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2020-2021 Student Catalog | Course Descriptions

Business (BUS)

BUS 510NE

Organizational Diagnosis and Change Management          

Credits: 3

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 685NE

Special Topics in Leadership

Credits: 3

This course explores one focused topic of leadership. In the course, students will develop a theologically grounded approach to leadership in the contemporary world. Topics may include non-profit administration, church administration, leadership and contemporary culture, or executive leadership. This course may be repeated if topic differs. This course is cross-listed as MIN 685NE.

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]