MGMT100H Introduction to Business (Honors section)
Department of Business, Innovation, and Legal Studies: Management
- I. Course Number and Title
- MGMT100H Introduction to Business (Honors section)
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- Admission to the Honors@Bucks program
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
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This course meets the General Education requirement for Critical Thinking. This course meets the General Education requirement for Diversity. This course meets the General Education requirement for Information Literacy. This course meets the General Education requirement for Social Sciences.
MGMT100H is part of the Honors@Bucks program. Honors@Bucks challenges high-ability, intellectually curious students through coursework emphasizing scholarly research, high-order critical thinking, and experiential learning.
Students cannot register for honors coursework until they have applied to and been accepted by the Honors@Bucks program.
Honors@Bucks is open to students in all associate-degree programs who meet Honors@Bucks' criteria.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course examines the social, legal, ethical, economic and political interactions of business and society in the United States and internationally. Business and non-business majors learn about the relationship and impact of business to society in which they are citizens, consumers, and producers.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- cite the positive and constructive force that business plays by making available the goods and services, jobs, and income that our society must have to exist and thrive [Social Science;
- classify different economic philosophies (capitalism, socialism, and communism), and outline why and how these different systems attempt to accomplish their common economic functions;
- summarize contemporary business concepts, principles, and practices that explain how businesses are formed, how they operate, and why and how effective management is important to their success;
- apply a framework of business terminology to better understand global business;
- demonstrate appropriate library research, analytical, and communications skills in the field of business [Information Literacy];
- apply the case method of analysis in order to simulate or illustrate the process of business decision making [Critical Thinking]; and
- identify prejudice, stereotypes, and misuses of power that affect the lives of women and/or minorities in business and industry [Diversity].
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
The following topics are presented:
- nature of business and the profit motive
- prevalent world economic systems of socialism, capitalism, and communism
- government-business relationship and its effect on society in the U.S.
- basic forms of business ownership
- Federal Reserve System
- available career choices
- stock market functions and implications for business and our society
- marketing function
- labor management relations and their relationship to social responsibility
- operations and production management
- human resource management
- motivational approaches available to the manager
- issues of women and minorities
- morality and ethics
- organization principles
- social responsibility and ethics
- how to work effectively in a small group
- goal-oriented cooperative efforts
- civic and personal responsibilities towards society
- social and environmental responsibility of business
- international economy and other cultures
- information literacy
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Course learning goals are assessed using a variety of quizzes, tests, projects, and performance-based tasks, as specified by the area faculty and described in the individual instructor's course syllabus. -
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Text(s) as selected by the full-time Management/Marketing Area faculty.
Students use educational resources as specified in the individual instructor's syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 11/05; Core Objectives/Goals added 5/04; Revised 11/2011; New Core 8/2015