Study of investment, finance, and dividend decisions of the business firm. Topics include capital budgeting, designing and issuing securities, management of working capital and evaluating manager performance.

Applications of behavioral science concepts to work settings. Topics include worker incentives and perceptions toward work, group versus individual decision making, conflict resolution, interpersonal and leadership skills, and the study of other behaviors relevant to effective managing of a business organization.

This course is designed to prepare students for NH business and marketing careers by understanding the issues, challenges, and terminology inherent in industries as diverse as health care, construction, education, professional and technical offices, transportation, information and publishing, tourism, retailing, etc. Case studies are used throughout the term. We study many of these sectors, both as academicians and as consumers, to build a portfolio of understanding across divergent sectors. Students learn about services marketing strategies and management models that: increase customer satisfaction, improve customer retention and create dominant service brands that can create a competitive advantage for firms in any given industry. No credit if credit earned for BUS 675 or BUS 685 if listed as Services Marketing.

Because Business Ethics is a capstone course, it is imperative that students understand the business psychology concepts relative to power, politics, communication, and decision making to name a few. Organizational Behavior provides knowledge in those areas and this will give students greater depth and cognitive analysis when addressing and applying principles in the ethics course.