Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Online

An introduction to financial accounting including developing, analyzing and interpreting financial statements.

This course is an introduction to management accounting and organizational performance measurements such as basic costing and capital budgeting.

This course examines business information systems theory and business applications. Topics include components of the life cycle as well as business information analysis, design and implementation.

This course will consist of three main units of instruction. The first unit will cover an introduction to legal theory, legal and deductive reasoning, constitutional law, administrative law, the court system, civil and criminal procedures, alternative dispute resolution, criminal law, and the concepts of tort and strict liability. The second unit will consist of the study of common law contract theory and an introduction to the Uniform Commercial Code. The basic elements of contracts will be examined, along with remedies, statute of frauds and third party rights. The final unit will consist of the application of property, bailments, agency, employment law, business structures, intellectual property, E-commerce, international law and other topics. The concept of ethics and proper business conduct will be emphasized throughout the course.

This course introduces the role of the market price system in managing the use of society's resources and in rationing available supplies. The efficiency of resource management is examined in the light of a variety of more- or less-competitive market environments. Conclusions are inferred from the rational behavior of optimizing decision-makers.

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the functions of prices in allocating resources and rationing commodities in a market economy
• Predict the resource-demanding and product-supplying behavior of businesses under various market structures
• Formulate reasoned opinions on public policy actions which affect allocative efficiency and the distribution of income
• Understand market structure and functioning, differentiate between cost and supply relationships, and identify and understand consumer behavior and demand theory
• Calculate and understand product and resource pricing as well as revenue and profit relationships
• Formulate reasoned opinions on international specialization and trade, and form opinions on matters of public economic policy that are independent, informed and well-reasoned
• Predict price levels resulting from supply-side and demand-side economic forces
• Analyze the allocative and rationing functions of market prices

This course research and practice in academic writing and writing of reports, proposals, memoranda and other kinds of prose used in the fields of academia, business and industry.

This course applies descriptive and inferential statistics to business and economic problems. Statistical distributions are used to conduct interval estimates and hypothesis tests. Empirical evidence of cause and effect relationships is investigated through simple two-variable linear regression and correlation analysis.

This course explores accounting, business and legal decision-making from an ethical perspective. It focuses on the business person as an ethical decision-maker and on the business as a socially moral agent. Case studies from the core business disciplines as well as supplemental materials or assignments for the disciplines are used as learning materials.

This seminar is designed to help students transition from college to the professional work environment. The seminar will be led by faculty with guest speakers from across the university and from area businesses. Topics include developing a professional resume, interviewing skills and business etiquette.

This course considers the basic financial decisions within a business. Topics include setting financial goals, measuring risk and return, time value of money, fundamentals of capital structure, fundamentals of dividend policy, sourcing funds, fundamentals of capital budgeting, fundamentals of stock, and bonds and their valuation.

A study of the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services that satisfy individual and organizational objectives.

The study of planning, leading, organizing, and controlling to effectively manage organizations in a dynamic environment. Includes a heavy emphasis on human behavior in organizations.

This course is intended to be a survey of operating practices and models in both manufacturing and service firms. It provides managers with sufficient knowledge to make informed "total business decisions" and to introduce standard terms and concepts for communications with operating personnel. In such a course, it should be recognized that breadth of subject matter, not depth of topic, will be the goal. Emphasis is more on skills for operating/controlling systems than on design. Topics covered are forecasting quality control; inventory and supply chain management; aggregate/capacity planning and scheduling; and project management.

This course reflects the sensitivity of the global market to economic, political and cross-cultural differences in relation to planning, pricing, promotion, distribution and the need to remain competitive.

This course is a capstone course designed to integrate the functional areas of business for corporate- and business-level strategic decision making. This course is usually taken during the student's last semester of study.

This course focuses on starting and managing a small business.

Learning Outcomes:

• Analyze the entrepreneurial lifestyle to include developing start-up ideas and honing ethical behavior to include social entrepreneurship endeavors
• Develop a company pitch and a business plan that include information regarding the company’s marketing and sales, operations, milestones and metrics, company overview, company team, revenue, direct costs, labor costs, personnel, expenses, assets, taxes, financing, and executive summary
• Compose an entrepreneurial self-assessments reflection project
• Demonstrate learning in a project-based curriculum structure to include individual and team-based projects
• Practice technical skills using a variety of writing and presentation platforms such as Microsoft Office programs, Google Docs, Google Slides, the internet, Adobe PDF files, Cengage MindTap digital lab, LivePlan business plan application and audio/video programs

A study of the problems involved between the supervisor and the employee including union involvement. (Prerequisite: MNGT 3113)

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the four essential supervisory competencies and how technology is changing the supervisor’s job
• Describe how plans should link from the top to the bottom of the organization
• Explain the concept of the learning organization and how it influences organizational designs and supervisors
• Describe the human resource management process
• Explain the four types of decision styles
• Describe how supervisors can design individual jobs to maximize employee motivation
• Define leadership and describe the difference between a leader and a supervisor
• Explain how electronic communication affects the supervisor’s job
• List actions a supervisor can take to improve team performance
• Describe the three purposes of the performance appraisal
• Discuss the supervisory effects of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
• List the five basic techniques for resolving conflict
• Identify ways that supervisors can reduce resistance to change
• Describe the union-organizing process

A continuation of the Production and Operations Management course (MNGT 3243), this course provides students with the proficiency to build mathematical models of complex problems and to solve them using the methods they learn in class. Topics covered will be linear programming, Monte Carlo simulation, and decision analysis. Emphasis is on problem formulation and computer-solving techniques. Most applications will be from operations, finance and marketing.

Learning Outcomes:

• Define operations management
• Identify and explain three strategic approaches to competitive advantage
• Describe how goods and services are defined, as well as product development systems and customer interaction in service processes
• Complete a locational cost/volume analysis graphically and mathematically
• Identify major ergonomic and work environment issues
• Explain the strategic importance of the supply chain and simulate an inventory problem
• Explain the relationship between short-term scheduling, capacity planning, aggregate planning and a master schedule
• Distinguish between preventive and breakdown maintenance
• Explain when to use each of the three types of decision-making and create a decision tree
• Describe the strategic implications of learning curves

This course features analysis of current events and issues in the field of management. Topics will vary as contemporary issues change. (Prerequisite: MNGT 3113)

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop skills in acquiring, analyzing and presenting relevant business information
• Recognize and describe current management issues
• Develop and demonstrate ability to research management and business issues
• Demonstrate technology use in business research

In this course, the entrepreneurial process is examined from the conception of a business idea to the actual launch of the venture. Topics include environmental scanning for new opportunities, evaluating practical commercial potential, developing a business plan, and securing financing.

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the definition and role of the entrepreneur in society
• Develop critical-thinking skills and extend knowledge through case analysis
• Demonstrate team-building skills through work with others on assignments
• Demonstrate written communication skills at an appropriate level by preparing written assignments including discussion boards on the topic of entrepreneurship