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Synthesize and build creatively on the traditional roles of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
2. Compare and contrast basic management systems and competencies.
3. Analyze challenges of organizations that operate globally.
4. Evaluate managerial literature and apply to real world problems.
5. Outline rationale for integrating corporate responsibility and social justice into the organization.
6. Use current digital technology to enhance business performance and communication.

This course focuses on graduate academic writing skills, including voice and style, writing that incorporates source material, ethical use of source material, APA writing guidelines, and revising writing.  Students learn to locate and evaluate resources relevant to the research and writing process.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Develop a research question, delineating the complexity in an issue.
2. Use information from a variety of sources relevant to a question.
3. Evaluate information for relevance and credibility.
4. Analyze and synthesize scholarly articles.
5. Integrate source material into academic writing, including correct use of summary, paraphrase, and quotation, along with proper citation.
6. Incorporate different points of view on an issue.
7. Write clearly and concisely.
8. Demonstrate skills in rewriting, editing, and proofreading.

This course focuses on statistical analysis of data for professional applications or research with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies. The course covers populations, sample selection, and descriptive and inferential statistics. Significance, Chi Square, correlations, analysis of variance and simple regression, and concepts of reliability, validity and levels of measurement are addressed.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply statistical ideas and practicalities to real world quantitative situations within organizations.
2. Read and interpret the statistical content of literature relating to management of people and resources.
3. Analyze statistics through performing basic computation both by hand and with computer software.
4. Determine and apply the appropriate inferential analysis for different types of data and derive correct conclusions.

This course is an overview of the American legal system and its impact on organizational decision making. It emphasizes identifying legal issues in management in the areas of torts, contracts, employment, and discrimination law. In addition, this course surveys current trends and issues in business law and the impact they have on today’s society.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Explain the fundamental components and processes of the American legal and governmental systems.
2. Analyze the legal rights and liabilities of public and private employers and employees.
3. Define and apply the basic principles of contract, tort, and discrimination law relevant to management.
4. Analyze state and federal legal issues addressed by business and industry, including wage and overtime, safety in the workplace, social media in the workplace, and employee right to privacy.
5. Identify legal issues critical to managers and appropriately respond.

This course emphasizes a practical and comprehensive application of key marketing concepts as they apply to businesses and organizations. Major marketing principles and strategies are explored from a managerial perspective as they apply to the marketplace domestically and around the world.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply key marketing concepts, models, theory and tools in a strategic marketing approach to business situations.
2. Analyze the role of the marketing function and its complex nature in organizational management.
3. Develop a marketing plan for a product or service.
4. Analyze and communicate marketing issues facing the organization and the range of solutions available.
5. Identify the constantly changing conditions facing marketers in a global market.
6. Analyze appropriate strategies for effective social media marketing.
7. Create and deliver a professional oral presentation using appropriate content, style and audiovisual support.

This course examines core areas of talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and employee development in both service and product-driven organizations. It emphasizes the application the application of effective human resource management principles to the issues faced by organizations today.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Outline the key components of the human resource management and the value added by this functional area.
2. Identify HR issues and situations in today’s organizations and relevant laws impacting them.
3. Analyze human resource management’s organizational role in strategic planning and organizational effectiveness.
4. Apply the fundamentals of effective analysis and job descriptions and evaluation.
5. Leverage performance review strategies to motivate and develop employees and support accountability.
6. Analyze the components of cultural competency and how to use it to create greater inclusion in the work place.
    

This course introduces, discusses and analyzes financial issues facing profit, not-for-profit and governmental organizations in today's domestic and global business environment. The course provides the general manager with an ethical financial manager's perspective through examination of various financial areas including: types of organizations; sources of capital; financial statement analysis; asset management; time value of money; international payments and foreign exchange rates; trade theory and policy; and investment in the US and in foreign countries.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify the various forms of business entities and the different ways of financing them.
2. Analyze the financial reporting requirements of the differing entities.
3. Apply the principles of managing current assets and current liabilities.
4. Assess the existence of management problems or and opportunities through analyzing of a company's financial statements and making comparisons to other companies in the same industry.
5. Compute present values and use them in financial decision making.
6. Analyze the global economy and its impact on the domestic economy.
7. Identify the impact of unethical behavior by an entity's general and financial managers on the entity and its owners.
8. Outline the mechanics and risks of operating an entity in a global marketplace.

This course examines philosophical theories and ethical practices that can be used to resolve organizational dilemmas.  The course emphasizes the role of managers to strengthen the ethical culture of the organization.  Application of ethical principles and models to deal with complex ethical issues facing domestic and global organizations is studied.  Students develop skills in values-based decision making built upon integrity and accountability.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify and assess the extent of ethical issues that face organizations, communities, and stakeholder groups.
2. Recognize how ethical theories, principles, and models provide options for examining complex ethical issues.
3. Analyze how organizational and cultural norms affect the ability of people within it to act ethically.
4. Consider value-based decision making to select options that are congruent with business.
5. Develop a framework for resolving complex ethical dilemmas.
6. Apply ethical theories, models, and principles.
    

This course introduces selected models and practices in the exploration of effective leadership, including understanding one's own leadership style.  The course also examines both the theory and application of strategic management tasks, including developing a mission/vision statement, setting objectives, developing and implementing a strategy, and evaluating performance.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze their own leadership style in order to adapt and develop effective leadership behaviors.
2. Apply the foundations of leadership and decision-making required when dealing with situations marked by change and transition.
3. Apply one or more processes for developing a strategic plan.
4. Identify the distinct challenges of strategic planning and strategic management.
5. Evaluate an organization's business model and develop of a set of action steps for improving its strategy.
6. Identify and apply the steps required to lead change effectively.

This foundation course examines the project management framework. This framework covers key terminology, project management context, and processes. Topics include project management knowledge areas, life cycles and organizational designs.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply key project management terms.
2. Analyze the environment in which projects operate.
3. Describe a generalized view of how the various project management processes commonly interact.
4. Identify project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, and procurement management process inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs.
5. Identify life cycle phases appropriate to a project.
6. Analyze stakeholder needs and expectations.

This critical integrating course allows students to synthesize and apply concepts and experiences gained through the use of a simulation. Working in teams, students take part in a dynamic competition to turn struggling companies into successful, profitable businesses. The simulation leads students to focus on a coordinated strategy for research and development, marketing, production and finance, the key elements that interact to successfully operate and grow a business. Skills in critical thinking, data-analysis and decision-making are clarified and honed.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Synthesize and apply management knowledge, skills, and experiences from their program.
2. Think strategically about an organization’s current position, resources, competitive advantage and long-term objectives.
3. Demonstrate and document critical thinking in analyzing data and making strategic decisions that lead to successful business outcomes.
4. Analyze and critique the outcomes of simulated business operations demonstrating understanding of cross functional linkage and financial results
5. Recognize and apply effective team dynamics.

This course examines techniques, tools, and strategies needed for the development of contributed revenue in nonprofit organizations. Topics include development and assessment of an organization's fund development plan; preparation of grant proposals, other type of appeals, and special events; coordination of capital campaigns and planned giving; and examination of how different types of organizations manage fund development needs. Also discussed are the donor's viewpoint and emerging trends in philanthropy, and the ethics and legalities of fundraising.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify funding opportunities appropriate to an organization.
2. Evaluate components of various types of fundraising campaigns.
3. Discuss role of staff and board members in meeting fundraising objectives.
4. Evaluate a targeted funding appeal.
5. Design a contributed revenue strategy.
6. Summarize the adequacy of an organization’s fund development program and position.
7. Assess the ethical implications of various fundraising strategies.

Topics for this course are selected according to the needs and interests of the students. Special consideration is given to those topics that are current and have added significance for the study of international business.

This course gives students the opportunity to learn and practice higher level thinking skills such as curiosity and imagination, divergent thinking, idea generation, creative problem solving, evaluation, synthesis, critical thinking and analysis. Students develop strategies to search for challenges, identify problems, produce creative ideas, research solutions, design innovative applications, and build a case for the solution.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze the importance of creativity and the need for creative leadership in business and society today.
2. Apply concepts, principles, definitions and creative problem solving.
3. Apply techniques and skills of creative and analytical thinking.
4. Utilize both creative and analytical skills in problem solving situations.
5. Practice both traditional and contemporary models of decision-making in situations marked by change and transition.
6. Use problem-solving models to address problems in their own organizations.

This course examines economics and its effect on business and social environments. The course uses micro and macro economic theory and environmental scanning techniques to look at a variety of domestic and global social problems.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify how the market system works to allocate scarce resources and use them efficiently.
2. Analyze aspects of the current national and global economy.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the economic views of the day.
4. Evaluate how economics responds to and influences our social and environmental beliefs and policies.
5. Analyze the concept of regulation and its effect.
6. Apply principles of micro and macro economic theory to social, economic problems.

This course focuses on how diversity of all kinds influences both organizational behavior and client outcomes. The place of culture in society, the marketplace, and the workplace is examined. The importance of cultural competence is explored along with the knowledge and skills needed to work with, manage, and serve diverse groups of workers and clients.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify the wide spectrum of differences included in the definitions of diversity and multiculturalism.
2. Demonstrate an awareness of their own cultural identity, background and biases, and forces that shape(d) them.
3. Analyze how these shaping forces and biases may influence their interactions with people from diverse backgrounds and organizational behavior and productivity.
4. Demonstrate the ability to articulate, in supportive ways, the needs and concerns of diverse groups of people with marginalized identities in the workplace.
5. Analyze opportunities for applying cultural competencies to create greater inclusion in the work place.
6. Plan for the evaluation of cultural competence initiatives, and the resulting effect on organizational behavior, work productivity and products.
    

This course provides an overview of planning and managing and using technology and information in organizations. It addresses present and future issues regarding Information Technology (IT) and its impact on management and operations.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze how using information technology (systems and its products) delivers a competitive advantage in an organization's market sector.
2. Identify the role information technology plays in promoting better management decisions, strategic advantage, quality and ethical best practices.
3. Evaluate the basic technologies, infrastructure, software, and data resources associated with the new electronic world of information technology.
4. Analyze the need for integrating an organization’s goals and objectives with their use of information technology.
5. Evaluate information technology product development methodologies.
6. Analyze why and how knowledge is a competitive advantage and analyze how management can leverage the information that is accessible in databases.

This course reviews standard methods when designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative research projects in health and human services research. Topics include the research question, the literature review, information technology, components of a research study, and quantitative and qualitative research design, data collection, analysis, write-up, and publication.

This course examines human behavior and social relationships in the workplace setting from a domestic and intercultural perspective. The theories, history and practice of promoting effective individual and group behavior in organizations across cultures are covered. Topics include groups and teams, multicultural teams, power and influence, trust, gender and equality, the impact of culture on work behavior, and creating cultural synergy in a multicultural work environment.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Deconstruct the dynamics and complexities of individual and group behavior in a workplace setting.
2. Build multicultural teams.
3. Recognize and manage issues of justice, gender, equality, ethics and trust as they arise in the workplace.
4. Design a plan to promote cultural synergy in a workplace setting.
    

This course introduces the fundamentals of international business and development and analyzes the global environments in which these interconnected pursuits are conducted. It explores the history, evolving definitions, theories, management, and synergies of global business and international development. The course also explores tools of information, policy, and sustainability. An overview of legal, ethical, and cultural competency issues in both international business and development is provided.

Upon completion this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze the ways in which international business and international development affect and reinforce each other.
2. Analyze the elements of the global economy which affect both pursuits.
3. Compare and contrast various economic theories.
4. Assess the advantages and limitations of using business-based methods to serve international development objectives.
5. Develop strategies to address the barriers to successful international business and development.
6. Identify the ethical issues inherent in international business and development.
7. Locate and assess the quality of relevant information, studies, and resources.
    

This course examines characteristics of contemporary entrepreneurship domestically and globally. Critical factors in the entrepreneurial business process such as: identifying new opportunities, financing a new venture, development and evaluation of a business plan from a strategic perspective and utilizing alternative forms for establishing a business are explored.

This course provides students with an opportunity for an in-depth analysis and observation of the peoples, religions, culture and international business in countries outside of the United States . It includes tours, trade shows, meetings with government officials, cultural events, and seminars with local experts in which students will take an active part. Special emphasis is placed on history, cultural awareness, the role international organizations play in international business and the effects of globalization worldwide. The focus of this course is to apply academic work to analyze international business issues and to increase travel and cultural competence. The course requires students to analyze and assess international business practices in light of historical, religious, cultural and geo-political considerations that impact the particular country or region of study.

Topics for this course are selected according to the needs and interests of the students. Special consideration is given to those topics that are current and have added significance for the study of international business.