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Designed to facilitate personal and professional success, this course introduces the student to the purposes and processes of the university.An emphasis is placed on study, communication and thinking skills that support academic achievement.

h is course emphasizes the use of accounting by managers in a business environment. Topics covered include accounting concepts, internal control, current assets, noncurrent assets, liabilities, and equity. h e course is specii cally designed for nonaccounting majors, and emphasis is placed on accounting areas affecting business owners and managers.

This course reviews the complete accounting cycle and the creation and management of accounting information for business entities.

This course includes analysis and study of macroeconomic theory, principles and practice.

Business math presents math skills and knowledge that students can apply to solve financial problems

This course will give students an introductory overview of management theory, management functions, organizational structure, daily management responsibilities, ethics, and current management tools and resources. Theoretical concepts will be illustrated with practical application to real-world management problems and scenarios.

This course emphasizes how accounting information can be used to aid management in planning business activities, controlling operations, and making decisions that promote profitability and sustainability. Topics covered include financial statement analysis, budgeting, cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis, variance analysis, balanced scorecard, and relevant cost analysis in the decision-making process.

This course explores human behavior in organizations. Students examine individual behavior, attitudes, personality, values, perception, and emotions and how these affect organization outcomes. The course also looks at the theories, concepts, and application of motivation, as well as the importance of stress management and professional ethics and etiquette. Students gain an understanding and appreciation for communication processes, channels, and styles. They also gain a set of organizational design tools.

This course explores how an organization collects and interprets information about the marketplace to develop effective strategies. It covers the use of statistical and analytical techniques used to measure and predict consumer behavior, assist product and service developers, guide sales or service management decisions, and evaluate marketing initiatives. The use of the Internet in marketing research is an integral part of the course.

This Course Studies Business Process Analysis Through The Business Process Management (bpm) Model. Topics Include Bpm Phase Steps, Outputs In Relation To The Model As A Whole, And The Roles Of The Essential Elements That Define The Model Universe: Leadership, Project Management, And People Change Management. Common Risks And Mitigation Strategies Will Be Assessed Throughout The Course Of Study.

This course examines the major economic factors that affect business decision making. This course will focus on microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international trade. Students will learn applications of economic principles.

This course gives students practical job experience in the field of business. Students will arrange an externship working in a management position with a cooperating employer. The externship provides students an opportunity to learn about a business management career field through practical, real-world experiences and mentoring from a business professional. This experience will enrich their business and management skills and provide a better understanding of the level of expertise needed to be successful in their career. Externships must be preapproved by the Dean prior to the start of the term. Students who fail this course on the first attempt may not reenroll in this course without approval of the Dean.

This course combines theory with practical applications in developing and managing software applications that support business functions. Key issues such as risk management, technology transfer, control, modeling and quality assurance are covered.

The essence of the field of security is to protect the assets of the employer or client and to prevent and control losses. Th is course is designed to give students an advantage upon entering the security field by providing a solid foundation in the techniques of risk analysis and risk management. It will help students understand the decision making process regarding loss prevention, which will allow them to communicate and work with superiors as the process moves from basic security surveys to selection of loss-prevention techniques.

This course combines theory with practical applications in developing and managing software applications that support business functions. Key issues such as risk management, technology transfer, control, modeling and quality assurance are covered.

Financial Statement Analysis is designed to prepare students to analyze and utilize financial statements and valuation models to assess the value of a firm. The four key components of this course are: (1) financial ratio and cash flow analysis, (2) accounting analysis and valuation, (3) business strategy and valuation analysis, and (4) forecasting and risk analysis.

This course explores contemporary management concepts and practices to provide a foundation for building the skills and knowledge necessary to be an effective and ethical manager in a global and interconnected environment. Learners will examine and contrast management and leadership theories and practice. Learners will also explore keys to success in the program, including setting goals and establishing priorities, time management, the basics of effective communication, the importance of giving and receiving constructive feedback, how to use feedback and reflection, and the fundamentals of working in groups in virtual settings. This course also provides a brief introduction to Walden University, graduate studies at Walden University and related processes and policies, and the essentials of scholarly writing.

This course focuses on the human dimension of business, including individual and group behaviors and organizational culture. Students explore some of the basic dimensions of human resource management as those dimensions affect the organization and the employee. Students also explore contemporary thinking about leadership and its importance in today’s business world. (Prerequisite: BUSI 1001. To register for this course, please contact the Academic Advising Team.)

This course immerses students in how business works in the United States and other regions of the world. Students focus on how organizations are structured and designed. Students consider various components of business, examining how functions fit together and support the organization’s mission and goals.

This course focuses on how managers can make sure that they leverage technology in every possible way to achieve competitive advantages in the global marketplace. Students explore the role of information and information technology in business and learn how to identify and analyze emerging technologies including and beyond the scope of information technology. The course also focuses on the importance of technology and innovation in today’s competitive environment. Students examine strategies to nurture innovation and cultivate technology development. The course culminates with a section about developing and implementing a technology strategy that assure an organization’s readiness and success in the future.

This course prepares students to use the language of business accounting. Students learn to examine financial statements to check the company’s profitability, liquidity, solvency, and return to shareholders. They learn to use accounting data to make business decisions, such as product pricing, cost cutting, equipment acquisition, and enterprise startup. Finally, students examine accounting in a global context.

This course introduces the terminology, theory, concepts, and techniques used in the accounting and finance functions in healthcare organizations. Students gain an understanding of the important role of finance in healthcare organizations as well as learn various techniques to develop, manage, and control finances. Using an applied approach in learning about healthcare finance, the course enables students to learn how to develop, apply, and interpret various financial tools, including budgets, sources of revenue/reimbursement by payer, income statements, balance sheets, dashboards, statements of cash flow, pro formas, return–on-investment analysis, financial ratios, capital budgeting, debt service and borrowing, depreciation, and cost allocation and cost accounting. Students will develop portions of a business/financial plan using these techniques and will analyze the viability of their business/financial plan using accepted financial management tools.

This course focuses on the development and implementation of business strategies that enable competitive advantage, with an emphasis on understanding the current environment in which the organization competes and forecasting how that environment may change.

This course uses the tools of finance to help managers maximize their firm’s value. Topics include the time value of money, net present value, internal rate of return, capital budgeting, capital structure, working capital management, multinational concepts, and dividend policy.

This course provides students the opportunity to develop an independent research project based on individual goals. Students propose a research project that aligns with Walden’s M.B.A. program and their own professional objectives, conduct the research under the guidance of a Walden instructor, and present their results to that instructor. (Prerequisite: Prior academic approval is required.)

This course begins with an emphasis on reflective management practice in the global environment of business. Students explore contemporary management thinking and examine their own management style and experience. The second half of the course provides an opportunity for students to complete their program-level project and to put all of their M.B.A. experiences together and discover how their thinking and perspective have changed as a result of their learning.

The course examines the concepts and applied techniques for cost effective management of both long-term development programs and projects. Project management principles and methodology are provided with special focus on planning, controlling, and coordinating individual and group efforts. Key topics of focus include overview of modern project management, organization strategy and project selection, defining a project and developing a project plan and scheduling resources, project risk analysis, work breakdown structures, and project networks. MS Project will be introduced in this course to provide hands-on practical skills with the above topics. Mastery of key tools and concepts introduced in this course provides a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Provides a detailed examination of how businesses can successfully use Internet and Web technology. Students are introduced to the concepts and issues of electronic commerce. Topics include comparison of e-commerce procedures, payment mechanisms, applications in different industry sectors, security, the challenges of starting and maintaining an electronic business site, as well as a comparison with traditional business practices. Students create an e-commerce Web site using such tools as MS Frontpage.

This Course Considers Macroeconomic Factors Of Relevance To The Firm: Aggregate Economic Activity, Cyclical Movements, And Fiscal And Monetary Policies. The Course Reviews The Problems Of Decision-making Relating To Demand, Production, Costs, Market Structure, And Price, And Provides An Analysis Of The Interplay Between Governments, Economic Systems, Labor, And Multinational Corporations (mncs). Topics Include: The Basis For The Existence, Organization, And Growth Of Mncs; A Comparison Of Major Economic And Government Systems; Areas Include The Impact On The Firms Business Transactions And Trade Due To Taxation, Regulation, Legal Environments And Labor Influences. This Course Additionally Investigates The Relationship Between The Interaction Of National Culture And Development. Topics Range From Developing Nations Rain Forest And Species Management To Pollution Generated By Developed Nations. Culture, Policy, And Development Are Also Discussed In Relation To The Impact Of The Business Interactions (agriculture, Fishing, Technology Transfer, Etc.) Among Developing And Developed Nations.

Explores decision making and policy formulation in organizations. Includes goal setting and the planning process, rational models of decision making, evaluation of alternatives, prediction of outcomes, cost-benefit analysis, decision trees, uncertainty and risk assessment, and procedures for evaluation of outcomes.

Addresses the specifics of new product and service development and fostering innovation and technology to increase performance. Topics include generating and screening initial ideas; assessing user needs and interests; forecasting results; launching, and improving products and programs; bringing innovation to commercial reality.

This overview course examines the management issues involved with assessing the security and risk environments in both the private and public sectors in order to assure continuous system-wide operations. The course studies the elements of risk assessment and operational continuity using the project management framework of planning, organizing, and control. Students are exposed to the role of the firm in crisis response and management as well as the terms, systems, and interactions necessary to assure continuous operations. Topics include: the role and need for comprehensive assurance strategy and planning; the security aspects of the firm; an overview of the system-wide structureas well as the organizations within that structuredesigned to plan for and respond to local or national crisis; the social and emotional impact on the workforce as well as its effect on productivity; and the organizational infrastructure relating to national, regional, and international compliance. 4 cr [ 4 cr.]

This course introduces the art and science of project risk as well as continuity management and cost management. Managing the risk of a project as it relates to a three-part systematic process of identifying, analyzing, and responding is examined through actual case studies. Students learn how to manage the components of a project to assure it can be completed through both general and severe business disruptions on local, national, and international levels. Students learn the process of cost management, early cost estimation, detailed cost estimation, and cost control using earned value method. Students study in depth the issues of project procurement management and the different types of contracts for various scope scenarios. [ 4 cr.]

Introduction to the concepts, methods and problems of accounting and financial analysis. Includes accounting principles, measurement and disclosure issues, financial statement analysis, time value of money, cash flow projection and analysis, capital budgeting and project evaluation, bond and equity valuation, cost of capital and capital structure.

Students are exposed to the important issues relating to corporate and organizational security and risk from both the perspective of systems designed to protect against disasters and aspects of emergency preparedness should systems fail. Security areas of study include information technology, terrorism, and other organization disruptions. Students study proactive risk assessment through management risk analysis techniques and simulations. Students will be able to design a company or agency global assurance plan, organize the strategy to make the plan operational, and implement control measures to assess the plans degree of success. The course also provides explanations of legal/regulatory, auditing, and industry-specific requirements related to compliance, control, and reporting issue sin business risk management. The role of establishing and maintaining standards by local, national, and international agencies is discussed, as is the importance of these agencies in certifying operations.

This Course Takes Concepts Covered In Met 610 And Met 613 And Applies Them In More Detail Mainly To The Corporate-private Sector Environment. During This Course, We Will First Review The Organization And Processes Necessary To Effectively Respond To And Manage Incidents, Including The Transition From Emergency Response And Incident Management To Business Recovery. Finally, The Course Will Focus On Disaster Recovery, With An Emphasis On Technology Recovery, An Absolutely Essential But Sometimes Overlooked Component Of Any Successful Corporate Recovery Program.

This course examines emergency management from national, state, local, and family perspectives of prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. The course encompasses knowledge of the specific agencies, organizations, and individual behaviors in emergency management as well as the interlinking partnerships between/among these groups. Areas of discussion include: responsibilities at federal, state, community and individual levels; guidelines and procedures for operations and compliance such as the National response Plan; Incident Command Systems (ICS); exercises; plan development, command, and control; communication; partnership development and maintenance; leadership; and numerous other elements related to effective emergency management. The unique and critical roles of private and public partnerships are reviewed and particular attention is paid to the interplay and interdependency among national, state, community, business (public and private), and the individual.

Subjects – History of the insurance industry. Methods of practice. Different organizations: Bureau des services financiers, Chambre de l’assurance de dommages. Role of the representative and code of ethics in insurance for individuals

Subjects – History, evolution and functioning of automobile insurance. Automobile insurance outside of Quebec and in the province of Quebec. Elements of automobile insurance contracts. Guarantees, exclusions and clauses for vehicle owners, drivers, garage, non-owners and car renters. Rules and practices in automobile insurance. Automobile insurance proposal and subscription

Subjects – History, evolution and functioning of household insurance. Major products in household insurance. Legal aspects and special conditions in household insurance. Guarantees, exclusions and clauses for different types of household insurance designed for owner occupant, lodgers, co-lodgers, non owners, lessors. Rules and practices in household insurance. Pricing

Subjects – Quebec Civil Code – Nature and scope of a contract. Insurance contract and related rules. Regulation and legislation in casualty insurance for individuals and claims adjustments. Legal concepts pertaining to accident and household insurances. Private insurance in Quebec. Code of ethic, rights and obligations for representatives

Subjects – Revision and practice of the concepts covered during the program and preparation for the Certification exams: household insurance, automobile insurance and legal concepts and legislation in damage insurance

Subjects – Market studies. Promotion, advertising and public relations strategies. Purchasing and selling products process. Product presentation. Negotiation and sales conclusion. Customer’s service

Subjects – Preparation of reports. Structure of a report. Key elements of a report. Reports for different situations

Subjects – Claims in automobile insurance and in household insurance. Agent and insurance broker’s obligations and responsibilities. Claims categories and civil responsibilities. Steps in damage estimation. Settlements. Arbitration, mediation fraud to the insurance company. Natural disasters

Subjects – Client’s needs evaluation in terms of automobile insurance and household insurance. Presentation of the insurance policy relevant information to the customers. Choice of products for customer’s needs. Eligibility conditions and subscription. Modification requests, renewal and follow-up with customers

Subjects – Insurance pricing as per client’s needs. Setting values for insurable goods. Pricing, tarification, premium calculation, reduction and additional premium. Risk analysis

Subjects – Default parameters. Editing commands, special effects, cells formating, graphic creation.

Subjects – Creation of a database and tables. Data entry, modification, deletion. Request creation using one condition. Selection and creation of screen formats and report printing.

This course covers working with the Windows operating system to manage files and folders and customize the desktop, creating documents, and using the Internet for communication and research.

Subjects – File editing : editing commands, margins, fonts, header and footer. Special effects. Table of contents. Spelling correction function. File treatment.