Bachelor of Arts in Management

This course develops skills for inquiry into the business environment from a legal and ethical perspective. Students explore the relationships between modern business and the environment, in addition to the ethical issues that arise when diverse interests intersect. Relevant topics will include contracts, commercial law (sales, secured transactions and creditors remedies), forms of business entities (including limited liability companies and corporations), agency, employer-employee relationships, real property concepts, bankruptcy, and negligence and strict liability concepts. Students will examine corporate governance and business ethics, with emphasis on case studies.

This course provides a technical and organizational foundation for understanding the use and importance of information systems and information technology in today's management environment. This course covers the hardware, software, and infrastructure that support management information systems. Information and decision support systems, knowledge management and specialized information systems, database management systems, telecommunications, the Internet, Intranets, Extranets, and wireless networks will be examined. This course also covers systems development, e-commerce, and the ethical and societal impact of management information systems.

This is an interactive course designed to help students achieve a greater understanding of the statistical methods and models available to analyze and solve the wide variety of problems encountered in business, science, medicine, education, the social sciences, and other disciplines. Successful completion of this course will provide students with a working knowledge of the principles of both descriptive and inferential statistics, probability, averages and variations, normal probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, statistical hypothesis tests, and correlation and regression analyses. The emphasis of the course will be on the proper use of statistical techniques and their application in real life -- not on mathematical proofs. Prerequisite: MATH110 - College Algebra.

Pre Reqs: College Algebra(MATH110)

This course is a study of the management process including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Topics include the classical and contemporary management theories that provide a foundation for the manager in today's business environment.

This course examines human characteristics and their bearing on the management and resultant performance of organizations. It includes a review of theory and research on personality, motivation, values, stress, leadership skills, power bases, and communication. It is designed to provide an understanding of the attitudes and behavior of subordinates and superiors, as well as important insights regarding one's own responses to the organization.

This course is a study of the moral and ethical responsibilities of managers in the conduct of daily activity inside and outside of the business enterprise. The morality of profit-making, fair and equal treatment of employees, and the responsibility of the business firm to the society in which it exists are analyzed and discussed. Equally stressed will be the idea of the individual's responsibility within the organization.

This course is a study in the theory and techniques of communication within and between organizations. It takes an analytical approach to the development of content and presentation in management communications with an emphasis on the relationship of creative and logical thinking to the solution of management problems through written communications.

This course will focus on the forces that shape corporate strategic decisions, become familiar with the basic tools corporate leaders use to maximize the value of the company, and gain an appreciation of the issues and situations frequently confronting today’s executive. In addition, the student will learn to recognize the different characteristics of an industry environment and how to identify the threats and opportunities as well as the organizations strengths and weaknesses relative to its environment.

This course is a comprehensive examination of modern practices in the selection, training, job analysis, evaluation, wage setting, incentive principles, merit rating, job efficiency, and labor/management relations of personnel as applied to both private and public sector organizations.

This course provides an overview of the Human Resource Manager’s role in managing and providing oversight for employee pay and compensation. It covers the responsibilities of the organization, legal implications of employee benefits plans and various alternative plans available to employees and their employers. The course explores the effects of various benefit plans and the resulting impact on the organization’s success in attracting and retaining a quality and adequate work force, paramount in today’s competitive climate.

This course provides a basic overview of the Human Resource Professional’s role in employee and labor relations. The course explores the rules of collective bargaining, labor unions, union stewards and legal implications covering these issues and many more. The rights of the employee and the organization in dealing with labor laws, ethnic, racial and gender considerations and relations in both the public and private sectors will be explored as well.

This course provides a basic overview of various automated information systems that are available to support today’s Human Resource Professional. The course will increase the student’s ability and awareness to utilize systems such as RESUMIX, Peoplesoft, Modern Systems and other automated processes. The course also explores other methods to increase recruiting, simplify interviews and permit easier employee or prospect access to an organization’s human resource offices. The course also focuses on systems security and individual privacy as well as legal implications to users and organizations.

This course provides basic instruction in the Human Resource Manager’s role in organizational and individual development. It provides an overview of the elements that go into the full development process; to include training needs assessment, methods of training to be employed, individual, group and on the job training and evaluation of training and developmental effectiveness. The course also examines the relationship between employee morale and company profits and the impact of training and development on these indicators.

This course is designed to provide a solid foundation for undergraduate study in the online environment. Students will be introduced to learning theory, the tools available in the online classroom and campus, and online research. Identification of personal learning style allows students to improve their study/learning techniques and prepares them to succeed in college level courses. Students will be introduced to formatting and citation styles. APUS policy and procedure is addressed. There is an emphasis on written communication to assist students in the transition to the online environment.

This course is a capstone course designed to allow the student to review, analyze and integrate the work the student has completed toward a degree in Management. The student will complete an approved academic project or paper that demonstrates mastery of management study. This is a capstone course to be taken after all other Management courses have been satisfactorily completed. Student must have SENIOR standing to register.