BU 103 Business: Its Nature and Environment (Non-Business majors only)     3 CR
Provides an overview of business functions and activities in today's global environment.  Explores how the external social and business environments both affect and are affected by organizations and how managers use the various functional disciplines to achieve the goals of the organization.  The roles of ethics, globalization, and information technology are explored as key integrating themes.

BU 201 Organization Management     3 CR
An interdisciplinary study of the management of organizations and decision making utilizing behavioral and quantitative approaches. Topics include: decision making, motivation and behavior, leadership, group behavior, organizational change, planning, control and allocation of resources.  These topics are addressed against a backdrop of management reponses to isssues to ethics, social responsibility, and globalization.  Lecture and case study format.

BU 202 Organizational Behavior     3 CR
Organizational behavior is about people and how they act and interact, mostly as members of groups. Current theories of organizational behavior are examined through the use of self-administered tests, experiential exercises, discussion and case analysis. Prerequisite: BU 201

BU 203 Cross-Cultural Relations      3 CR
Being able to work well with people from other cultures, both outside and inside your country, is vital in the changing global environment.  Cultural sensitivity and awareness of different perceptions, value, and traditions are important individual skills.  Many people identify with more than one culture, adding to the complexity of cross-cultural relations.  In this course students learn to be alert to possible cultural differences.   Students come to understand these differences and to learn not to rely on self-referential criteria.

BU 207 Management of Human Resources     3 CR
Explores the contemporary human resources function and basic processes involved in the recruitment, selection, training, development, and evaluation of an organization's human resources.  Additional topics include today's emphasis on talent management as well as legal issues in HR management, labor relations, performance assessment and improvement, career paths, termination, compensation and benefit systems, and managing diversity.  Prerequisite:  BU 201