Innovation and Leadership in American Business
Beyond Business as Usual
Fall 2006
Learning Goals for Fall Quarter
- To gain a large view of the role of businesses in society and of how businesses operate.
- To grasp some fundamentals of accounting and finance, with particular emphasis on how to read and use financial statements.
- To understand human behavior within organizations and issues related to leadership and ethics.
- To gain an understanding of the economics of business decisions, encompassing introductions to both microeconomics and macroeconomics and decision models used in planning and managing firm operations.
- To understand how business skills are applicable to management of government, non-profit and for-profit organizations.
- To improve basic study and learning skills such as writing, oral expression and critical thinking.
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