An introduction to business as it operates in a free market economy. Develops understanding basic to subsequent reading and study. Prerequisite: none.
- Subject
- BA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.bennett.edu
17 courses with the subject BA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
An introduction to business as it operates in a free market economy. Develops understanding basic to subsequent reading and study. Prerequisite: none.
Emphasis in this course is on negotiable instruments, agency relationships, business organizations, sales, and property. Topics in bankruptcy and securities will be included. Ethics is stressed throughout the course. Prerequisite: none.
An in-depth study of the management process of contemporary “small business" including entrepreneurial opportunities, new ventures, operations, marketing, personnel management. The design of financial and administrative controls is also studied. Topics relating to e-commerce will be discussed. Prerequisite: BA 210.
Study of principles and methods of statistics, concerning descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and correlation. Prerequisite: MA 111B.
An introduction to the issues of corporate responsibility and ethics incorporating the disciplines of applied ethics, law, and organizational behavior. Ethical problems faced by corporations are systematically addressed. Alternative theoretical perspectives and strategies used by firms will be identified and evaluated. Topics covered include management of values in modern corporations, ethical status of the corporation, ethics in sophisticated financial transactions, and gender and other types of discrimination in the context of cultural differences/diversity to foster an understanding of the ethical responsibilities assumed in becoming business managers. In addition, global business ethics will be discussed.
This course seeks to develop a good understanding of communications and related theories to describe strategies for planning managerial communications and to build skills in formal oral and written communications. The emphasis of this course is on the principles of effective business writing and preparing and presenting formal business reports.
This course is organized around the objective of maximizing shareholder wealth within a set of risk-return characteristics. Major topics include financial analysis and planning, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital asset planning, and long- term financing. 131
Study of human resources planning and management, its interaction with important organizational factors such as leadership style and philosophy, organizational structure, and strategic planning. Effective management of human resources is central and vital to organizational effectiveness. Prerequisites: BA 300.
This course exposes students to global business, its operating environment, and interdependence of business. An in- depth analysis of the internal and external environments facing international business and global managers, examines internal relationships among the parent and subsidiaries in foreign countries, and discusses the appropriate coordination of functional activities that take place in many parts of the world. The course emphasizes the need and development of global vision and decision-making skills.
Same as AC 480. Prerequisite: senior standing.
Source: Bennett College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61