Management in a Global Environment

BUS 1001

This course is designed as a first course in the Business major and provides an introduction to organizations, both for-profit and not-for-profit (NGOs), and how they operate in a global environment. This course includes the topics of organizational structure and systems, workforce demographics, diversity and culture, political and social influences on organizations, social responsibility, and ethics, forms of organizations, funding and finance issues in not-for-profits and for-profits, the legal environment of organizations, entrepreneurship, management processes, organizational sustainability and associated practices, decision-making tools, and the future challenges of organizations.