10 courses with the subject BLDR, 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.
This course covers the key aspects of the management process for decision-making. The focus is the organizational setting in which business leadership is exercised.
The individual and social ethics of the major areas of decision-making in business from a leadership perspective.
Focus is on identifying the characteristics of leadership, self-assessment of personal strengths and weaknesses, and preparation of plan for self-development.
Focus is on identifying the tasks of the leader and “enabling or empowering” people to achieve the organization’s goals.
This is the capstone course for all business majors. Concepts and skills developed in the functional areas of accounting, finance, management, marketing and production/operations are integrated and applied to the top-level management of an organization. Topics include analyzing organizational environment, setting missions and objectives, developing strategies and plans, allocating resources, and designing organizational structures, reward, and control systems. Special emphasis will be given to the role of executive leadership and values in the articulation of a corporate vision and culture, and in the choice of growth and competitive strategies. Intended as a case- and project-oriented course.
The final BLDR course engages sophisticated public discourse about economics, politics, and business raised in The Economist. Drawing from backgrounds in diverse majors and courses, and from the shared prerequisites in BLDR, students analyze technical content, cultural and ethical implications, and rhetoric through carefully staged written reports and oral presentations.
This Business Leadership course engages modes of public discourse about economics, politics, and business. Taking the weekly issue of The Economist—arguably the most influential magazine in this subject area—as its text, the class will analyze the news, editorial, and advertisement content. Drawing from their diverse backgrounds in University course work and from their common background in BLDR courses, students will examine individual pieces for cutting edge technical content, for an understanding of cultural and ethical implications, and in terms of sophisticated rhetoric. Students will articulate the results of this rhetorical and ethical analysis through both written reports and oral presentations to the class. On a weekly basis, students will practice critical thinking at the intersection of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Student is placed in an organizational setting as a leadership intern to study the leadership of the organization.
Student proposes, develops and executes a project evidencing a high degree of leadership skills and activity.
Source: University of Scranton's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
