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本课程探讨成人作为学习者的发展，并向学生介绍心理, 物理, 以及成人发展的心理阶段以及这些变化如何影响成人的学习过程. 作为学生分析成人学习理论, 他们将反思自己的生活经历，回顾自己作为成人学习者的优势和动机. 学生将有机会反思, 批判性的思考, 培养有效的演讲技巧, 并准备对成人学习和成人发展领域阅读材料的书面回应. 学生将开始了解自己作为学习者:他们是如何学习的, 哪些阶段和触发因素影响了他们的学习过程, 以及如何重视生活经验并将其融入终身学习的持续过程中. 该课程启动了学生的旅程，通过他们的加速学位完成计划.

重点是在课堂内容的背景下复习和练习写作技巧. 通过多次写作作业, 学生将学习到大学高年级对学术写作的期望, 包括产生想法, 整理书面材料, 提高自我编辑技能. 在速成学位课程中，他们将学会平衡和管理时间.

Organizational Behavior is a study of group behavior and how group functioning affects 组织al effectiveness with attention given to issues of diversity, 冲突, 决策, 创新, 领导, 个人动机. 对组织内的团队给予特别考虑. Adult learners develop strategies for efficient and productive group participation/facilitation and determine which tasks groups or individuals best handle.

As pointed out in the main text of the class (Financial Intelligence: A Manager’s Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean by Karen Berman and Joe Knight), 拥有财商有四项技能:

(1)了解基础;

(2)理解艺术;

(3) Understanding the Analysis; and

(4)了解大局(换句话说，能够“摆脱数字”),“考虑所有相关信息, 进行分析, 并做出有效的决定).

要做到这一点绝非易事，因为由于语言障碍，这门学科要求很高, 信息量, 支持理解所需的分析工具/技能, 以及典型的成人学习者对主题缺乏熟悉. 然而，这些也是为什么它如此重要的原因. The overall goals of the course are to help adult learners understand and speak the language of accounting/finance, 利用课程中提供的信息和工具提出更好的问题, and ultimately to help themselves or others make better decisions which will help their 组织s achieve their goals. 主题包括:会计-商业语言, 财务报表与报告导论, 现金流量的重要性, 理解成本行为, 预算系统和发展预测, 性能测量, 以及资本预算和营运资金管理概论.

本课程探讨了不同于管理的领导力的许多方面. 在大多数组织中，领导力不仅仅是发号施令、控制员工和流程. 领导是关于人的. 学生将发现在有效沟通方面的优势和需要改进的地方, 情商, 冲突管理, 以及动机风格. 他们将识别各种领导风格的有效性, 包括仆人式领导的价值, 因为它们适用于不同的组织环境. The impact of diversity and multiple generations in the workplace will be viewed in the development of effective relationships and the creation of a productive work environment.

This course explores the study of management from a systems perspective—an important approach to understanding and 管理 complex 组织s in today’s fast-paced environment. Workplace and volunteer 组织s are actually intricate systems made up of numerous interacting subsystems and a part of larger supersystems. 管理复杂系统, it is important to understand how the parts of the system (subsystems) and environment affect one another; action or change within a part necessarily affects other parts of the system. Managers who use a systems analysis perspective are better able to anticipate the outcomes of their actions relative to the 组织 as a whole and can use this understanding as a basis for making better decisions.

这门课程是对你的价值观、道德观和你想成为的那种人的探索.  你将过渡到理解你相信什么以及为什么相信, 以及用客观的道德论证来支持你所持立场的能力, 同时更好地理解他人的观点. 本课程为你制定个人道德方法论做准备, 应用于工作场所, 在你的人际关系中, 在社区中.

除了上面讨论的内容, 本课程将侧重于商业世界或你所在组织中的道德决策, an environment that has become so complex that making ethical choices presents challenges to managers and administrators who are often faced with competing interests and choices. You will be poised to resolve the potential ethical dilemmas that you may face in your workplace from a moral point of view that gives equal consideration to the interests and well-being of others within your 组织 and the larger society.

本课程从战略的角度探讨管理的概念. Students will gain an understanding of the key elements of the strategic planning process: internal and external environment scanning, 战略制定, 战略实施和战略监控. Students will work through the process of executing a strategic plan with a view to the need for leading change, 创建学习型组织, 融入多元文化意识. A number of case studies are used to prepare the student for the decision making that is essential for effective strategic planning. Students will apply the process and concepts to their own 组织 or another 组织 provided by the professor.

项目管理包括计划, 组织, 管理, 控制项目活动，以确保项目在预期范围内达到其目标, 成本, 和进度. 为了影响团队成员，项目经理必须采用良好的领导方法和技术. 最后, the course addresses the activities of effective project managers along with the tasks of effective team members as followers. 学生将在团队中工作，承担各种必要的角色，以成功完成指定的项目. A final paper and group presentation provide the professor and the class with the solutions and process the team followed as they managed their project. Student will receive the training needed to sit for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam; PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) is an entry-level certification for project practitioners, 专为经验较少的人设计. Software and materials are covered by the University and student is responsible for arranging and paying for CAPM certification test.

在本课程中, 学生将研究什么是文学, 它是如何制作的, 以及它对读者的影响. 这些目标将通过阅读来实现, 讨论, 写小说, 诗歌, 和戏剧. 除了证明有趣之外, 这门课程为学生提供了重新审视自己的价值观和信仰的机会. 另外, 并显著, students will discover principles from their study of literature that apply to the overarching goals of the OM program. One of the most important reasons to study literature is to gain awareness and even appreciation of the world beyond your own. 当你读一个短篇故事, 玩, 或诗, 你会得到关于人类经验的洞见——关于困惑的生活挑战的洞见, 惊讶, 很高兴, 并感动了人们几个世纪. 你被召唤去思考你自己的生活和你与他人的关系. 如果你对你所读的内容投入并开放, 你可能会发现你和你遇到的文学作品之间的惊人联系.

应用研究课程是组织管理课程的一个顶点项目. 这门课程要求学生选择一个他们在工作或其他地方遇到的真实问题, conduct 研究 to determine its cause(s) and make practical recommendations to solve it based on the results of the study. 旨在为具体问题提供解决方案, 问题, 或者组织内部的关注点, the 研究 project enables students to apply the academic skills and knowledge acquired across the Organizational Management curriculum. 虽然它要求很高，也很有挑战性, 这门课程为学生提供了磨练批判性思维的机会, 研究, 写, 口头表达能力, 因成功完成一项有价值的项目而获得个人满足感, 并为组织的改进做出贡献. 该项目分为两部分. 第一部分包括研究简介、研究问题陈述和文献综述.

成为统计数据和研究的明智生产者和消费者的必要性从未像现在这样强烈.  学生在这门课程中学到的东西应该使他们成为更老练的统计消费者. The course introduces the student to the basic concepts and tools of statistical analysis and helps the student apply those concepts and tools to the Applied Re搜索 Project. 微软的Excel将用于大部分计算.  因此，本模块需要对Excel有基本的了解.  通过使用Excel来执行计算, 学生可以专注于基本的统计概念和应用到现实世界的问题. An online textbook with interactive features is used to support each key lesson in ways that foster a deeper understanding at the student’s individual pace.

This 1 credit course is in addition to Elementary Statistics and focuses on the creation and analysis of a survey to implement in your applied 研究 project.

应用研究课程是组织管理课程的一个顶点项目. 虽然它要求很高，也很有挑战性, 这门课程为学生提供了磨练批判性思维的机会, 研究, 写, 口头表达能力, 因成功完成一项有价值的项目而获得个人满足感, 并为组织的改进做出贡献. 该项目分为两部分. 第二部分要求学生确定最合适的数据收集方法和程序, 设计一个数据采集仪器, 如果需要, 收集必要的数据, 分析数据并以书面和口头报告的形式呈现研究项目的总体结果. 进行研究是各级学术经历中令人兴奋和具有挑战性的一部分. The aim of applied 研究 in particular is to generate knowledge relevant to solving problems and making decisions. 前提条件:BUAD 4910