Provides students with the background to understand how information systems are developed and used to support the operations and decision making functions within an organization. The course begins with a framework for understanding how these systems are developed and used. It continues with an emphasis on "action learning" where students build enterprise systems using spreadsheets and relational database software. Students develop these systems in groups and make several presentations during the semester.

Examines both private and public institutions as open systems whose effectiveness depends on the design of internal structures and cultures to fit external demand, opportunities and threats. Develops students' analytic and diagnostic skills as designers of ethical and socially responsible organizations. Prereq: ADMN 912.

An analytical approach to the study of marketing problems. Examines the influence of the marketplace and the marketing environment on marketing decision making: the determination of the organization's products, prices, channels and communication strategies; and the organization's system for planning and controlling its marketing effort.

By providing a global perspective on the human experience, this course helps us think about the issues that confront students as citizens of the world. Gleaning lessons from cultures past and present this course examines what it means to be human. Whether humans are violent or peace-loving, egalitarian or hierarchical is linked to specific ways of life, rather than reflecting a fixed human nature. The course examines the economic, political, and social forces that shape human behavior and the global forces that people around the world currently confront. From an anthropological perspective it addresses pressing social issues such as sustainable development, hunger and poverty, population growth, religion and changing world views, racism, urbanization, co modification, and movements for social co modification, and movements for social justice. Writing intensive.