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2017-2018 Student Catalog | Course Descriptions

Business (BUS)

BUS 510NE

Organizational Diagnosis and Change Management

Credits: 2

This course examines the structural and environmental forces that influence management processes within organizations. Students will learn how to identify an organization’s type, relative readiness for change, and appropriate intervention and change strategies. Issues examined include power and resistance, human motivation and behavior, intervention in systems, group dynamics, team building, and the creation of change-oriented cultures.

BUS 536NE

Human Resource Development

Credits: 2

This course gives students the opportunity to study the most recent thinking on building competitive advantage through human resource development. An integrated portfolio of topic areas and the opportunity to present current, relevant strategies and resources in today’s organizations are focused upon throughout the course.

BUS 695

Independent Study in Business

Credits: 1-3

Under the guidance of a professor, the student pursues independent research in a specific topic of business as it applies to a ministry setting.

[Prerequisite: advisor and instructor approval required and a GPA of 3.0]